Lok Sabha Question No. 2450 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-13
Subject: Implementation of POSHAN 2.0
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2450 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2026

## IMPLEMENTATION OF POSHAN 2.0

## 2450.  DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  reviewed  the  progress  in  implementation  of  Mission POSHAN 2.0, including the availability and timely delivery of nutritional services and supplementary nutrition provided through Anganwadi Centres across the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of beneficiaries registered, supplies delivered and gaps, if any, in coverage during the past three years, especially in Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the  functioning  and  effectiveness  of  the  Poshan  Tracker  app  in  ensuring  real  time monitoring, reducing leakages and improving last mile delivery of nutritional services;
- (d) whether there have been shortages or delays in delivery of supplementary nutrition or related services under the programme and if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the  steps  being  taken  to  enhance  infrastructure,  strengthen  supply  chains,  ensure capacity  building  of  Anganwadi  workers  and  improve  outcomes  under  Mission POSHAN 2.0 in the forthcoming financial year?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a)  to  (e): The  Ministry  has  introduced  'Poshan  Tracker'  application  as  an  important governance  tool  in  March,  2021  for  monitoring  and  tracking  of  all  Anganwadi  Centres (AWCs), Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and beneficiaries on defined indicators under Mission Poshan 2.0. It has facilitated near real time data collection for Anganwadi Services such as, opening  of  AWCs,  daily  attendance  of  children,  ECCE  activities,  Growth  Monitoring  of children,  Provision  of  Hot  Cooked  Meal  (HCM)  and  Take  Home  Ration  (THR),  Growth Measurement etc. Poshan Tracker app has enabled the Ministry to review the implementation of the scheme on various parameters and to make course correction. For last mile tracking of service delivery, Facial Recognition System (FRS) has been introduced in Poshan Tracker app for  distribution  of  TakeHome Ration  to  ensure  that  benefit  is  given  onl y  to  the  intended beneficiary  registered  in  Poshan  Tracker.  The  details  of  beneficiaries  registered,  Services provided at Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) and delivery of Supplementary Nutrition for all the States and UTs including the State of Tamil Nadu are available at Poshan Tracker dashboard: https://www.poshantracker.in/statistics. There have been no shortages or delays in delivery of supplementary nutrition or related services under the programme.

Some of the steps taken to enhance infrastructure, strengthen supply chains, ensure capacity building of Anganwadi workers and improve outcomes under Mission POSHAN 2.0 are as follows:

- Under  Mission  Saksham  Anganwadi  and  Poshan  2.0,  there  is  a  provision  of construction of 50,000 AWCs buildings over a period of 5 years (from 2021 to 2026) @10000  AWCs  per  year  in  convergence  with  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Further as on 02.02.2026, a total of 1,00,333 Anganwadi Centres has been upgraded to Saksham AWCs.
- The PM JANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan), a total of 2500 AWCs have been approved for construction under PM JANMAN across the country. A total of 178 number of AWCs have been sanctioned for construction in the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups areas (PVTGs).
- Dharti  Aaba  Janjati  Gram  Unnat  Abhiyan  (DAJGUA)  launched  by  the  Ministry  of Tribal Affairs (MoTA)  focusing on convergence, outreach and saturation in approximately, 63843 villages. Under DAGJUA, 875 AWCs have been sanctioned for construction  out  of  which  639  AWCs  have  become  operational  wherein  34,936 beneficiaries are registered.
- Streamlining Guidelines have been issued on Quality Assurance, Roles and Responsibilities  of  Duty  Holders,  procedure  for  procurement,  integrating  AYUSH concepts and Data Management  and  Monitoring  through  Poshan  Tracker for transparency,  efficiency  and  accountability  in  delivery  of  Supplementary  Nutrition. Nutritional Status and Quality Standards of food items under Supplementary Nutrition, transparency are being monitored in Supply Chain Management at State, District and Village Level.
- Under the Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi (PBPB) initiative, the Ministry is imparting training to all the officials and field functionaries in the States/ UTs through a cascading model of  training,  wherein  Master  Trainers  (District  Officers,  Block  Coordinators  and Supervisors) are trained and the master trainers further train all Anganwadi Workers in the field.  As on 3 rd February 2026, 10,05,756  AWWs have been trained across the country.

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