Sign In
Learn bits
Schemes & Policies
Pradeep Kumar

07/08/21 11:05 AM IST

POSHAN Tracker Application

In news

POSHAN Abhiyaan aims to reduce malnutrition in the country in a phased manner, through a life cycle approach, by adopting a synergised and result oriented approach.

About the programme
  • The Programme strives to induce behavioural change through nutrition centric Jan Andolans in the form of Poshan Pakhwadas and Poshan Maahs.
  • The target for reducing the prevalence of stunting among children under 5 years is by 2% per annum and anemia among children under 5 years is by 3% per annum.
About the app
  • Poshan Tracker management application provides a 360-degree view of the activities of the Anganwadi Centre (AWC), service deliveries of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and complete beneficiary management for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children.
  • Simultaneously, the mobile application also digitizes and automates physical registers used by AWWs that helps improving their quality of work.
  • The AWWs are being provided Smartphones procured through Government e-Market (GeM) for efficient service delivery.
  • A total of 8.66 lakhs Smartphones have been procured by 32 States/UTs.
  • Further, AWW and Lady Supervisor (LS) are being provided ₹200/- per month for recharging of smart phones.
Source: PIB

More Related Current Affairs View All

17 Jan

Groundwater contamination in India

'Of the 15,239 groundwater samples collected from across the country for testing, 19.8% samples had nitrates — nitrogenous compounds — above safe limits though it must

Read More

17 Jan

Draft data protection rules

'The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on January 3, 2025, released the the draft rules for implementing the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 &mda

Read More

16 Jan

INS Surat, INS Nilgiri and INS Vaghsheer commissioned

'PM Modi dedicated three frontline naval combatants to the nation on their commissioning.' The naval combatants – INS Surat, INS Nilgiri and INS Vaghsheer --were commissio

Read More

India’s First Ai-Driven Magazine Generator

Generate Your Custom Current Affairs Magazine using our AI in just 3 steps