Analysis | ₹1,000 crore spent on Poshan Tracker, but where is the data?
3 years ago

Analysis | ₹1,000 crore spent on Poshan Tracker, but where is the data?

The Hindu  

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. 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. 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. The Poshan Tracker gives the Ministry 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.

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Ministry of Women and Child Development gets national award for poshan tracker initiative
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ministry of Women and Child Development gets national award for poshan tracker initiative

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a significant stride towards ensuring the health and well-being of children of zero to six years, Mission Poshan 2.0 has made remarkable progress in tracking the growth of millions of young lives, through its monthly growth monitoring initiative - Poshan tracker, which is also a theme for this year Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2024. Mission Poshan 2.0 helps …

Poshan app allows migrant workers to access nurseries wherever they live
1 year, 6 months ago

Poshan app allows migrant workers to access nurseries wherever they live

The Hindu  

More than 57,000 migrant workers have registered for the special one nation one Anganwadi programme under which even if people relocate to another State, they can avail of the benefits given to children under six years and pregnant women and lactating mothers by the government. Sources in the Ministry of Women and Child Development said that this is possible through …

The Future of Nutrition in India
3 years, 2 months ago

The Future of Nutrition in India

Hindustan Times  

Nutrition is a critical, if not an essential part of the health and development of society and the country. The Anganwadi Services Scheme provides universal coverage to all children upto 6 years of age; pregnant women and lactating mothers and out of school adolescent girls for key services including provision of supplementary nutrition. POSHAN tracker is a digital tool used …

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