History and background of Mid Day Meal scheme in Tamil Nadu

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History and background of Mid Day Meal scheme
in Tamil Nadu

• Nutrition Surveys in 1980-81revealed
• Energy intake of children in the low income group
  is inadequate
• Shunted growth and under-weight reported
• Vitamin A deficiency and anemia noticed
• Impairment of learning ability and school
  performance noticed

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• The then Honble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu,
  Dr. M.G. Ramachandran, embarked on a new feeding
  scheme to benefit the children age group of 2-9
  years on 1.7.1982 in rural areas (upto V Std)
• 6 Million poor children benefited
• 15.09.1982 onwards, scheme extended to urban
  areas

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• 15.09.1984 onwards extended to School students of
  10-15 years of age. (VIth to Xth Std)
• The scheme is named as Puratchi Thalaivar MGR
  Nutritious Programme.(w.e.f 29-07-91)

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• The main objectives of the programme are
• To improve the nutritional and health status of
  the children in the age group of 2-15
• To reduce the incidence of morbidity, mortality,
  malnutrition and school drop outs.
• To improve the physical and psycho-social
  development of children.
• To combat diseases, including those due to
  deficiencies

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State scheme feeds-

• No. Days fed
• Children (2 to 4 years) 12,01,751 365
• I to V Std students 36,47,086 365
• VI to X students 18,51,223 220

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No. of Nutritious Meal Centres and beneficiaries

• Centres
  Beneficiaries
• Anganwadi 45,726 12,01,751
• School Centres -41,344 54,98,309
• Total 87,070 67,00,060
  

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Norms for Opening of Centres

• Minimum strength of 25 Children
• No upper ceiling in strength all willing
  children are fed.

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State Norms (Funds)

• State Government provides funds in the state
  budget and allocated to,
• Commissioner Director of Social Welfare (Rural
  School centres)
• Commissioner of Municipal Administration (urban
  school centres)
• Principal Commissioner Commissioner of Civil
  Supplies- for supply of food grains

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Feeding scale
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Protein Rich Food

• In addition to the nutritious meals, the
  following
• Protein rich food are provided.
• Monday- 1 boiled egg 46 gms.
• Wednesday - 1 boiled egg 46 gms
• Thursday Black bengal gram or
• Green gram20 gms
• (boiled)
  72.00 3.42
• Friday- Boiled Potato 20 gms 19.4
  0.32
• 251.4 15.76

Calories Protein 160 12.02 gm
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Nutritional Assessment-per day

• Calorific Value Protein content
• Rice 340 8.00
• Pulses 50
  3.20
• Vegetables 30 1.00
• Egg (2 per week) 22.7 1.70
• Black bengal gram/Green Gram 9.9
  0.59
• Potato 2.8 0.05
• Oil 9.0
• Perday in take per student
  464.4 14.54 gms
• GOI Norms (minimum)
  450.00 12.0 gms

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Management Structure

• Govt. level - Secretary to Govt. SW
  NMP Dept.
• State level - CDSW, CMA, PC ICDS
• J.D.(NMP)
• A.O.(NMP) in the
• Supporting staff Directorate

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• Dist. Level - Dist. Collector / Magistrate
• PA (NMP) to the Collector
• AAO (NMP) supporting staff
• Block level BDO, Noon Meal Manager,
• Junior Assistant
• Centre Level NMO, Cook, Assistant
• (If the beneficiaries are more than 500, one
  additional cook and an additional Assistant
  provided)
• Centres with less than 500 38916 centres
• Centres with More than 500 681 centres

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Food Grain Flow Chart
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• The entire responsibility to procure and supply
  Rice, Dhall and Edible Oil at the door steps of
  the NM centres are entrusted to the TNCSC
  Limited.
• Supplies are normally made between 10th and 25th
  of each month.
• Payment for supply is made by the Collectors to
  SRM of TNCSC Ltd concerned.

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Fund flow chart

• State Government
• C DSW CMA CCS
• Salary grant Salary grant
  Rice,
• Purchase of Purchase of
  Dhall
• Veg., Egg. Veg., Egg Oil
• Vessels, Vessels
• Plates Tumblers Plates Tumblers

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• Dist.Collrs. Dist. Collrs.
  Dist. Collrs.
• (except
  Chennai)
• BDOs MCs. TNCSC
  Ltd.,
• NMCs.
• (NMO, Cook ( NMO, Cook
• Asst.) Asst.)

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Supply of Cooking Items

• Every year Govt. provide Rs.50 lakhs for
  replacement of worn out vessels
• Every year Govt. provide Rs.1 crore for the
  supply of Stainless Steel plates and tumblers to
  the beneficiaries
• So as to replace them once in 5 years in
  rotation

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Registers maintained at Centre

• I. Attendance Registers (one for staff another
  for students)
• II. Stock Register
• III. Cash Book
• IV. Bank Pass Book

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• Accounts and Details are generated from the above
  registers
• The BDOs collect the details from the centre and
  report to the Dist. Collector concerned.
• The NMOs are responsible at the centre for the
  maintenance of registers mentioned above

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Monitoring

• Considering the massive nature of the programme,
  monitoring and inspection is an important
  activity in the programme
• Govt have constituted the following committees
• Panchayat level committees
• Block level committees
• District level committees

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• State Level Steering cum Monitoring Committee
  under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary to
  Govt.
• Periodic Inspections are carried out by
• - the District collectors
• - Panchayat Raj institutions / Representatives,
  Development Revenue Department staff
• - Mothers are also permitted to supervise the
  cooking process and serving of Mid-Day meal

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Budget AllocationRs. in lakhs

• Allocation Expenditure

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Pay and Honorarium of Staff

• NMO/AWWorkers - Rs.2516
• (Non standardised Time scale of
  Rs.1300-20-1500-25-2000)
• NMP Cook/AWHelpers Gr.I Rs.1320
• NMP Asst./AWH Gr.II Rs.1010
• Retirement benefits
• Lumpsum Spl. PF cum G.S
• NMO Rs. 50000 Rs. 10000
• Cooks Rs. 20000 Rs, 10000
• Assistant Rs. 20000 Rs. 10000

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Unit Cost

• Per Day per Child Cost(1to 5th Std.) (Rs.)
• Rice 100 gms (incl. transport) 0.94
• Dhall 15 gms 0.38
• Oil 1 gm 0.05
• Salt 1.9 gm 0.01
• Vegetables 0.35

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• 2 Eggs per week (46 gms per egg) 0.60
• Potata (20 gms) 0.03
• Bengal gram/Green Gram 0.06
• Estt. Charges 0.93
• Total 3.35
• Government of India Assistance-
• -Cost of Rice _at_ 0.94 per day per beneficiary
• -Cooking cost _at_ 1.50 per day per beneficiary
• State Government share-
• -Cooking cost as per norms 0.50
• -Excess Expenditure 1.41
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Government of India grant for Midday Meal Scheme

• Government of India allocates 100 gm of rice per
  day per beneficiary for 200 days in a year. I to
  V Std only
• Government of India also assist the State by
  giving a grant of Rs.1.50 per day per beneficiary
  for 200 days in an year to meet the cooking cost.

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Government of Tamil Nadu runs the programme

• State also serves Mid-Day Meals to pre-school
  children in the age group of 2 to 5 years
  1201751 children for 365 days
• 2) For I to V Standard students throughout the
  year i.e., 365 days
• 3) State also feeds students from 6 to 10th Std.
  for about 220 days in a year (all school working
  days)

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For consideration of Government of India

• To meet the cost of Rice for I to V Std.
  beneficiaries for all the 365 days and also to
  extend cooking cost to all the 365 days. It will
  cost about Rs.275.00 crores
• To consider extending the Government of India
  Assistance to the pre school children (2 years to
  5 years of age) as well to the students in the
  classes of 6th to 10th Std. The cost
  implications are as follows-
• a) For pre-school children Rs.120 crores
• b) For VIth Standard to Xth Std. students Rs.140
  crores.

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Government of India assistance received for
2006-2007

• Rs. In lakhs
• Construction of kitchen-cum store Rs.159.10
• 2. Cooking Devices Rs.406.17
• 3. Management, Monitoring
• Evaluation (MME) Rs. 240.60

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New Schemes for 2007-08 under State Fund

• Provision of LPG Gas to 500 NM Centres each at a
  cost of Rs.2000/-. Total cost Rs.100 lakhs.
• Supply of Cooking Vessels to 1667 centres each at
  a cost of Rs.3000/-. (Total cost Rs.50 lakhs)
• Construction of 142 Kitchen cum store room each
  at a cost of Rs. 60000 per unit (Total cost of
  Rs. 85.00 lakhs)
• Stainless Steel Plates and Tumblers will be
  supplied to the 2.58 lakhs children at a total
  cost of Rs.85 lakhs. (per set Rs.33)
• Proposal to form MIS connecting all the block
  Offices with the District Collectorate at a total
  cost of Rs.20 lakhs.
• provision of 30 computers to personal Assistant
  to Collectors (NMP) at a total cost of Rs. 14.75
  lakhs

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