Ministry of Human Resource Development,

To Nagaland 2'1(/and final installment 2013-14 ST Component F. No. 1-8-c/2013 -EE-6!MDM-3-l) Government oflndia Ministry of Human Resource Development Depmtment of School Education & Literacy [Mid-Day Meal Division] Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi, Dated the April 30. 2014 The Principal Accounts Officer, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Principal Accounts Office. Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi. Subject: Release of 2 nd and final installment of Recurring Central Assistance to Govt. of Nagalaud for National Programme of Mid Day Meal in schools for the year 2013-14. Sir, I an] directed to refer to this DepaItment's sanction letter of even number dated 22.04.2013 releasing ~ 734.16 Lakh as adhoc recurring central assistance and dated 26.03.2014 releasing ~ 1020.32 Lakh as balance of the 151installment to the State of Nagaland as recurring Central Assistance under National Programme of Mid Day Meal in Schools for the year 2013-14. 2. Government of Nagaland vide their letter No. EDSIMDM/QPR-UC/2012-13 dated 28.03.2014 have furnished the details of expenditure incurred by State as on 28.02.2014. It has, therefore, been decided to release ~ 1170.03 Lakh (Rupees Eleven Crore Seventy Lakh and Three Thousand Only) as 2 nd installment of recurring central assistance pertaining to the year 2013-14, during 2014-15 subject to adjustment of unspent balance of 2013-14 during 2014-15 to Govt. of NagaI and under MDM Scheme. The component wise details of release are given below:- ~ in lakhs) Sl. No. Component/norm Central Share Minimum Mandatory 2013-14 2013-14 State Share 1 2 3 4 Primary + Upper Primary I Cost of Food grains 141.18 2 Cookin~ Cost 740.27 82.25 3 Honorariumto Cook-cum-Helpers 199.12 22.12 4 Transportation Assistance 62.25 5 Management Monitoring& Evaluation (MME) 20.57 TOTAL 1163.39 104.37.,-.._.,. CJ~.\) (\...... (~:....-.i... fior,/'. " MED.J.c..i,I,r::-:' :r.1uq ':..!:Ir)(- SI.:.:C;l:i:HY -:o;"l, \,;, tit ';:=::~;:;:1i; i'(.i", ll' H. h ~~ '{<!j'::: :-,::. 'i':: ~T;:;.~:rrn t~ni(:1 ~'~:~,:;~,n ':);: :i::ti;~.:~;l!r;;!:,~ i., L:!i;:::;t;~; :'rj~w J"'~d '- -

NCLP 6 Cost of Foodgrains 0.98 7 Cooking Cost 5.10 0.56 8 Transportation Assistance 0.44 9 Managemeni Monitoring & Evaluation (MME) 0.12. TOTAL 6.64 0.56 GRAND TOTAL 1170.03 104.93 4. The expenditure of ~ 1170.03 Lakh (Rupees Eleven Crore Seventy Lakh and Three Thousand Only) will be debited to Demand No. 59- Department of School Education & Literacy. 3601 (Major Head) - Grant-in-Aid to Stale Governments This amount is to be trifurcated into following heads: (i) ~ 62.25 lakh under Demand No. 59, Department of School Education & Literacy, 3601 (Major Head) - Grants-in-Aid to State Governments, 02 - Grants for State Plan Schemes (Sub-Major Head), 187 - Elementary Education-National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools (Minor Head), 0 I - Assistance to State (Sub-Head), 01.01 - Amount to be met from Gross Budgetary Support (Detailed Head), 01.01.31 - Grants-in-Aid for 2014-15 (Pian). After re-appropriation from 2552 North Eastern Areas (Major Head), 00 - Grants for State Plan Schemes (Sub-Major Head), 156 - Elementary Education-Other Expenditure (Minor Head), 02 -National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools (Sub Head), 10.31 - Assislance 10 Stales in North Eastern Region (Detailed Head), 02.10.31 - Granls-in-aid General/or 2014-1 5 (Plan) (ii) ~ 26.44 lakh under Demand No. 59- Department of School Education & Literacy, 3601 - Grants-in-Aid to State Governments (Major Head), 02 - Grants for State Plan Schemes (Sub-Major Head), 789 - Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes, 57 - Elementary Education-National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools, 57.01 - Assistance to States (Amount to be met from Gross Budgetary Support), 57.01.31 - Grantsin- aid for 2014-15 (Plan). After re-appropriation from 2552 North Eastern Areas (Major Head) - 00 - Sub-Major Head, 789 - Special Component Plan fo/' Scheduled Castes, 28 - Elementary Education - other expenditure 02 -National Programnme of Mid Day Meals in Schools (sub-head), 28.02.31 -Grants-in-Aid General/or 2014-15 (Plan). (iii) ~ 1081.34 Lakh under Demand No. 59- Department of School Education & Literacy, 3601 - Grants in-aid to State Governments (Major Head), 02 - Grants for State Plan Schemes (Sub-Major Head), 796 - Tribal Area Sub Plan, 57 - Elementary Education-National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools, 57.01 - Assistance to States-(Amount to be met from Gross Budgetary Support), 57.01.31 - Grants-in- aid for 2014-15 (pian). After reappropriation from 2552 (Major Head) - 00 - Sub-Major Head, 796 -Tribal Area Sub Plan, 35 Elementary Education - other expenditure, 02 - National Programme of Mid J~~.9~--- Day ~als in Schools, 35.02.31 -Grant-in-Aid/o/' 2014-1 5 (Plan)... c. ", _ 2 ~ _ ~.' ~.,.J."" Uk 'ii, ~f"t.ivh. c. ME.!::NA).),T.!""? :-;i;,~w/ur,~~s-( :Secretary 1:\;~i~;'r',.:;:, ;;r~'i ""1 Min, of H, R D..----... 1',~!=': ""~C\, '<1"l'=:'"ilffiTIr. fu'.:.rfl1 :/;:':"."';r, '::"l',':':.i! ~ t.ll;..:at:y ;.:~ :,r::,..';; 1;(;.',': Gt~~:'"

4. Accordingly, J am directed to convey the sanction of the Presidem oflndia to release of ~ 1081.34 Lakh (Rupees Ten Crore Eighty One Lakh and Thirty Four Thousand only) to. Govl. of Nagaland as recurring Central assistance for 20J 3-14 under National Programme of Mid-Day Meal. 5. The expenditure of ~ 1081.34 Lakh (Rupees Ten Crorc Eighty One Lakh and Thirty Four Thousand only) under Demand No. 59- Department of School Education & Literacy, 3601 - Grants in-aid to State Governments (Major Head), 02 - Grams for State Plan Schemes (Sub-Major Head), 796 - Tribal Area Sub Plan, 57 - Elementary Education-National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools, 57.01 - Assistance to States-(Amount to be met from Gross Budgetary Support), 57.01.31 - Grants-in- aid for 2014-15 (Pian). After reappropriation from 2552 (Major Head) - 00 - Sub-Major Head, 796 -Tribal Area Sub Plall, 35 Elementary Education - other expenditure, 02 - National Programme of Mid Day Meals in Schools, 35.02.31-Grant-in-Aidfor 2014-15 (Plein). 6. The above grant is subject to the following conditions: - [A] Cost of foodgrains: (i) 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 exigencies. (ii) The BPL rate for the Rice and Wheat supplied by Food Corporation of India (FC!) under Mid Day Meal Scheme is ~ 56501- per MTs and ~ 4 J 50/- per MTs respectively. District administration will ensure tbe payment of the bills raised by FC! within 20 days of the submission of bills as per tbe guidelines issued by this Department vide letter No. 1-15/2009-DeskCMDMJ dated 10.2.2011. The taxes if any levied by the StatelUT would be borne by the Gov!. of India. (iii) 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 Gov!. will ensure timely payment to FC! by district authority. State Gov!. will ensure timely payment to FC! by district authority. (iv) All other provisions made in the above guidelines issued should be strictly complied. (v) The StateslUTs may evolve a system for on-line payment to FCr to avoid delay. (vi) The information on month-wise payment to FCJ may be made available to this Department on regular basis in the format of Monthly Progress Report (MPR). [B] Cooking Cost: (i) StatelUT's norm of expenditure towards cooking cost shall under no circumstances be fixed at a level less than ~ 3.11 upto 30th June, 2013 and ~ 3.34 from 1st July, 2013 onwards and per child per school day for primary stage and ~ 4.65 upto 30th June, 20J3 and ~ 5.00 from 1st July, 2013 onwards per child per school day for upper primary stage and NCLP schools. (ii) State Government should release cooking cost simultaneously. 3 eli. -& '!'{j';'\i/ j " ljir:yi'4i:,' 3"j1..'. ;,f:l':::,j;"i::i! ;,_r:rf':ii!i~.! ; ( -~:';~.yij':'ltl! '.1ff ;:ll':j':;ill hl.lo I ;,Hr;) S';:III}I" ~ : "~'.;; I:I'::.!: I.H, ~<a.. ;"::.; ti~~:'1!:: ri':."!,.:.-i'll

(iii) States/VTs will not reduce its own budgetary allocation for cooked Mid-Day Meal Programme below the level of BE: 2005-06. (iv) As stipulated in the MDM Guidelines, 2006 [para 3.3(iv)J, StateslUTs shall ensure that a minimum of one-month's requirement of cooking cost is available in each school as advance through-out 2014-15. (v) The StateslUTs may evolve online transfer of funds to schools!implementing agencies. [C] Transportation Cost: (i) Earlier the Gram of Central Assistance IOwards transportation cost was based.on flat rate of~ 750/- per MT for StalelUT and ~ 1250/- per MT for North Eastern Region States & Himachal Pradesh, J & K and Vttarakhand as a whole or actual expenditure whichever is less. It was decided that the admissibility of transportation assistance for II Special Category States shall be revised to the rate prevalent under the public Distri bution System (PDS) in these States in place of the earlier assistance at a flat rate of~ 125/-per quintal vide order No. 1-1I2009-Desk(MDM) dated 24. 11.2009 effective from 1.12.2009. The utilisation of this grant should be commensurate 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/VTs may therefore, reallocate tlus grant amongst the districts as per the requirement and as per StatelUT norms. [DJHonorarium to Cooks-cum-Helpers (i) State Gov!. may also release ~ 100/- per cook-cum-helper as State's share without any delay so that ~ 1000/- per month is paid to cook-cum-helper on consolidated basis. (ii) State GoV!. may give priority to weaker section of the society like women, SC/ST, OBC, Minorities in engaging the cook-cum-helper. (iii) The cook-cum-helper should be engaged purely on temporary basis. Central Govl. will not bear any past service liability in respect of cook-cum-helper. (iv) 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. [E] MME: 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 foodgrains, (b) cooking cost. (c) transport assistance & (d) honorarium to cook-cum-helpers as per the guidelines issued by this Ministry's letter No. I -I 5/2009-Desk (MDM), dated 21.6.2010. ~ 4 rq~ ~, MI",i/I',,~: ML; :,i-.t,r'.:1 3Tt ;, ;;:!~~~, ":)111""1 '.,~crf!tihi,i ':'::,j~!:i ' '.',k"'i: Mill. 01 H. p r, 'q~~~!,! brm'll,n Tilt"':.riT' f~l-,ml. 0/0 ~.~:r!ihii i-;(j :(;I'II.~.'~,[~ U!,:;:;.~~:~ :;G!~, /r:/ 1';':"'" L:~'.. I:

(F)GENERAL The grant shall be subject to the following conditions: (i) It shall be utilized only for undertaking activities proposed in the Annual Work Plan & Budget for the year 2014-15 and as approved by the Programme Approval Board (PAB-MDM). and by the Govenmlent of lndia on the basic norms of expenditure. (ii) The assets. if any, acquired wholly or substantially out of this grant, should not, without the prior sanction of the Governmem of lndia, be disposed of,' encumbered or utilized for purposes other than those for which the grant has been sanctioned..(iii) The 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 ofindia for any authority deputed by him for the purpose as per rules. (iv) The State Government shall contribute and release their minimum mandatory share simultaneously to implementing agencies. (v) The grantee shall furnish this Department with item-wise statement of expenditure on a quarterly basis and other reports on physical and financial progress in approved fonnats. The grantee will also submit annual progress within one month from the close of the financial year. The unspent balance, if any shall be taken into account before funds or subsequent years are released. (vi) The grantee shall follow strictly all the instructions issued by the Gov!. ofindia from 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. 7. It is certified that the pattern of assistance under the Scheme has the prior approval of Ministry of Finance. It is also certified that the grant is being released in conformity with rules and principles of the Scheme. 8. The unspent balance of Central assistance released to State during the previous years will be adjusted while releasing the balance amount of first installment due to the State. 9. The utilization certificate of this grant may be submitted to Gov!. of India within three months of the next financial year. 10. The accounts of tile grantee shall be open to inspection by the sanctioning authority and audit, both by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India under the provision of CAG (DPC) Act 1971 and Internal Audit by the Principal Accounts Office of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education and Literacy, whenever the grantee is called upon to do so.. ~k. 5 ("4-:. -i qri:':';/i<. (; ii'h:.en.~.: 1RP' ;'ll"br: /LJn:"!':-:~ f'e-cretar,! 'm. 'f";o r.~.. :.-..J;'"i....Mm. of ~-i.r C, 010 ~;;:;It~~~,~...!~:~;.~r~~.~; ~r:~~:f.r<!~} :t.zv.,,:;; i ~ "~d ;.1( ~ :i1ii1x7!! fa~rr..,...,., '- _._.-.".....---..,.~....

11. The amount of 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-II 0 115. On receipt of sanction letter, the Principal Accounts Officer may issue an advice to the Reserve Bank of India (Central Accounts Section), Nagpur for affording credit to the balance of the 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 J 0115. 12. Grantee is located in Nagaland circle of account. 13. This issues with the concurrence of Integrated Finance Division vide their Dy. No. 1565/2014 dated 09.04.2014 and funds certified by IF.2 vide Dy. No. 49112014-IF.II dated 21.04.2014. 14. The Sanction ID and E-bill pertaining to above release has already been generated. Yours faithfully, Under Secretary ~) to the Govt. of India Tel: 23387980 Copy to:,~ "'_crrl'jl~'...-.'. "1' ITJ.r ~ I) Shri M. Patton, Secretary (Education) Government of Nagai and, Koliiina-?9:]OO I"."",.d''', 2) The Director, Government of Nagai and, Kohima -797001,.. I...,,'... C".I 3) Secretary, Finance Department, Gov!. of Nagai and, Shillong, It.is requested..thatfunds released through this sanction letter may be transferred to the Education Department immediately. 4) Director General of Audit, Central Revenues, AGCR Building, New Delhi-I 10 001. 5) Desk (MOM)I Consultant (MDM)! Guard File Under Secretary IK~ to the Govt. of India (Ci,. 'Q" -,qi' 'I:.' ~~,' 1\"~.::N/', :>;:1'(': :;-:-ji-n.l. b,-i,.,. _.l.;c/[:!..hirri."fi~ j",:, :;.:.1... -~;,. IVilll,oi ti. F~!-, ':fi!i~:l"'-'~. <1't' :;'IUli'"\7T: rq~ft'i'l Dlo S'-'\''-,n: --.!l j~;. tll.';i;:; l,dl'".:i'h ':j';': ~:!''';:/;./I.. V: 01!;:...,.."....._-- 6