Lok Sabha Question No. 1110 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-05
Subject: Coverage under the Supplementary Nutrition Programme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Karti P Chidambaram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1110

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2025

## COVERAGE UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTARY NUTRITION PROGRAMME

## 1110. SHRI KARTI P CHIDAMBARAM:

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

- (a) the number of women and children covered under the Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) since FY 2021-22 till 30 October, 2025, State/UT-and year-wise;
- (b) the number of children and women whose Aadhaar has been successfully verified under the SNP during the said period, State/UT and year-wise; and
- (c) whether  the  Ministry  has  identified  any  gap  between  the  registered  beneficiaries  and Aadhaar-verified  beneficiaries  under  the  SNP,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the corrective measures being taken to ensure that eligible beneficiaries are not excluded from receiving nutrition services?

## ANSWER

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

(a) State/UT wise and year wise details of number of women and children who are covered as beneficiaries under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 are available at https://www.poshantracker.in/statistics

(b) State/UT wise and year wise details of number of children and women whose Aadhar has been successfully  verified  under  Mission  Saksham  Anganwadi  and  Poshan  2.0  are  available  at https://www.poshantracker.in/statistics

(c) Out of total registered beneficiaries (8,87,69,382) on the  Poshan  Tracker ,  99.85% (8,86,33,551) beneficiaries have been Aadhar verified under the SNP across the country. Details are available at https://www.poshantracker.in/statistics

To address the challenge of malnutrition, Anganwadi services, Poshan Abhiyaan and Scheme for Adolescent girls (of 14-18 years in Aspirational Districts and North-Eastern region) have been subsumed under the umbrella Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 (Mission Poshan 2.0).

It  is  a  Centrally  Sponsored  mission,  where  the  responsibility  for  implementation  of  various activities lies with the States and UTs.  Further, this mission is a universal self-selecting umbrella scheme where there are no entry barriers for any beneficiary to register and receive services.

Further for tracking of beneficiaries and the services being provided under the mission, Poshan Tracker application was rolled out on 1st 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, under-weight prevalence among children. It has facilitated near real time data collection for Anganwadi Services such as, opening of AWCs, daily attendance of children, Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) activities, Growth Monitoring of children, Provision of Hot Cooked Meal (HCM)/Take Home Ration (THR-not raw ration), Growth Measurement etc.

Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) has developed Facial Recognition System (FRS) for distribution of TakeHome Ration to ensure that benefit is given only to the intended beneficiary registered in Poshan Tracker. Every beneficiary who is willing to undergo the eKYC procedure and FRS, is fully entitled to receive the benefits of the scheme.

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