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TERI SAS launches M.Sc. (Energy Studies & Management)
Value chain analysis of mid-day meal scheme in Karnataka

Student name: Ms Ranjita Sapkota
Guide: Dr Papiya Guha Mazumdar
Year of completion: 2015
Host Organisation: Plustrust Organization, Bangalore
Supervisor (Host Organisation): Dr Lalitha Iyer
Abstract: The Mid-day Meal scheme (MDMS) has made a remarkable improvement in health and education status of school going children in India; however the tragic death of children after eating meals at schools often becomes the headlines of national newspapers. Being the government led program a large group of actors are involved in its implementation coming from central up to school level along with large processes of value chain. Over thousands of researches have been conducted in past regarding the issues over MDMS and mostly the policy makers at central or state level along with the program implementers at schools are found to be blamed for not making it successful. Unfortunately no efforts have been made so far to understand what is happening with the chain in between the policy makers and school level implementers. This research seeks to meticulously understand the process of value chain on MDMS in Karnataka state. All the activities in value chain like products flow (supply chain), funds flow, information flow as well as monitoring cum supervision mechanisms have been identified and presented through maps using the basic concepts of Value chain analysis (VCA) technique. It also attempts to design the basic format of VCA map that can be used by researchers, policy makers or any stakeholders to analyse each and every stages of value chain in detail and derive the value added solutions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness throughout the process. The study employs the combination of primary research as well as secondary analysis of government documents and reports to track the overall value chain of MDMS. The study is based on qualitative data collected from five districts of Karnataka i.e Mandya, Bangalore Rural and Tumkur, Bangalore Urban and Ramnagara. Keywords: Mid-day meal scheme, Value chain, Schools, Karnataka, VCA map.