Lok Sabha Question No. 440 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-21
Subject: Geo-mapping of Anganwadi Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Pritam Gopinath Munde, Rahul Ramesh Shewale

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 440

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2023

## GEO-MAPPING OF ANGANWADI CENTRES

- 440     SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU: DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE:

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

- (a) the number of Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) running in the country at present;
- (b) whether the Union Government is collaborating with a Gujarat-based agency to geo-map all AWCs, if so, the details and the facts thereof;
- (c) whether the Union Government is also collaborating with other institutions in the country in this regard, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the percentage of  beneficiaries registered on the Poshan Tracker verified with Aadhaar so far, State/UT-wise particularly in Odisha;
- (e) whether there is any proposal to integrate Poshan Tracker with Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) portal of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; and
- (f) if so, the details and the present status thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) At  present,  a  total  of 13.96  lakh Anganwadi  Centres  are  registered  on  Poshan Tracker, the ICT application that monitors the service delivery under Anganwadi Services on select indicators.

(b) to (c) Under the PM Gati Shakti programme managed by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), this Ministry has initiated geo-mapping of all AWCs through the Poshan Tracker application. The data is being mapped on the Gati Shakti portal in collaboration with Bhaskaracharya National Institute of Space Application and Geo-Informatics (BISAG-N) which is an agency under MeitY, Government of India. So far, close 10.3 lakh AWCs in the country have been geo-mapped.

This  will  offer  a  judicious  technique  for  policy  planning  and  interventions,  e.g.,  easy identification of available land for setting up Anganwadi Centres, population size, proximity to water resources, medical facilities, educational institutions, rail heads, locating Gram Panchayats with wifi facilities etc., hence enabling ready access to information for focused nutrition and gender services.

(d)   The State/UT - wise percentage of beneficiaries registered on the Poshan Tracker application verified with Aadhar, including Odisha, is at Annexure 1.

(e)  & (f) The Integration of RCH Portal of MoHFW with the POSHAN Tracker of MoWCD is in process. At present, based on Aadhar and ABHA id, facility to fetch health records of pregnant women, such as, Last Menstrual Period date, Date of Tetanus Dose, Details of Ante Natal Care, Haemoglobin etc, from RCH has been provisioned on Poshan Tracker.

Annexure I

| State/UT                           |   Percentage beneficiaries Aadhar verified |
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands          |                                         74 |
| Andhra Pradesh                     |                                         88 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                         34 |
| Assam                              |                                         93 |
| Bihar                              |                                         96 |
| Chhattisgarh                       |                                         90 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli - Daman & Diu |                                         95 |
| Delhi                              |                                         97 |
| Goa                                |                                         58 |
| Gujarat                            |                                         98 |
| Haryana                            |                                         80 |
| Himachal Pradesh                   |                                         96 |
| J&K                                |                                         96 |
| Jharkhand                          |                                         60 |
| Karnataka                          |                                         98 |
| Kerala                             |                                         95 |
| Ladakh                             |                                         98 |
| Lakshadweep                        |                                         81 |
| Madhya Pradesh                     |                                         91 |
| Maharashtra                        |                                         94 |
| Manipur                            |                                         95 |
| Meghalaya                          |                                         97 |
| Mizoram                            |                                         93 |
| Nagaland                           |                                         13 |
| Odisha                             |                                         99 |
| Puducherry                         |                                         59 |
| Punjab                             |                                         97 |
| Rajasthan                          |                                         92 |
| Sikkim                             |                                         91 |
| Tamil Nadu                         |                                         97 |
| Telangana                          |                                         96 |
| Tripura                            |                                         89 |
| UT-Chandigarh                      |                                         98 |
| Uttar Pradesh                      |                                         99 |
| Uttarakhand                        |                                         93 |
| West Bengal                        |                                         98 |

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