Parliament Question: Poshan Tracker Compliance

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA Un-Starred Question no. 2235 To be answered on 31.07.2026 Poshan Tracker Compliance

2235. Smt. Jyotsna Charandas Mahant:

Shri Balwant Baswant Wankhade:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of children, pregnant women and lactating women registered under Anganwadi services on the Poshan Tracker platform, category/UT and State-wise including Chhattisgarh;

(b) the number of beneficiaries whose e-KYC is pending, failed or could not be completed due to any other technical issues, State/UT-wise, particularly remote tribal pockets like Bastar and Surguja in Chhattisgarh;

(c) the State/UT-wise and year-wise number of beneficiaries whose access to supplementary nutrition was delayed or denied due to Poshan Tracker-related issues, since 2019; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure that eligible children, pregnant women and lactating mothers are not denied nutrition benefits under the scheme due to digital compliance errors? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a) to (d): Under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, the ‘Poshan Tracker’ digital application has been rolled out as an ICT based governance tool for monitoring and tracking of all beneficiaries on various indicators. The number of children, pregnant women and lactating women registered in all the States and UTs including Chhattisgarh is available at Poshan Tracker public

dashboard: https://www.poshantracker.in/statistics.

To address network-related issues, such as low or no internet connectivity, the Poshan Tracker application provides offline functionality for conducting e-KYC and face matching under theFacial Recognition System (FRS) for the distribution of Take-Home Ration (THR). OTP for e- KYC and Aadhar face matching has to be taken ONCE in entire life cycle of the beneficiary. It creates ease of living for the beneficiaries to avail the Anganwadi services even when network or server issues are present.

For further ease of receiving benefits of THR, Nominee Module has been introduced in the application for Pregnant Women, Lactating Mothers, and Adolescent Girls. If due to any reason, the registered beneficiary is unable to visit the Anganwadi Centre to receive THR through FRS, she can nominate a person on her behalf to receive her THR.

As per Poshan Tracker data, e-KYC and face matching of the beneficiaries for THR distribution in the country has substantially increased in past one year from 70.82% in July 2025 to 97.87% in June 2026. State and UT wise details of e-KYC and Face matching (as of June 2026) is placed at Annexure I.

Poshan Tracker application has been specifically designed to allow data entry in offline mode and the data can get synced within 5 days of entry. The frontline functionaries i.e. Anganwadi Workers, Block Coordinators and Supervisors are equipped with smartphones to enter the data of services at Anganwadi Centres and programme monitoring in the field.

To address technical issues, Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) provides continuous training and handholding support to Anganwadi Workers for effective use of the

Poshan Tracker application through the following mechanisms: • Learning Videos and awareness documents: In the Resource section of the Poshan Tracker application, learning videos and awareness documents are available for Anganwadi Workers which can be accessed by them at any point of time for effective delivery of their routine tasks.

• Under the Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi (PBPB) initiative, the MoWCD is imparting training to all the officials and field functionaries in the States and UTs through a cascading model of training, wherein Master Trainers (District Officers, Block Coordinators and Supervisors) are trained and the master trainers further train all Anganwadi Workers in the field.

Training is imparted on different modules of Poshan Tracker, viz. Facial Recognition System (FRS), Geo-Tagging, Home Visit Scheduler etc. Block and District coordinators provide on-ground handholding support to AWWs and supervisors for effective usage of the Poshan Tracker Application and resolution of technical glitches.

• Daily Virtual Classroom Sessions: Digital India Corporation (DIC) organises virtual classroom sessions every day (Monday to Friday) from 3 pm to 4 pm, in which Anganwadi Workers may join to raise operational queries and receive real-time clarifications on use ofthe application. Further, training sessions from 4:15 PM to 5:15 PM for State officials (supervisor and above level) are organized to resolve implementation-related issues, disseminate updates, and provide training on newly introduced functionalities and enhancements in the Poshan Tracker application.

Annexure I State and UT wise details of e-KYC and Face matching for THR distribution (as of June 2026) Sr. Total Active Eligible THR e-KYC and Face State / UT No Beneficiaries Matching (%) 1 Andhra Pradesh 15,79,848 15,73,826 99.62 2 Arunachal Pradesh 39,987 29,985 74.99 3 Assam 14,64,565 13,99,032 95.53 4 Bihar 58,05,885 56,93,889 98.07 5 Chhattisgarh 12,37,182 12,25,659 99.07 6 Goa 32,154 32,046 99.66 7 Gujarat 20,75,155 19,68,244 94.85 8 Haryana 7,94,000 7,67,361 96.64 9 Himachal Pradesh 2,67,541 2,67,261 99.90 10 Jharkhand 14,27,157 13,94,629 97.72 11 Karnataka 23,14,434 23,12,930 99.94 12 Kerala 7,61,139 6,91,948 90.91 13 Madhya Pradesh 34,14,903 32,83,405 96.15 14 Maharashtra 27,89,386 27,66,599 99.18 15 Manipur 1,36,072 1,25,632 92.33 16 Meghalaya 1,90,733 1,77,346 92.98 17 Mizoram 62,247 61,683 99.09 18 Nagaland 59,404 52,821 88.92 19 Odisha 19,26,861 19,06,092 98.92 20 Punjab 7,32,133 6,95,758 95.03 21 Rajasthan 23,78,043 23,56,289 99.09 22 Sikkim 13,722 10,777 78.54 23 Tamil Nadu 15,51,931 15,24,962 98.26 24 Telangana 10,85,170 10,78,515 99.39 25 Tripura 1,53,820 1,51,720 98.63 26 Uttar Pradesh 99,91,059 98,34,824 98.44 27 Uttarakhand 4,73,100 4,51,742 95.49 28 West Bengal 40,08,617 38,31,439 95.5829 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 7,308 7,146 97.78 Dadra & Nagar Haveli - 30 17,367 17,293 99.57 Daman & Diu 31 Delhi 4,53,477 4,52,478 99.78 32 J&K 4,38,600 4,31,159 98.30 33 Ladakh 9,616 9,443 98.20 34 Lakshadweep 2,985 2,983 99.93 35 Puducherry 29,971 28,994 96.74 36 Chandigarh 22,974 22,974 100.00 India 4,37,32,621 4,28,00,299 97.87 *****