3r.ll TOTAL * Minimum Mandatory. Central Share (MME) Himachal Pradesh Part of 2'd instalment SC Component

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1 Himachal Pradesh Part of d instalment SC Component F. No. r-3/017-ee-6(mdm-3-1) Government of ndia Ministry of Human Resource Development Department of School Education & Literacy [Mid-Day Meal Division] Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi, Dated the 8tNovember, 01 7 To The Principal Accounts Officer. Ministry of Human Resource Development, Principal Accounts Office, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi. Subject: Release of nd instalment as recuring Centrat Assistance to Govt. of Himachal Pradesh for National Programme of Mid Day Meal in schools for the year Sir, am directed to refer to this Departments sanctiorr letter of even number dated releasing < 0.68 Lakh as Adhoc basis and dated releasing { Lakh as balance of lt installment to the State of Himachal Pradesh as recurring Central Assistance under National Programme of Mid Day Meal in Schools for the year Government of Himachal Pradesh have furnished the details of expenditure incurred by the State vide their letter No. EDN.C-F(10)-3/017 dated on the basis of which the "d instalment of Lakh towards the recurring central assistance of the annual allocation lras become due for release. However. ntegrated Finance Division of MHRD has concurred Rs lakhs (Rupees Seventeen Crore Fifty Nine Lakh and Thirty Six Thousand Only) (50%) for release as recurring Central Assistance to Govt. of Himachal Pradesh under MDM Scheme for the implementation of thc scheme till 3l The component wise details of release are given below:- t N Central Share Component/norm Sl. No. Central Share approved by FD Minimum Mandatory State Share Primary + Upper Primary Cost of Food grains Cooking Cost J Honorarium to Cooks-cum-He pers 18.6 Transportation Assistance 5 Management Monitoring & l:valuation (MME) TOTAL * l s r.ll x The balance amount of Rs lakh towards the instalment of recurring Central of the Mid Day Meal Scheme by the assistance would be reteased after appraisal and approval competent authorities i.e. EFC and CCEA. qr w< ri f D/o

2 .(r) The Stute Finance Department must release Central Assistance along with the minimum matching contribution of State share to the Education Department or the nodal department for implementation of Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) immediately. The Educotion Department or the nodal department for MDMS must release the Central Assistance as well as State Governnrenls matching contribution lo the schools/implementing agencies within u week. The expenditure of ( lakh (Rupees Seventeen Crore Fifty Nine Lakh and Thirty 5. Six Thousand Only) will be debited to Demand No. 57- Department of School Education & Literacy, 3601 (Major Head) - Grant-irr-Aid to State Governments. This amount is to be trifurcated into following heads: Rs Lakh will be debited to Demand No.57 - Depaftrnent of School Education & Literacy, 3601 (Major Head) - Grant-in-Aid to State Governments, 06 -Centrally Sponsored Schemes (Sub-Major Head), Central Assistance/ Share (Minor Head), l0 -National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools (Sub Head), Assistance to States Amount to be met from Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh (Detailed Head), Grants-in-aid General for Rs Lakh will be debited to Demand No Department of School Education & Literacy, 3601 (Major Head) - Grant-in-Aid to State Governments. 06 -Centrally Sponsored Schemes (Sub-Major Head), Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes (Minor Head), l0 -National Programme of Mid Da1Meals in Schools (Sub Head), Assistance to States Amount to be rnet from Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh (Detailed Head), Grants-in-aid General for Rs Lakh will be debited to Demand No Department of School Education & Literacy, 3601 (Major Head) - Grant-in-Aid to State Governments, 06 -Centrally Sponsored Schemes (Sub-Major Head), 796 -Tribal Area Sub Plah (Minor Head) l0 -National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools (Sub Head) Assistance to States Amount to be met from Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh (Detailed Head), Grants-in -aid General for Accordingly, am directed to convey the sanction of the President of ndia to release of Rs Lakh (Rupees Four Crore Ninety Lakh and Eighty Six Thousand only to Govt. of Himachal Pradesh as recurring Central assistance under National Programme of Mid Day Meal in Schools for the year The expenditure of Rs Lakh (Rupees Four Crore Ninety Lakh and Eighty Six Thousand only) will be debited to Dernand No Department of School Education & Literacy (Major Head) - Crant-in-Aid to State Governments, 06 -Centrally Sponsored Schemes (SubMajor Head), Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes (Minor Head), 0 -National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools (Sub Head) Assistance to States Amount to be met from Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh (Detailed Head), Grants-in-aid General for The State Finance Department must release Central Assistance along with the minimum mandatory matching State share to the Education Department or the nodal department for implementation of Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) imrnediately. The Education Department or the nodal department for MDMS must release the Central Assistance along with State Governments mandatory matching contribution to thc schools/implementing agencies within a week.

3 9. The above grant is subject to the following conditiorrs: - [Al Cost of fooderains: District administration will ensure that every consuming unit maintains a buffer stock of food grains required for a month to avoid disruption due to unforeseen (vi) exigencies. The Ministry of Consurner Affairs, Food & Public Distribution has decided that the food grain would be supplied under Mid Day Meal Scheme at the National Food Security Act (NFSA) rates viz. Rs..00 per kg for wheat and Rs.3.00 per kg for rice instead of Below Poverty Line rates (Rs..15 per kg for wheat and Rs.5.65 per Kg for rice) during the year t is, therefore, advised that the payment of food grains to Food Corporation of ndia may be made at NFSA rates in respect of the fbod grains lifted by thc State. District administration will enslrre the payment of the bills raised by FC within 0 days of the submission of bills as per the guidelines issued by this Departmcnt vide letter No. l-15/009-desk(mdm) dated lhe taxes if any levied by the State/UT would be borne by the Govt. of ndia. State Government will nominate an officer who will be responsible for receiving the bills submitted by FC and ensuring payment to it in time. FC will intimate its account number and mode of receiving of payment to the nodal officer, who should be made responsible for transferring money/depositing cheque in that account. State Govt. will ensure timell payment to FC by district authority. All other provisions made in the above guidelines issued should be strictly complied. he States/UTs may evolve a system for on-line payment to FC to avoid delay. lhe information on month-wise payment to FC may be made available to this Department on regular basis. [Bl Cookins Cost: StatefuTs norm of expenditure towards cooking cost shall under no circumstances be fixed at a level less than t 3.S6 upto 30r June,016 and7.13 from l" July, 016 onwards per child per school day for primary stage and < 5.78 upto 30tlJune, 016 and < 6.f8 from t July,016 onwards per child per school day for upper primary stage and NCLP schools. State Government should release l0% minimum mandatory State Share of cooking cost simultaneously. StatesfuTs will not reduce its own budgetary allocation for cooked Mid-Day Meal Programme below the levelof BE: As stipulated in the MDM Guidelines, 006lpara 3.31, States/UTs shall ensure that a minimum of onc-months requirement of cooking cost is available in each school as advance throlrgh-out The StatesfuTs may evolve online transfer of funds to schools/implementing agencies. [Cl Transnortation Cost: fhe admissibility of transportation assistance for Special Category States has heen revised to the rate prevalent under the public Distribution System (PDS) in these States viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand in place of the earlier assistance at a flat rate of ( 151- per quintal vide orderno. ll/009-desk(mdm) dated effective from The utilisation of this grant should be cornmensurate with the actual quantity of food grains lifted and transported under the Scheme. Requirement of Transportation cost may vary from district to district within State/UT depending upon the topography and distance to be transported. States/Uls may therefore, reallocate this grant amongst the districts as per the requirement and as per State/UT norms. a J JR }ffi <r-{i fe firm Now

4 [Dl Honorarium to Cooks-cum-Helpers State Govt. must also release minimum matching contribution of { l00/- per cookcum-helper as States share without any delay so that minimum amount of honorarium of { 1000/- per month per cook-cum-helper is paid through e-transfer in to their bank account. -he States may top up their share for releasing more than ( [r]l MME: 1000/- per month per cook-cum-helper. State Govt. may give priority to weaker section of the society like women, SC/ST, OBC, Minorities in engaging the cook-cum-helpers. fhe cook-cum-helper should be engaged purely on part time basis. Central Govt. will not bear any past service liability in respect of cook-cum-helper. Separate account will be maintained by the State Government for the Central assistance being released under each category (Primary and Upper Primary) separately to meet the payment of cook-cum-helpers under the Scheme Central assistance will be utilized for Management, Monitoring and Evaluation (MME) i.e. 1.8% of total recurring Central Assistance i.e. (a) Cost of food grains, (b) cooking cost, (c) transport assistance & (d) honorarium to cook-cum-helpers as per the guidelines issued by this Ministrys letter No. l-15/009-desk (MDM), dated l (F) GENERAL The grant shall be subject to the following conditions: (vi) t shall be utilized onll for undertaking activities proposed in the Annual Work Plan & Budget for the year and as approved by the Programme Approval Board, and by the Government of ndia on the basic norms of expenditure. lhe assets, if any, acquired wholly or substantially out of this grant, should not, rvithout the prior sanction of the Government of ndia, be disposed off, encumbered or utilized for purposes other than those for which the grant has been sanctioned. he grantee shall maintain a separate and proper account of the expenditure incurred out of the grant and the accounts so maintained shall be open to audit by the Comptroller & Auditor General of ndia or any authority deputed by him for the purpose as per rules. lhe State Government shall contribute and release their minirnum mandatory share simultaneously to implomenting agencies. l-he grantee shall fumish this Department with item-wise statement of expenditure on a quarterly basis and other reports on physical and financial progress in the prescribed formats. The grantee will also submit annual progress within one month fiom the close of the financial year. The unspent balance, if any shall be taken into account before funds olsubsequent years are released. fhe grantee shall follow strictly all the instructions issued by the Govt. of ndia fiom time to time with regard to the implementation of the Scheme and the funds earmarked for Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Sub Plan. Therefore, the funds are required to be further bifurcated into these minor budget heads i.e. for SCs and STs. 10. t is certified that the pattern of assistance under the Scheme has the prior approval of Ministry of Finance. t is also certifiecl that the grant is being released in conformity with rules and principles of the Scheme. U ncl6 r

5 ll. The utilization certificate of this grant may be submitted to Govt. of ndia within three months of the next financial year. 1. The accounts of the grantee slrall be open to inspection by the sanctioning authority and audit, both by the Comptroller and Auditor General of ndia under the provision of CAG (DPC) Act l97l and nterrral Audit by the Principal Accounts Office of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, De partment of School Education and Literacy, whenever the grantee is called upon to do so. 13. The amountof grant-in-aid is finally adjustable in the books of Principal Accounts Officer, Ministry of HRD, Department of School Education & Literacy, D-Wing, Ground Floor, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-ll0 ll5. On receipt of sanction letter, the Principal Accounts Officer may issue an advice to the Reserve Bank of ndia (Central Accounts Section). Nagpur for affording credit to the balance o1the State Government. The Principal Accounts Officer may forward a copy of the advice to the Accountant General and Finance Department of the State Government along with a copy to undersigned in the Department of School Education & Literacy. State Government shall send intimation regarding receipt of grant-in-aid to Principal Accounts Officer, Ministry of HRD, Department of School Education & Literacy, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-l l0l Grantee is located in Himachal Pradesh circle of account. 15. This issues with the concurrence of ntegrated Finance Division vide their Dy. No datetl and funds certified by F. vide Dy. No. 65/017-F. dated The Sanction D and 16. E-bill pcrtaining to above release has already been generated. Yours faithfully, (Arna Under Secretary to Tel.,C), Copy to: l. Shri R. D. Dhiman, Principal Secretary, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh, Education Departrnent, H. P. Secretariate, Armsdale Building, Shimla The Director, Govt. of Hinrachal Pradesh, Education Department, H. P. Secretariat, Armsdale Building, Shimla J. Secretary, Finance Departmcnt, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla. t is requested thot funds released through this sanction letter may be transferred to the Eclucation Dep art ment immediate ly.. Director General of Audit, Ccntral Revenues, AGCR Building, New Delhi-l l Desk (MDM) Consultant (MDM) for website uploading. Guard File Under 5,li H.Ft,9.