(a) whether administrative grant has been raised from 1.8 per cent
to 3 per centfor management, monitoring and evaluation of the mid-day
meal programme;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the time by which the Government proposes to allocate additional
fund to streamline the mid-day meal programme?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SHASHI THAROOR)
(a) to (c) : As per the existing MDM guidelines, recurring central assistance
is provided to the States/UTs for Management, Monitoring and Evaluation (MME)
under the MidDay Meal Scheme @1.8% of the total recurring central assistance
towards the cost of food grains, cooking cost, honorarium to cook-cum-helpers
and transport assistance.In smaller States/UTs viz. Goa, Chandigarh, Dadra &
Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Puducherry, Central Assistance for
MME is provided @ 30 lakh for each district. There is no decision at this stage
to allocate additional funds to the Mid Day Meal Programme other than an annual
increase of 7.5% of funds for cooking cost, which has been given in each of the
last four years.