NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCILEDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Details of Mid Day Meal Scheme

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Total No. of Schools (Govt./Aided/ Local Bodies) & EGS/AIECentres obligated to provide Midday Meal.

Total No. of Schools (Govt./Aided/ Local Bodies) & EGS/AIECentres actually providing Midday Meal

Have any budgetary provisionsmade to provide assistance forcooking cost, infrastructure,procurement of kitchen devices/construction of kitchen-cum-store room/ cooking utensils/utensils for children to havefood/ pure drinking water/ waterfor washing and cooking food andwashing utensils/ dining room, ifyes give details. (PI. Ref. Clause2.6 of MDMS)

Have any State Normsformulated of expenditure underthe different components of theScheme as mentioned above, ifyes, give details and bifurcationhead-wise (PI. Ref. Clause 2.6r/w 3.3 of MDMS)

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NDMC/Navyug Schools = 46NDMC Aided Schools = 3

NDMC/Navyug Schools = 46NDMC Aided Schools = 3

NDMC Mid Day Meal is suppliedthrough Centralized Kitchen byService Providers. Therefore, nobudgetary provision is made toprovide assistance for cookingcost for infrastructure,procurement of kitchendevices/construction of kitchen-cum-store room/cookingutensils/ utensils for children tohave food/pure drinking water/water for washing and cookingfood and washing utensils/ diningroom.NA

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NDMC provides mid day mealthrough Service Provider inNDMC Schools. However,various conditions pertaining toinfrastructure, buildings, ,cooking machinery and vehiclesfor transporting the food to thespecified destination are made a

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Representatives of ServiceProviders.

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Have' any guidelines/ modalitiesdeveloped for day to daymanagement and monitoring ofimplementation of the MDMscheme, if yes give details. (PI.Ref. Clause 3.4 to 3.6, 6.2 & Ann.12 of MDMS)

Have any safety specificationformulated for construction ofkitchen-cum-store room (PI. Ref.Clause 2.6 r/w 4.2 & Ann. 9 ofMDMS) , if yes give details.

Has any system established forFood Corporation of India forcontinuous and un-interruptedflow of foodgrains to all eligibleschools and Centres, if yes givedetails. (PI. Ref. Clause 2.6 r/w3.7 & 3.8 of MDMS)

Have any guidelines formulated topromote and facilitate peoples'participation in the MDM Scheme,if yes give details. (PI. Ref. Clause2.6 r/w 3.9 & 4.4 of MDMS)

Have any guidelines framed forpreparation of nutritious andeconomical Mid Day Meal, if yesgive details. (PI. Ref. Clause 4.1 ofMDMS)

Has any IEC (Information,Education and Communication)activity undertaken to inform theend beneficiary i.e. the child

The monitoring of mid day mealis being done at school levelregularly by Head of School, MidDay Meal Incharges, HomeScience teachers and Mothers ofstudents. On the basis ofdirections issued by Ministry ofHRD/Govt. of NCT theDepartment has issuedinstructions/guidelines foreffective management of thescheme.

Schools MDM ManagementCommittees comprising ofHead of School/HomeScienceTeacher/Mid Day MealIncharge/PTA Members andmothers of students have beenconstituted for tasting of themeals before its distribution ondaily basis.The nutrition of value as perguidelines of MHRD havealready been specified in theagreement with the ServiceProvider supplying MDM to thestudents.School MDM ManagementCommittees comprising ofHead of SchooljHomeScienceTeacher/Mid Day Meal

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through the parents about theirfundamental right to receive andduty of the State to serve goodquality and good quantity ofhygienic food in dignified manner,if yes give details. (PI. ref. Cl.3.10)Has any dedicated mechanismdeveloped for public grievanceredressal with wide publicity andeasy accessibility, if yes givedetails. Is there any separateweb-site. (PI. Ref. Clause 6.3 ofMDMS)

Have State Level, District Leveland Block Level Steering-cum-Monitoring Committees beenconstituted, if yes givecomposition of each of thecommittee (PI. Ref. Clause 3.2 r/wAnn. 8 of MDMS)What steps have taken formobilization of mothers to watchMid Day Meal (PI. Ref. Circulardated 27.12.2005 of MHRD)

Does the State Governmentprepare and send all necessaryinformation to MHRD in themanner as required under Para5.1 r/w Ann. 11 and Para 5.4 r/wForm 1-3 of MDMS. Has any StateLevel Portal made to makeavailable all this information forpublic at large.What is the status of setting up ofdedicated website for MDM atState level linked with districts,please furnish the websiteaddress.

Incharge/PTA Members. Thesecommittees members convey tothe children/parents about theirfundamental rights of receivingmid day meal.

On receipt of information aboutcontaminationprompt penalfine, stoppingtermination ofare madeagreement.

in the meal,action such as

the payment,agreement etc.part of the

Head Quarter level committeehas been constituted.

School MDM ManagementCommittees comprising ofHead of School/HomeScienceTeacher/Mid Day MealIncharge/PTA Members and onemother of student is constitutedin every school. As a member ofschool MDM Committee, onemother of student tastes thefood before distribution ondaily basis.All the information requisite byMHRD is provided through MPR,QPR, Annual report and DailyMDM data submitted to theMHRD.

NDMC Mid Day Meal websitehtpp i//online.ndmc.gov.in/mdmhas been set up.

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What are the steps taken fortraining of cooks-cum-helpers oncontinuous basis on Food Safetyand Hygiene(PI. ref. guidelinesdated 13.02.2015 of MDMDivision, MHRD.

Is there any consequentialprovision of law in case a person isfound guilty of not properlyimplementing various aspects ofthe Mid Day Meal Scheme? If not,then is the State has any proposalto bring such law in force forensuring better implementation ofMDM Scheme.

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Under Food Safety Plan for MidDay Meal issued to the ServiceProviders to ensure that all theCCHs should cut their nail, washhands with soap beforeprocessing/preparing /distribution of the meal andwear clean apron/headgears/gloves. Instructions arealso issued in this regard atreqular intervals.Provisions have been made inagreements entered withService Providers for impositionof penalty and termination ofagreement in case of default inMDM supply by ServiceProvider.

School wise chartName of State- NDMC

Name of District-NDMC

Name of School. .(NDMC/NDMC NAVYUG/NDMC AIDED SCHOOLS)

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Total No. of 20740 (Class I to VIII)Students enrolledof the school?Food Grains: MDM .ln NDMC is not prepared inWhether the food schools. The same is outsourcedgrains are through empanelled Servicetransported from Providers. The food grains areFCI or supply is transported from FCI to godowns oftaken from Fair the Service Providers.Price Shop?What arearrangementstransportinggrainsfrom FCI god own/Fair Price Shop toSchool to ensurethat the actualquality andquantity assupplied by theseagencies reachesto the school storeroom?

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Cooking of Meal:How quality ofcooked meal,particularlyadditionvegetablessupply ofeggs etc.ensured?

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fruits,are

How is the calorificvalue [450 caloriesand 12 gms. ofprotein to everychild at primarylevel & 700calories and 20

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Food grains from FCI are distributedto the Service Providers by therepresentative of the Department toensure actual quality and quantity offood grains to them.Actual quality and quantity of foodgrains are ensured before lifting thesame from FCI godowns.

The MDM Suppliers entrusted withthe work of providing cooked foodare directed to supply the cookedfood containing calorific value 450 &700 calories and 12 & 12 gms. ofprotein to every child at primary &upper primary classes. However the

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gms. of protein to same is ensured by testing ofevery child at samples at regular intervals.upper primarylevell ensured?What is the systemof assessing thenutritional value ofthe meal underMDM Scheme?Who is planningthe weekly menu?Is the weeklymenu displayed inthe school?Have anynutritional expertsbeen involved inplanning andevaluation ofmenus and qualityof food servedunder theproqramme?

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Grains2 Pulse

3(vii). Are eggs, fruits NAetc. being servedand howfrequently?

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Mls FICCI Research and AnalysisCentre for lifting and testing ofsamples of cooked food from schoolsand kitchens.

The Govt. of NCT of Delhi decidesthe menu which is also adopted byNDMC which is displayed in theschools.

No nutritional expert is involved inplanning and evaluation of menusand quality of food served under theprogramme.

4 Oil &fat 5gms 7.5gms

3 Vegetables (leafyalso)

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Is there any The Ministry of HRD has prescribedstandard food norms and Nutritional values ofprescription to food as follows:-include minimumquantity ofvegetables,dal/lentils? How itsimplementation isensured?

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Regularity, School MDM Management Committeewholesomeness has been constituted. Instruction? toand over-all quality HOS/Dy. Education officers have alsoof mid-day meal been issued for proper monitoring ofserved to children MDM scheme.is being monitoredon daily basis, ifyes, then bywhom?

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WhetherCleanliness incooking, servingand consumptionof mid-day meal isbeing monitoredon daily basis, ifyes then bywhom?Whether timelyprocurement ofIngredients, fuel,etc. of good qualityis monitored onweekly basis?Whether Quantityof raw foodmaterial (eachitem) taken out forcooking is recordedin register on dailybasis undersignature of adesignatedmonitorinq person?Whether rawmaterial isinspected dailybefore being put touse for cooking?Whether anyregister entry ismaintained ondaily basis undersignature of adesignatedmonitoring person?Infrastructure:Kitchen -cu m-store/

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Cleanliness in cooking is monitoredby Service Providers and inspectionsof the kitchen are conducted byofflcers/offlctais of the Department.The serving and consumption ofmeal in school is monitored by theCommittees at school level.

NDMC is providing cooked mid daymeal through Service Providers andfood grains are provided to ServiceProviders through FCI in advance onquarterly basis.

NDMC is providing cooked mid daymeal through Service Providers asper agreement they are supposed tomaintain stock register as well asdaily consumption registers in thekitchen which are checked by officersof the Department at regularintervals.

NDMC is providing cooked mid daymeal through Service Providers andofficers/officials of the Departmentconduct inspections from time totime to ensure the quantity andquality as well as hygiene andcleanliness of the MDM.

MDM isempanelled

outsourced throughService Provider in

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StorageUtensils/FuelWhether School!Centre has puccaKitchen-cum-Storeas per specificationof para 4.2 r/wAnn. 9? If yes thengive size and otherdetails of Kitchenand Store, bothseparately.Whether cookedfood is procuredfrom a centralizedkitchen? If yes,then give thedistance of thecentra lized kitchenfrom the school.How much time ittakes for thecooked food toreach the schooland whether itcomes hot, in goodand eatablecondition?What measures, ifany, are beingadopted to testand ensure qualityand quantity offood In case foodis procured from acentralizedkitchen?Whether School!Centre has StorageBins? If yes, givenumber, size andnature of Bins.Whether theSchool/ Centre hasCooking Utensils?If yes, give theirnumber and size.

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MDM is outsourced throughempanelled Service Provider inNDMC and their empanelment by theDepartment is on the basis of properinfrastructure of the kitchen etc.

Yes, the food is procured throughcentralized kitchens. The averagedistance of the kitchen from theschool is 11-20 KM and it takes 10minutes to 50 minutes fortransporting the meal to the schoolsin most of the cases.

NDMC conducts testing of samples ofcooked food from schools as well asfrom kitchens. School Mid day mealcommittee tastes the food before itis served to the children.

MDM is outsourced throughempanelled Service Provider inNDMC and their empanelment by theDepartment is on the basis of properinfrastructure of the kitchen etc.

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Whether the At present, the children brlnq theirSchool/ Centre has own bowls/plate to have food.Utensils forchildren to havefood(plate, glass,bowl, spoon, oneeach per child)Whether the IVes, all the schools have functionalSchool/ Centre has hand wash facility. Instructions havefunctional hand been issued for institutionalization ofwash facility/ he hand washing with soap beforecounters with land after taking the meal. The fundssoap? If yes, give are also provided to schools for thistheir number. Ipurpose.Whether the IVes, all the schools have properSchool! Centre has arranqernent for pure drinking waterproper in NDMC/NDMC Aided/Navyugarrangement for schools ..Pure drinkingwater?Whether theSchool/ Centre hasproperarrangement forclean water; forwashingvegetables,grainscleaningutensils?

pulses,and

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Whether theSchool! Centre hasa suitable and childfriendly eatingplace, say a diningroom or veranda?If yes, give its sizeand other detailsfor arrangementsfor light and air.Nature of fuelbeing used [gasbased, smokelesschullhas,traditional methodof firewood,kerosene, etc.I.

Not applicable as MDM is outsourcedthrough empanelled ServiceProviders.

Schools do not have specific dininghall. The children take meal and eatin class rooms.

Not applicable in case of NDMC asMDM is outsourced throughempanelled Service Providers.However, use of LPG/PNG forcooking Mid Day Meal by the Serviceprovider is made a part ofagreement.

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5(xii). Reason for not Not applicable in view of 5(xi) above.using gas basedcooking andproposal toconvert.

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Infrastructure: The department has allotted all CCHsCapacity Buildinq: to service providers with theDetails of Plan to instructions to engage them on thetrain Teachers and basis of terms and conditions providedorganizers/ cooks/ by Ministry of HRD, as it is their dutyhelpers? to train them.

6(iii). Are VECs (Village NDMC is providing cooked mid dayEducation meal through Service Provider. TheCommittees), School. MDM Committee have beenSMCs (Steering constituted to check proper quality ofand Monitoring ood hygiene etc. The HOS/Dy.Committee), MTAs Education officer have also been(Mothers-Teachers properly monitoring the mid day mealAssociation), etc. scheme.oriented foreffectiveimplementationthrough their closesupervision?

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Teachers regarding and keeping record etc. They aretheir role in the motivated to take an active part in theScheme? MDM scheme.

7(ii). Has a training [Fhls does not apply in case of NDMC asmodule been MDM is outsourced through empanelleddeveloped in 20 Service Providers.days in-servicetraining forteachers underSSA (Sarva SikshaAbhiyaan)? Detailsof Teacher trainingconducted in thisreqard.

7(iii). Whether teachers lYes, instructions to Head of Schools &are using the Teachers are issued from time to timescheme to educate or ensuring hand washing before andchildren about after taking meal by the students,hygiene, discipline, hygiene, discipline, social equity etc.social equity,conservation ofwater etc.

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8: Cooks: Cook cum helpers engaged by8(i) Who is cooking the NGOs/Service Provider prepare MDM.

meal? (Please give Jrhe CCHs are allocated to the Servicebreakup) provider as per guidelines of the MHRD

on the basis of number of students(i) Cooks/helpers allotted.engaged by theDepartment/VillagePanchayat(ii) Self-HelpGroups(iii) NGOs(iv) MothersGroups(v) Any other

8(ii) Where NGOs are NDMC is providing cooked mid dayinvolved, it may be meal through Service Provider in NDMCspecified whether schools who have been selected as pertheir selection is in erms & conditions of RFP.accordance withthe guidelines ofMDM Scheme.

8(iii). Total No. of 2 NGOs/Service Provider and 236 CookOrganizers, Cooks cum helpers are engaged (for the year& helpers: 2016-17)

8(iv). Are cooks/ helpers Jrhe Department has allotted all CCHsgiven training 0 service providers with the(atleast 15 days) instructions to engage them on theon cleanliness, basis of term and conditions providedpersonal hygiene, by Ministry of HRD, and it is their dutycleaning of cooking 0 train them.area, cleaning andwashing of foodgrains, etc. beforeusing, and goodpractices ofcooking, prior toemploying/deploying them onthe job forpreparing Mid dayMeal for children.

8(v). Remuneration IAs per guideiines of MHRD,being given to (i) remuneration/honorarium of Rs.1000Organisers, (ii) per month to each CCH is givenHead Cook, (iii) hrough NGOs/Service Providers.Cook and (iv)Helper.

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Have Self-HelpGroups beentapped for theprogramme? [Ifnot, constraints inthis regard]

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Who is engagingthe cook? Howthey are appointedand what is themechanism forensuringaccountability? Arethere any norms?

NDMC Provides cooked mid day mealNGOs/Service Provider. Theaccountability of engagement of CCH iswith the Service Providers.

Steering-cum-MonitoringCommittees:Whether Steering-cum-MonitoringCommitteesconstituted atDistrict and blocklevel and whetherregular meetingsare held,frequency ofmeetinqs?

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Mobilizationmothers/representatives oflocal bodies:What are the stepstaken to involvemothers/representatives oflocal bodies/ GramPanchayats/ GramSabhas, etc.,taking turns tosupervisepreparation ofmeals and feedingof children. What isthe effect of thisinitiative?What aremechanismsmonitoringScheme?

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The monitoring of mid day meal isbeing done at school level regularly byHead of School and mid day mealInchareg/Home Science Teahcer/PTAmember/ Mother of Student. The

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· the food beforecommittee tastesdistribution of mid day meal to thechildren on dailv basis.

10(iii). Whether quarterly Noassessment of theprogramme throughDistrict Institutes ofEducation &Trainings hasbegun?

1l. External evaluation Noof the programme

11(i). Whetherevaluation throughexternal agency(s)commissioned? If~es, what are theparameters of thestudv?