Annexure-6

[Ref: Para 3.1]

No. F. 5-29/2004-EE.5-MDM

Government of India Ministry of Human Resource Development Department of Elementary Education & Literacy Mid-Day Meal Division ****

Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.

December 20, 2004.

Notification

Para 3.5.7 of the Guidelines of the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education, 2004, (NP-NSPE, 2004), envisage setting up of Steering-cum-Monitoring Committees (SMCs) at four levels viz. National, State, District and Block, to oversee management and monitoring of the programme.

2. In pursuance of the above, a National level Steering-cum-Monitoring Committee (NSMC) is hereby constituted for the above Programme as follows:-

  1. Secretary, Chairperson Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Elementary Education & Literacy

  2. Financial Advisor, MoHRD Member

  3. Principal Advisor/Advisor (Education), Planning Commission -MoHRD Member

  4. Director, NCERT, or his nominee -MoHRD Member

  5. Director, NIEPA, or his nominee -MoHRD Member
  6. Managing Director, Food Corporation of India, or his nominee -MoHRD Member
  7. Representatives [not below the rank of Joint Secretary] of the following Ministries / Departments (to be nominated by the Secretaries concerned):-

i) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Member

ii) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and PD, (Department -doof Food and Public Distribution)

iii) Department of Women & Child Development

iv) Department of Rural Development

v) Min. of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation -do-(Department of Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation)

vi) Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

8. Thirteen members to be nominated by the Chairperson:

i) Two experts in the area of Nutrition -do

ii) Four persons, of whom at least two shall be women, with -do-significant contribution/achievements in the area of Nutrition, Child Welfare, Community/Women’s Mobilization, School Education, Child Health, School Mid-Day Meal

iii) Representatives of five State Governments (One from -do-each region)

iv) Two Primary School Teachers with a distinguished record -doof service [of whom at least one shall be a woman]

9. Joint Secretary in-charge of NP-NSPE in the Department of Member – Elementary Education & Literacy Secretary

  1. Term of members nominated under Category 8 above will be two years or till nomination of their successors, whichever is later.

    1. NSMC will perform the following functions:-

    2. (i)Guiding various implementation agencies, (ii)Monitoring programme implementation, assessing its impact, and taking corrective steps, (iii)Taking action on reports of independent monitoring/evaluation agencies, (iv)Effecting coordination and convergence among concerned Departments, agencies (e.g. FCI), and schemes, and (v)Mobilizing community support and promoting public-private partnership for the programme.
  2. NSMC will meet at least once every six months.

  3. Secretariat support to NSMC will be provided by the Elementary Education Bureau of the Department of Elementary Education & Literacy.

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(P.K. Mohanty)

Dy. Educational Advisor Copy:

  1. Private Secretary to Minister of Human Resou8rce Development

  2. Private Secretary to Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development

  3. Sr. Principal Private Secretary to Secretary, Department of Elementary Education & Literacy

  4. Sr. Principal Private Secretary to Secretary, Department of Secondary & Higher Education

  5. Financial Adviser, MoHRD

  6. Principal Adviser (Education), Planning Commission

  7. Director, NIEPA

  8. Director, NCERT

  9. Managing Director, Food Corporation of India

  10. Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

  11. Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of consumer Affairs, Food and PD

  12. Secretary, Department of W&CD

  13. Secretary, Department of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation

  14. Secretary, Department of Rural Development

  15. Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

    1. Principal Secretary / Secretary of the Nodal Department for NP-NSPE in all State Governments / UT Administrations, for information, in continuation of D.O. letter No. 1(2)/2004-Desk(MDM) dated 3.12.04 from Secretary, Department of Elementary Education & Literacy, addressed to their Chief Secretary.

    2. Steering-cum-Monitoring Committees at State, District & Block levels may please be similarly constituted as envisaged in para 3.5.7 of the Guidelines, as also activated, on top priority, under intimation to this Department.
  16. All State Project Directors of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.

  17. Director of Primary/Elementary Education of all States/UTs.

  18. All Joint Secretaries in the Department of Elementary Education & Literacy.

  19. Joint Secretary, School Education, Department of Secondary & Higher Education.

  20. All Divisional Heads of Department of Elementary Education & Literacy.

  21. Manager, Government of India Press, Faridabad.

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(P.K. Mohanty)

No. F. 5-29/2004-EE.5-MDM Government of India Ministry of Human Resource Development Department of Elementary Education & Literacy Mid-Day Meal Division ****

Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi.

December 31, 2004.

Notification

In pursuance of para 3.5.7 of the Guidelines of the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education, 2004, (NP-NSPE, 2004), a National level Steering-com-Monitoring Committee (NSMC) has been constituted vide Department’s Notification of even no. dated December 20, 2004.

2. In terms of Item-8 of para 2 of the said Notification, Secretary, Department of Elementary Education & Literacy, as Chairperson of the NSMC is pleased to nominate the following thirteen members on the above Committee:-

i)
Two experts in the area of Nutrition:
(1)
Director, National Institute of Nutrition,
 Hyderabad, or his representative.
(2)
Dr. Prema Ramachandran, Director,
Nutrition Foundation of India,
New Delhi.

 

 

 

ii) Four persons, of whom at least (1) Dr. Tara Gopaldas, Director, Tara two shall be women, with Constancy Services, Bangalore. significant contribution/achievements in the area of Nutrition, Child Welfare, Community/Women’s Mobilization, School Education, Child Health, School Mid-Day Meal:

(2) Dr. Alok Mukhopadhyay, CEO, Voluntary Health Association of India, New Delhi.

(3) Ms. Leena Joseph, Naandi Foundation, Hyderabad.

(4) Dr. Ilina Sen, “RUPANTAR”, Raipur.

iii) Representatives of five State Ppl. Secretary/Secretary of the State Governments (One from each Nodal Department for NP-NSPE in the region): following States:

  1. Rajasthan.

  2. Madhya Pradesh

  3. Karnataka

  4. Bihar

  5. Assam

iv) Two Primary School Teachers (1) Smt. Sukanti Kumari Mohanty, with a distinguished record of Assistant Teacher, Gopal Jee UGUP service [of whom at least one School, Paradip, At Nuabazar, P.O. shall be a woman]: Paradip, Distt. Jagatsinghpur 754145, Orissa.

(2) Smt. Kamlesh Rawat, Head Mistress, Primary School, Narain Gaon (Saklana), Jaunpur, Distt. Tehri-Garhwal, Uttaranchal.

3. Terms of the above members will be two years or nomination of their successors, whichever is later.

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(P.K. Mohanty) Dy. Educational Advisor

Copy:

  1. Private Secretary to Minister of Human Resource Development

  2. Private Secretary to Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development

  3. Sr. Principal Private Secretary to Secretary, Department of Elementary Education & Literacy

  4. Sr. Principal Private Secretary to Secretary, Department of Secondary & Higher Education

For information of members nominated vide Notification of even number dated 20.12.04, with request to attend the NSMC meetings.

5.Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Tarnaka, Jamai-Osmania Post, Hyderabad-500 007.

6.Dr. Prema Ramachandran, Director, National Nutritional Foundation of India, C13, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110016.

7.Dr. Tara Gopaldas, Director, Tara Consultancy Services, Saraswati, 124/B, Varthur Road, Ngavarapalyr, Bangalore-5600093.

8.Dr. Alok Mukhopadhyay, CEO, Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) 40, Qutub Institutional Area, New Delhi-110016.

9.Ms. Leena Joseph, Naandi Foundation, 502, Trendset Towers, Road No. 2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-500034.

10.Dr. Ilina Sen, “Rupantar”, A-26, Housing Board Complex, Surya Apartments, Katora Talav, Raipur-492001. Chhattisgarh.

11.Principal Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department, Government of Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur-302005.

12.Principal Secretary, Department of Panchayat & Rural Development, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, 2nd Flr., Vindhyachal Bhavan, Bhopal-462011. 13.Secretary, Primary & Secondary Educationn Department, jGovt. Of Karnataka, M.S. Building, 5th Floor, 2nd Stage, Bangalore-560001. 14.Secretary, Primary & Adult Education Department, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna-800 015.

15.Secretary, Department of Education, Government of Assam, Sachivalaya, Capital Complex, Dispur, P.O. Guwahati-701006.

16.Smt. Sukanti Kumari Mohanty, Assistant Teacher, Gopal Jee UGUP School, Paradip, At Nuabazar, P.O. Paradip, Distt. Jagatsinghpur-754145, Orissa. 17.Smt. Kamlesh Rawat, Head Mistress, Primary School, Narain Gaon (Saklana), Jaunpur, Distt. Tehri-Garhwal, Uttaranchal.

For information and with request to all the nominated teachers to attend the NSMC meetings.

18.Secretary, Department of Women & Child Development, Government of Orissa, Sachivalaya, Bhubaneswar-751001.

19.Additional Chief Secretary (Education), Govt. of Uttaranchal, Sachivalaya, Dehradun-248 001.

For information

20.Financial Adviser, MoHRD

21.Principal Adviser (Education), Planning Commission

22.Director, NIEPA, New Delhi

23.Director, NCERT, New Delhi

24.Chairman & Managing Director, Food Corporation of India

25.Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

26.Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and PD

27.Secretary, Department of W&CD

28.Secretary, Ministry of Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation

29.Secretary, Department of Rural Development

30.Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

31.Principal Secretary / Secretary of the Nodal Department for NP-NSPE in all State Governments / UT Administrations, except Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa & Uttaranchal

32.All State Project Directors of Sarva Shiksha Abhihyan

33.Director of Primary/Elementary Education of all States/UTs

34.All Joint Secretaries in the Department of Elementary Education & Literacy

36.All Divisional Heads of Department of Elementary Education & Literacy

37.Manager, Government of India Press, Faridabad.

50 35.Joint Secretary, School Education, Department of Secondary & Higher Education

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(P.K. Mohanty)