{"id":11938,"date":"2025-07-18T12:08:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11938"},"modified":"2025-07-18T13:07:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T07:37:20","slug":"poshan-tracker-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/poshan-tracker-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Poshan Tracker App"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Poshan Tracker App Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anganwadi workers struggles to register beneficiaries on Poshan Tracker app due to technical glitches and connectivity issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Poshan Tracker App<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a mobile-based application rolled out by the <\/span><b>Ministry of Women and Child Development<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Government of India on 1st March <\/span><b>2021<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>developed by the National eGovernance Division<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It serves as a specialized digital <\/span><b>platform for Anganwadi Centers (AWCs),<\/b> <b>Anganwadi Workers (AWWs)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>enrolled beneficiaries,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> aiming to <\/span><b>enhance nutrition service delivery <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and support the government\u2019s fight against malnutrition.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The app provides mechanisms for<\/span><b> direct data capture, status tracking, and reporting, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">making it a pivotal tool in the implementation of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/poshan-abhiyaan\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Poshan Abhiyaan initiative.<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Access <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to Poshan Tracker is <\/span><b>limited to designated users,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including <\/span><b>government-authorized staff and registered beneficiaries.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It facilitates <\/span><b>real-time updates on nutrition indicators<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> covering children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Anganwadi workers can record individual attendance, distribute supplements,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>update health parameter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s directly from the field.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government <\/span><b>authorities receive timely insights <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into r<\/span><b>esource usage, stock availability, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>beneficiary outreach<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, allowing for improved decision-making and prompt intervention.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>What is the Poshan Abhiyaan Initiative?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>multi-ministerial initiative<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> launched by the Government of India in March <\/span><b>2018<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The focus of Abhiyaan is to lay <\/span><b>emphasis on the nutritional status of adolescent girls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children from 0-6 years of age.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The programme, through the use of <\/span><b>technology, convergence, and community involvement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a targeted approach, strives to <\/span><b>reduce the level of stunting, undernutrition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/anaemia\/\" target=\"_blank\">anaemia<\/a>, and low birth weight in children,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as also focus on <\/span><b>adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mother<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, thus<\/span><b> holistically addressing malnutrition.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Poshan Abhiyaan Initiative <\/b><b>Objectives<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Prevent and reduce stunting in children (0- 6 years).<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prevent and <\/span><b>reduce undernutrition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (underweight prevalence) in children (0-6 years).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduce the prevalence of <\/span><b>anaemia among young children (6-59 months).<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduce the prevalence of <\/span><b>anaemia among women and adolescent girls <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the age group of <\/span><b>15-49 years.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Reduce Low Birth Weight (LBW).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Delhi\/glitches-in-poshan-app-hindering-beneficiaries-registration-in-haryana\/article69823462.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poshan Tracker App application provides a 360-degree view of the activities of the Anganwadi Centre (child care centres), service deliveries of Anganwadi Workers Read more about Poshan Tracker App, Objective, Ministry, Latest 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