Poshan Tracker initiative

About Poshan Tracker initiative:

• The Poshan Tracker program identifies and addresses growth issues among children aged 0-6 years, utilizing real-time monitoring and WHO growth charts to ensure optimal nutritional outcomes.
• Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) play a crucial role in evaluating children's health status and implementing timely interventions when deviations from expected growth patterns are detected.
• The Poshan Tracker employs advanced ICT tools and Growth Measuring Devices (GMD) at each Anganwadi Center (AWC) to facilitate accurate data collection and regular monitoring. 
• The program's real-time growth monitoring has significantly improved child health outcomes in India, covering millions of children under Mission Poshan 2.0.

Key points about Poshan Tracker App

• This application provides a 360-degree view of the activities of the Anganwadi Centre (child care centres), service deliveries of Anganwadi Workers and complete beneficiary management for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under six.
• It also digitizes and automates physical registers used by workers to help improve the quality of their work.
• The Anganwadi workers are being provided smartphones procured through Government e-Market (GeM) for efficient service delivery.
• A nodal person has also been appointed for providing technical support and resolving any issue with downloading the new Poshan Tracker application and its functioning in each state.
• The sources state that each migrant worker who had registered in their original state could go to the nearest Anganwadi in their current place of residence and avail of the schemes and services offered.
• It was launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD).

Q1: What is Poshan Abhiyan?

It was launched to improve nutritional outcomes holistically. Behavioural change at the individual and community levels is an important component to achieve the desired goals of a Kuposhan-mukt Bharat.

Source: Ministry of Women and Child Development receives National Award for e-Governance 2024 (Gold) for Poshan Tracker initiative