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Source: The post is based on the article “Poshan app helps migrant workers access Anganwadi services during relocation” published in The Hindu on 13th June 2023
What is the News?
More than 57,000 migrant workers have registered for the special one nation one Anganwadi programme by using the Poshan Tracker App on mobile phones.
What is Poshan Tracker App?
Poshan Tracker app provides a view of the activities of the Anganwadi centres (child care centres), service deliveries of Anganwadi workers and complete beneficiary management for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under six.
It also digitises and automates physical registers used by workers that helps improve the quality of their work.
The Anganwadi workers are being provided smartphones procured through the Government e-Marketplace (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.
What is the One Nation One Anganwadi Programme?
Under this programme, even if people relocate to another State, they can receive benefits given by the government to children under six years of age and pregnant and lactating women.
