Lok Sabha Question No. 2711 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-06
Subject: Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Portal
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara, Keshari Devi Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2711 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 TH MARCH, 2020

## REPRODUCTIVE AND CHI LD HEALTH (RCH) PORT AL

## 2711. SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA: SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the officers of health department are continuously showing negligence with regard to RCH portal and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether this portal which was launched under National Health Mission at national level has beenunsuccessful in achieving its objectives due to wavering tendency of the officers;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to conduct training programmes to create awareness about this portal among health workers; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (c): The officers of health department are working diligently to strengthen the RCH portal. As health is a State subject, implementation of the National programmes at the State, is the sole responsibility of the State officials. In the State, implementation is done by the S tate programme  management  unit  monitored  by  State  Officials  and  State/District  Managers  wh work  in  close  coordination  with  the central team.  The  data  is  collected  a t  the  field  level  by various  fi el d  functionaries  ANMs/ASHAs  at  various  health  facilities  (P HC,  CHC,  District Hospital, VHND sites etc . ) on Integrated RCH Register and later uploaded on the RCH portal.

RCH  Portalisdesigned  with  the  objective  of  achieving  the  Sustainable  Development Goal of Good Health and Well - being. One of the prime objective of NHM is to reduce Infant and Maternal mortality and improve Universal Health Coverage and RCH Portal acts as a princi wheel in achieving the same and is currently implemented in 34 States/UTs.

RCH Portal currently holds the largest database of Eligib le couples, Pregnant women and Children of the country with total of 19.78 crore Eligible Couples, 18.13 crore Pregnant and  15.57  crore  Children  that  have  been  registered  on    the  MCTS  /  RCH  portal  as  on  2 February,2020 since inception. RMNCHA prog ramme is the key prerogative of MoHFW and RCH  portal  is  playing  a  key  role in  decision  making  and  monitoring  the  implementation  of health schemes in the country . The portal is monitored at the National level on regular basis MoHFW  officials  and  consciou s  efforts  are  being  made  to  improve  the  performance  of  the States/UT's in the RCH Portal.

(d)& (e) : MoHFW  officials  conduct periodicC apacity  building  training s and provide supportto  States/UTs  to  implement  and  strengthen  the  program.  Workshop  and  train ing programmes for RCH portal and ANMOL (ANMOL is a tablet version of theRCH portal) are conducted  on  quarterly  and  half  yearly  basis  at  National ,  State  and  Regional  level  with participation from States/UTs. State level ToT trainings are conducted on aregular basis. The States  conduct  training  for  district  and  block  data  managers,  data  entry  operators  and  ANM's /ASHA's. Review meetings and field visits to assess the performance of the RCH portal, and to provide training on new features, and refresher tr ainings are also conducted regularly.