[1] EdCIL’s ANNUAL WORK PLAN & BUDGET (2014-15) FOR TSG-MDM ROLE OF TSG - MDM TSG-MDM, Ed.CIL has been providing all logistic support for Mid Day Meal Project of MHRD since 22nd December, 2005. 2 TSG-MDM : SET-UP [3] The Units for MDM-TSG are as under: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Research & Evaluation Food & Nutrition MIS Plan Monitoring Financial Management Information Education & Communication Civil Works Capacity Building Community Mobilisation & Grievance Redressal STAFF STRENGTH AGAINST SANCTIONED S. No. Designation Sanctioned Engaged Vacant 1 Chief Consultant 3 2* 1 2 Sr. Consultant 7 3 ** 4 3 Consultant 7 6 1 4 Research Assistant 4 3 1 5 Support Staff 23 16 7 6 Messenger 5 7 *** 49 37 0 14 Total [4] 14-2 = 12 * 1 Short-term Chief Consultant and 1 Senior Consultant adjusted against the post. ** 1 Consultant adjusted against the post of Senior Consultant. *** 2 additional Messengers are working against vacant posts of Support Post (WPO). STATUS OF FUNDS APPROVED, [5] RECEIVED & EXPENDITURE (Rs. in Lakhs) 1200 1063 1000 832 800 600 676 624 486 609* (521+88) 481 429 346 400 200 0 2011-12 Funds Sanctioned 2012-13 Funds Received 2013-14 Expenditure *Committed liability of Rs. 88 lakh towards JRM 2013-14 for addnl JRMs [6] % UTILIZATION AGAINST FUNDS RECEIVED 100% 91% 81% 77% 14% 77% 50% 0% 2011-12 % Utilisation 2012-13 2013-14 Addnl exp on 12 JRMs TARGETS ACHIEVED – 2013-14 [7] 5 Regional Workshops to orient State/UT officials on preparation of AWP&B and to review the MDM-Scheme were held at Silvassa, Chennai, Ranchi, Lucknow and Kohima. 1 Workshop/meeting on finalization of Design for Kitchen-cum-Stores was held at New Delhi. 1 Workshop on Social Audit was held at New Delhi. [8] 1 National Workshop to orient State/UT officials on preparation of AWP&B and to review the MDM-Scheme was held at Bangalore. Assisted MHRD in organization of 2 National level meetings, held in Delhi with all Education Secretaries to review all the schemes including MDMS. [9] Facilitated Review Mission to visit 20 States viz. Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. PERFORMANCE AGAINST APPROVAL [10] (WORKSHOPS/MEETINGS/REVIEW MISSIONS/FIELD VISITS) S. No. As per PAB 2013-14 Workshops/Meetings Target Achievement 1 National Workshops 6 3 2 Regional Workshops 8 5 3 Other Seminars/ Meetings 6 2 4 Review Missions 8 20 5 Field visits 60 41 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE DURING 2013-14 (RS. in Lakhs) 1 Funds Available as on 01.04.2013 176.37 2 Funds Received during 2013-14 500.00 3 Total Funds Available during 2013-14 676.37 4 Funds utilized during 2013-14 520.73 5 Unspent Balance as on 01.04.2014* 155.64 6 Expenditure on addnl JRMs 88.00 [11] [12] PROPOSAL FOR 2014-15 [14] APPROVAL OF WORKSHOPS, REVIEW MISSIONS & REVIEW MEETINGS FOR 2014-15 1 2 3 4 National Level Workshops/ Orientation Meetings Regional Workshops Seminar/Meetings Review Missions Total 6 8 4 15 33 [14] PROPOSED UNIT-WISE FIELD VISITS/MONITORING/ FACILITATIONS ETC. FOR 2014-15 1 Research & Evaluation 3 2 Food & Nutrition 6 3 MIS 17 4 Plan Monitoring 18 5 Information Education & Communication 6 6 Financial Management 4 7 Civil Works 0 8 Capacity Building 9 Community Mobilization & Grievance Redressal 3 3 Total Field Visits/Monitoring/Facilitations etc. 60 JUSTIFICATION [15] Field visits are proposed on per Consultant basis. Each Consultant shall make approx. siz visits. Total Field visits proposed are – 60. Average cost proposed per visit is Rs.25,000/- (same as 2013014) It is also proposed that Consultants shall make use of workshop visits by extending 1-2 days extra on field visits in respective State/City. ACTIVITY-WISE ALLOCATION (2014-15) SPACE & UTILITIES , 21% NATIONAL /REGIONAL/ ORIENTATIO N MEETINGS , 17% REVIEW MISSIONS, 15% SALARY & ALLOWANCES , 24% FIELD VISITS, 2% Ed.CIL's Margin and Service Tax, 21% [16] Item wise requirement of funds for TSG-MDM for 2014-15 Items Consultancy Fee / Salary and allowance of Staff Review Missions National Workshop / Regional Workshop / Seminars / Field Visits @ Rs.25000 each Space & Utilities Ed.CIL Overhead & Margin Research & Evaluation Publicity for MDM Scheme Total PAB Exp. Proposal approval During 2014-15 2013-14 2013-14 211.9 161.79 208.8 48 *39.38 120 117 62.92 136 15 206.10 221.23 200 43 6.25 15 122.25 172.4 105.76 181.5 22.37 0 0 45 1062.23 520.72 878.71 *JRM visited 20 States against PAB MDM approval of 8 States for the year 2013-14. Bills of Rs.88 lakhs for visit of 12 JRMs are pending for payment. *Governments of Gujarat (Rs. 8.23 lakh), TN (Rs. 12.97 lakh), UP (Rs.8.77 lakh), HP (Rs.6.49 lakh) and Maharashtra (Rs.7.05 lakh) have incurred excess expenditure 17 against approval of Rs.6 lakh each. Issues for approval Engagement of two Chief Consultants (MIS) for IVRS project and IEC, three Senior Consultants (R&E, F&N and Community Mobilization & Grievance redressal), 1 post of Research Assistant and 5 Support Staff against approved posts by PAB-MDM 2012-13. Abolition of posts of Senior Consultant Consultant for Research Evaluation. (Civil) and Approval of National / Regional workshops / Review Missions / Seminars / Meetings and Field Visits to be carried out during 2014-15. Ex-post fecto approval for excess for 12 visits and expenditure of Rs.88 lakh on review mission during 201314. Item wise requirement of funds of Rs.821.32 lakh for the year 2014-15 and liablity of Rs. 88 lakh for visit of review mission during 2013-14 for the TSG-MDM. [19]