Integrated Child Development Services-Common Application Software (ICDS-CAS), a nutrition monitoring software introduced for the 'Poshan Abhiyaan' can help in monitoring Anganwadi staff's work.
Integrated Child Development Services-Common Application Software (ICDS-CAS), a nutrition monitoring software introduced for the 'Poshan Abhiyaan' nutrition scheme can help to track proper functioning of Anganwadi workers. "We found that //the Anganwadi centers do not remain open all the days and with this software, we can keep a track on the functioning of the centers. It is a more systematic pattern and has brought in changes in the operation of the scheme," said Women and Child Development Secretary Rakesh Srivastava.
‘Integrated Child Development Services-Common Application Software (ICDS-CAS), a nutrition monitoring software introduced for the 'Poshan Abhiyaan' can help in monitoring Anganwadi staff's work.’
Smartphones with the ICDS-CAS software, provided to the Anganwadi workers and lady supervisors, will ensure assigned service delivery and prompts for intervention, he said. "This data is then made available in near real-time supervisory staff from sector, block, district, state to the national level through a dashboard for monitoring," he added.
According to the ministry, 95 lakh plus have been registered as beneficiaries under the scheme which is functioning in 57 districts of seven states - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The 'Poshan Abhiyaan' primarily aims to bring down stunting of the children in the age group of 0-6 years from 38.4 percent to 25 percent by the year 2022. All 36 states and union territories, and 718 districts will be covered in a phased manner by 2020.
The ministry will also organize a seminar on the use of technology for steering the programme.
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