The StateofGovernment

students Class IX and made

X also.provision of MDM to
The State
additional Government
cooking cost of hasperprovisioned
Rs.1/- day per child an
to
provide two eggs a week to each
adding protein content of the meal.child in MDM thus
From 01.01.2015,
supplying Super thevariety
Fine State ofGovernment
Rice for MDMis
scheme additionally
crores per bearing an amount of Rs.97.72
annum approximately.
Material
Procedure pertaining
(SOP) in the to ofStandard
form books and Operating
calendars
have been printed and supplied to all the schools
the state for effective implementation of MDM. in
 Training
level to is beinglevel
school organized to all
including the personal from
cook-cum-helper state
involved
in implementation
collaboration of Mid day meals scheme in
with UNICEF.
In the State Level
Committee(SSMC) meetingSteering cum under
conducted Monitoring
the
Chairmanship
Telangana, it of the
was Chief
decidedSecretary,
to Government
introduce Greenof
Channel for making
from next financial year.payments under Mid day meals
rd
A State
constituted level
with 3
the party Monitoring
members from Committee
National Institute is
of
Nutrition, Home
representative from Science
NGO to Collage,
visit the CESS and
schools andfurnish
One
report about the
implementation of Midsteps to be
Day Meal taken for effective
Scheme.
 TheDistrict formats have been
communicated to all the DEOs in the
State.
An Orientation will be held shortly.
 TheMDM Rules, 2015 were communicated
and discussed with all the DEOs in the State.

State
guidelines are being finalised as per
the
feedback received from DEOs.
 Quotations have been called for from
accredited testing labs.
Testing of food samples will be taken up
after
finalising the firms.
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12.57
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 An amount of Rs. 10169.93 lakhs ( Central : Rs.
7837.69 lakhs & State: Rs. 2332.24 lakhs ) received.
An amount of Rs. 9449.34 lakhs is utilized.

Out of 2457000 children, 2013000 children (82%)

are
taking Mid Day Meals in the State.
Payments are
Corporation of being
India. made
Howeverregularly
an to theofFood
amount Rs.
81,14,634/- is to be paid to the FCI
District towards cost of food grains. in Hyderabad

The
2 nd amount will be paid to the FCI as soon as the
instalment is received.
 MHRD
Govt. of Telangana
Director of School Education
District Educational Officer
Mandal Educational Officer
HM / SMC
 Jawahar Bala Arogya Raksha (JBAR) is
being implemented in the State in
convergence with SSA and Health
Department to cover all children.
 In Phase-I, Out of 19316 sanctioned, 5592
are completed and 2895 are in progress.
In Phase-II, 10698 sanctioned.

Due to increase of material cost and labour cost

the unit cost of Rs. 1.5 lakhs is not sufficient for
construction.
Proposals are under active consideration of the
State Government to increase the unit cost as Rs.
2.5 lakhs.
Kitchen Devices: An amount of Rs. 746.95 lakhs
pertaining to Telangana State was released to
Govt. of AP. The State Government is pursuing the
matter.
 Data has been entered into MIS portal
regularly and 100% completed till Oct.2015.
The same is completed for 88% schools for
the month of Nov.2015.
Services of SSA data entry operators at
District/Block level are being utilized for
updating the data in the MDM MIS web
portal.
 Thehas
PR Nodal officer,2Monitoring
furnished Institutes
nd half yearly of NIRD
Monitoring &
Report
st st
of MDM
Mar.2015.covering the period 1 Oct.2014 31

Following are some of the findings of NIRD:

In each district
established monitoring
for better cells are to be
implementation.
Reply:- Monitoring
districts and also a cells are constituted
dedicated landline is in up
set all
for receiving feedback
implementation and information on the
of the Scheme.
 Menu boards should be displayed along with the
entitlements of the Mid Day Meal Scheme in prominent
places of the school for better awareness among
students and parents.
Reply: Menu boards are displayed in all the schools. In this
office Proc.Rc.No. 265/MDM/2015, dated: 30.10.2015,
instructions have been reiterated to all the DEOs to display the
Menu, MDM LOGO, Details of food grains received, utilized and
other items pertaining to Mid Day Meal Scheme on the notice
board.
Kitchen utensils are to be replaced
immediately in the entire
State.

Reply: An amount of Rs. 746.95 lakhs pertaining to 10

districts of Telangana was released by the GoI to the GoAP
after bifurcation of the State. The State Government is
pursuing the matter with Government of AP.
 Regular awareness
teachers, community generation
members program
and for
cooking
agencies are
implementation to be organized for effective
Reply:Training
HMs on program
Guidelines on hassafety
Food been and
conducted toin
Hygiene the
the
month of June.2015
Kitchen sheds
strength of should
the be constructed
students and normsas of
perMDM
the
immediately in all the schools.
Reply: The
charges cost ofdue
increased, construction
to which material
unit cost and
of labour
Rs. 1.5
lakhs is
stores. not sufficient
Hence proposals for construction
have been of kitchen-cum-
submitted to the
State
same Government
is under to increase
active the unit
consideration cost
of theand the
State
Government.
 Evolve mechanism
remuneration to for reducing the delay
Cook-cum-helpers as of payment
well as of
the
cooking cost.
Reply: Efforts are being made to
include the payments under
MDMS in Green Channel mode.

Propermandal
from monitoring
to mechanism
State level for has to delivery
better be established
of Mid
Day Meal Scheme.
Reply:
visiting At
theMandal
schools.level the MEO
Similarly the and
Dy. the CRPs
EOs, DEOs are
and regularly
RJDs are
also visiting the schools.
In this officehave
instructions Proc.Rc.No.
been 265/MDM/2015,
issued to the dated:
State 29.9.2015,
Level Officers
keeping
Meal as
Scheme in charge
includingfor the
paymentsDistrict
to to
the review
cooking the Mid
agencies Day
and
CCH by the MEOs
charges by the DEOs.and payment of Rice cost and Transportation
 The department should ensure regular monitoring
of Centralized Kitchens, wherever it is
operational.

Reply:- The Centralized Kitchens are serving MDM in

Hyderabad District, part of urban area in Rangareddy
District and Part of urban and rural areas in Medak
District.

The District Educational Officer, Medak has been

requested to explore the possibility of engaging the MDM
responsibility to the Self Help Groups in the rural areas
where kitchen sheds are available.

In Hyderabad district also the DEO, Hyderabad is

instructed to review the supply plan with the
Implementing Agency to reduce the distance and time of
supply.
The services
Centers of 108
are being ambulances
utilized and
in cases of Primary Health
emergency.
Instructions
Right Cell arefree
toll alsohelp
issued
line tonumber
display(1800-425-
the Child
3525)
District along with the
Educational phoneand
Officer numbers
Primary of Health
MEO,
Center in prominent
to contact them in caseplaces in the school premises
of emergency.
A toll free
installed in number
the office 1800-425-7462
of the Director has
of been
School
Education, TS, Hyderabad
issues including MDM. to receive calls on all
 A meeting has been convened with the
Society for Social Audit Accountability and
Transparency, Dept. Of Rural Development
to make arrangements for conduct of social
audit at least in 1 Mandal in each District.
 Sl. No. Of Classes Proposed No. of days
No Schools number of
children

1 20612 I to V 1310000 220

2 8407 VI to VIII 800000 220

Total 29,019 2110000

Sl. No. Of Classes Propose No. of days Total
No Schools d requireme
number nt in MTs
of
children
1 20612 I to V 1310000 220 28820.00

2 8407 VI to VIII 800000 220 26400.00

Total 29,019 2110000 55220.00
Sl. Stage Item Central State Total Remarks
No. Amount Amount Amount
(In (In (In
Lakhs) Lakhs) Lakhs)
1 Primary Cooking 7193.47 4795.65 11989.12
School, cost
NCLP &
2 Transport 216.16 0 216.15
Madarsas
charges
3 Cost of 1628.33 0 1628.33
food
grains
Total 9037.96 4795.65 13833.61
 Sl. Stage Item Central State Total Remarks
No. Amount Amount Amount
(In (In (In
Lakhs) Lakhs) Lakhs)
1 Cooking 6568.32 4378.88 10947.2
cost
Transport 198.00 0 198.00
Upper charges
2 Primary
Schools Cost of 1491.60 0 1491.60
food
3
grains
Hon. To 3397.8 2265.2 5663
CCH
5 MME 372.48 0 372.48
Total 12028.2 6644.08 18672.28

Note: The requirement of transportation charges are as per the existing rate of Rs.
750/- per MT. The transportation charges applicable will be ascertained from Civil
Supplies Department.
 Central State Total
Sl.
Stage Amount Amount Amount Remarks
No.
(In Lakhs) (In Lakhs) (In Lakhs)
Primary 9037.96 4795.65 13833.61
1
School
Upper 12028.2 6644.08 18672.28
2 Primary
Schools
Total 21066.16 11439.73 32505.89