Lok Sabha Question No. 3287 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: Digitalization of Anganwadi Services
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P. Ravindhranath, Janardan Singh Sigriwal, Pashupati Nath Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3287

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2022

## DIGITALIZATION OF ANGANWADI SERVICES

3287.  SHRI P. RAVINDHRANATH: SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL: SHRI PASHUPATI NATH SINGH:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  for  digitalization  of  Anganwadi  Centres  in  the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has instructed/issued any guidelines to State Governments for digitalization of Anganwadi services to ensure registration of beneficiaries of one state in other states during migration for various purposes, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  also  initiated  Aadhaar  linking  process  under  Integrated Child Development Scheme and if so, the details thereof and the follow up action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a)   IT  systems  have  been  leveraged  to  strengthen  and  bring  about  transparency  in  nutrition delivery support systems at the Anganwadi centres. The 'Poshan Tracker' application was rolled out  on  1 st March  2021  as  an  important  governance  tool.  The  Poshan  Tracker  facilitates monitoring and tracking of all AWCs, AWWs and beneficiaries on defined indicators. Technology under Poshan Tracker is being leveraged for dynamic identification of stunting, wasting, underweight  prevalence  among  children.  Further,  under  Poshan  Abhiyan,  for  the  first  time,  a  digital revolution was ushered in when the Anganwadi Centres were equipped with mobile devices. The mobile application has also facilitated digitization and automation of physical registers used by AWWs that helps in improving their quality of work.
- (b)         Universal  access  to  Anganwadi  Services  ensures  that  no  beneficiary,  who  migrates  or whose family migrates from one State to another or within a State is deprived of access to key services  delivered  through  Anganwadis.  To  facilitate  the  same,  a  module  on  'migration'  is available and functional on Poshan Tracker. Using the same, beneficiary details can be accessed by the Anganwadi Centre, where the beneficiary migrated to, by using the beneficiary's Aadhar details.  The  Anganwadi  Worker  at  the  Centre,  where  the  beneficiary  migrated  to,  can  pull  the data  of  the  beneficiary  to  its  own  data-base  by  using  the  migration  module.  In  this  regard, Ministry has informed all States / UTs about the detailed flowchart of the migration module on the Poshan Tracker and advised them to undertake appropriate measures for wider dissemination of the availability of this facility among beneficiaries
- (c)         Aadhaar  Seeding  of  beneficiaries  has  been  initiated  to  ensure  last  mile  tracking  and effective delivery of services to beneficiaries at Aanganwadi centres. Further, a child's Aadhaar card shall not be mandatory for availing the benefits under the Scheme. The benefits under the scheme can be accessed using the mother's Aadhaar card.      As on 31st July 2022, close to 53%  of  beneficiaries  have  been  Aadhar  seeded  on  the  Poshan  Tracker.  The  Ministry  is constantly following up with the States/ UTs to complete the Aadhar seeding process. Funds for Aadhaar  enrollment  kits  have  been  placed  with  the  States/UTs  to  facilitate  enrollment  of beneficiaries at the AWC itself.

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