Poshan tracker icds

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has spent over ₹1,000 crore on its Poshan or Nutrition Tracker, which records real-time data on malnourished and ‘severe acute malnourished’ children in each anganwadi. But four years since its launch, the Government is yet to make the data public. The Government has spent ₹1,053 crore on the Poshan Tracker or Information Communication Technology-Real Time Monitoring as on March 31, 2021, the Ministry of Women and Child Development told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports. The report was presented before Parliament on November 30. Of the total, ₹600 crore was spent on procurement of smartphones; followed by ₹203.96 crore on smartphone recharge and maintenance; ₹180.68 crore on incentives to anganwadi workers and helpers for using the technology; and ₹68 crore on training. Yet, in response to a question on the number of malnourished children in the country from Samajwadi Party MP Rewati Raman Singh in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, the Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani relied on data from the recently released National Family Health Survey-5, which shows improvement in stunting, wasting and under-weight children. Also read: The NFHS is a sample survey conducted across 6.3 lakh households in two phases — from June 2019 to January 2020, and January 2020 to April 2021. The Poshan Tracker gives the Ministry daily data from 12.3 lakh anganwadi centres, with 9.8 lakh be...

The Women and Child Development Ministry said it has conceptualised a digital platform, 'Poshan Tracker', for holistic implementation and real-time evaluation of anganwadi and other schemes under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, WCD Minister Smriti Irani said currently, the ministry runs the mobile based job-aid application (ICDS-CAS) in an attempt to use technology for improved service delivery and this system covers only 351 districts of the country. • Follow us: New Delhi: The Women and Child Development Ministry said it has conceptualised a digital platform, ‘Poshan Tracker’, for holistic implementation and real-time evaluation of anganwadi and other schemes under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, WCD Minister Smriti Irani said currently, the ministry runs the mobile based job-aid application (ICDS-CAS) in an attempt to use technology for improved service delivery and this system covers only 351 districts of the country. “The Ministry of WCD has conceptualized a digital platform, Poshan Tracker, which will be an overarching system, providing facilities, services and interlinkages, and thereby also promote real-time data with analytics," Irani said. She presented data according to which 6,37,155 ICDS-CAS mobile users are presently there. She was responding to a question by a parliamentarian on “whether the government is considering a proposal fo...

A three-day training programme on Poshan Tracker Apps and CBE for Anganwadi Workers (AWW) was conducted by Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS) on June 1-3 at VDB Hall Longleng. According to a DIPR report, Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) Atsole Khalo delivered the keynote address and S Longhong briefed on how to use “Poshan Tracker Apps”. A brief note on CBE was delivered by supervisor, Kethode Dawhou, while supervisor, Amos Khing spoke on growth monitoring, and a brief note on Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) was delivered by Afen. A review of training and the practical session was followed with Poshan coordinators and supervisors. The programme was chaired by Y Pauloi phom DPA Poshan Abhiyaan.

About Poshan Tracker- • The Poshan Tracker, known as the ICDS-CAS (Integrated Child Development Services- Common Application Software ) in its earlier avatar. • It was set up with the aim of tracking and improving various services delivered at anganwadis and to ensure nutritional management of beneficiaries. • Its purpose is to provide a 360-degree view of the activities of the Anganwadi Centre (AWC), service deliveries of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and complete beneficiary management for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children. • It is one of the key pillars of the Poshan Abhiyan or Nutrition Mission approved by the Union Cabinet in November 2017 with a financial outlay of Rs. 9,000 crore for three years. • It gives the MoWCD daily data from 12.3 lakh anganwadi centres, with 9.8 lakh beneficiaries, including children, in the age of six months to six years, as well as pregnant women and lactating mothers. • It records real-time data on malnourished and ‘severe acute malnourished’ children in each anganwadi. • On its Poshan Tracker website (https://poshantracker.in/), the government hosts a dashboard which provides only administrative details at the national, State and district level. • This includes total attendance, vaccinations, take-home ration delivered and hot cooked meals served for the past one month, past seven days, and today. • It neither allows an analysis of these services over a period of time nor does it share critical information — such as nutrition sta...

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to health. Context: The Ministry of Women and Child Development has spent over ₹1,000 crore on its Poshan or Nutrition Tracker, which records real-time data on malnourished and ‘severe acute malnourished’ children in each anganwadi. But four years since its launch, the Government is yet to make the data public. Concerns: Government officials have cited privacy concerns as a reason for keeping the data under lock and key but experts say it can easily be anonymised as is the case with data for several other government schemes. About the Poshan Tracker: • The Poshan Tracker, known as the ICDS-CAS (Integrated Child Development Services-Common Application Software) in its earlier avatar, was set up with the aim of tracking and improving various services delivered at anganwadis and to ensure nutritional management of beneficiaries. • This real-time monitoring system is one of the key pillars of Poshan Abhiyan or Nutrition Mission approved by the Union Cabinet in November 2017 with a financial outlay of ₹9,000 crore for three years. About Poshan Abhiyaan: • The programme seeks to improve nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant women and lactating mothers. • Launched in 2018 with specific targets to be achieved by 2022. It aims to reduce: • Stunting and wasting by 2% a year (total 6% until 2022) among children. • Anaemia by 3% a year (total 9%) among children, adolescent girls and pregnant women and lactating mothers. The target of th...

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