MidDay Meal Scheme

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Mid-Day Meal Scheme
Bihar
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Philosophy and History

• Philosophy being infused.
• Providing MDM, not as a charity or to meet the
  needs of poor children, but in response to
  their right to life, food and education.
• Right Based Approach (RBA), rather than Need
  Based Approach (NBA)
• The philosophy is backed by the Indian
  Constitution, the UN Convention on Childs Rights
  (CRC) and judicial pronouncements of the Supreme
  Court.

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Objective Outcomes

• Childrens nutrition
• Educational advancement
• Social equity
• Hygiene and Sanitation .

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Background history

• 1995-04 dry ration of 3 Kg to all Children.
• 2003-04 cooked meal introduced in 30 blocks of
  10 districts.
• 2004-05 dry ration of 2 Kg to children in
  areas where cooked meal was not served.
• 1Jan2005 MDM universalized all primary schools
  including learning centers in Bihar.

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Programme Management Structure
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Food Grain Flow
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Fund Flow
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Exp norms per child/day
Rs. 1.50 from GOI and 1.00 from GOB Note
GOB has increased its share from Rs. 0.64 to Rs.
1.00 wef 1 April 07

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Optional Menu
Note Vegetables/fruits/Milks to be added with
increase of state share to 1.00 w.e.f. 1/4/2007
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Center-State Contribution per Meal
Contribution
State- 28
Center- 72
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Cost of Meal (Per Day per Child)
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Monitoring

• Steering committee at State level headed by Chief
  Secretary members include health, ICDS, SFC and
  other reps
• Dist. Level headed by DM members from health,
  ICDS, SFC, Education etc
• At Block and Village level by PRIS (proposed)
• Sample quality checking (proposed)

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Organising at school leve

• Total no. cooks and helpers 1,12,926
• No. of Women 80
• No. SC 60
• No. ST 5 Others 35
• Cooks and helpers get 2500 per month
• Cooks engaged by VSS/Mata Samiti, preference to
  SC/ST

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Coverage in 2006-07
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Concerns in MDM

• Delay in release of transportation cost
• Problems with local SFC Store
• Teachers time more on meal than on teaching
• Children more on meal than learning
• Space taken for storage of food grains and
  cooking in the school compound
• Children carrying utensils and unethical
  distributions practices
• Transportation from PDS to schools.

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Some major decisions taken by Govt.

• State share increased from 0.64 to 1.00 Wef 1
  April 2007
• Within overall supervision by VSS, food to be
  cooked and distributed by MS/SHG/MS.teachers to
  be delinked as far as possible
• VSS/MS/SHG/MS to lift grain from PDS.to be paid
  Rs.20 per quintal, may lift direct from SFC
  godawn...to be paid Rs. 35 per quintal
• Pilot community Kitchen in Panta and Vaishali
  dist. urban
• All children to be supplied plates to be stored
  in schools.

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