New Delhi: A child’s Aadhaar card is not mandatory for availing the benefits under the Supplementary Nutrition Program of the Anganwadi Services Scheme. The benefits under the scheme can be accessed using the mother’s Aadhaar card.
Anganwadi Service digitized through POSHAN tracker
Anganwadi Services scheme is being digitized by the Ministry through the POSHAN Tracker App. It will enable the Ministry to identify the beneficiaries as part of the program as a whole. This will ensure uninterrupted supply of nutrition to the children, pregnant women, lactating mothers, and adolescents girl beneficiaries. Especially the ones who move within or outside the state due to any reason.
A migration module for shifting from one AWC to another has been provided in POSHAN Tracker to facilitate nutrition to migrant beneficiaries.
Over 10.63 crore beneficiaries registered
So far approximately 10.63 crore beneficiaries have been registered under the scheme as per POSHAN Tracker. Approximately 53% have been Aadhar verified covering around 5.61 crore beneficiaries. However, all beneficiaries registered are benefited under the Scheme.
The number of beneficiaries of Supplementary Nutrition along with their Aadhaar seeding status is tabulated as below:
S.No.
State/UT
Total Beneficiaries (children 6 mo-6 years plus P&LM)
Aadhaar Verified
Aadhaar Verified(%)
1.
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
15578
9753
63%
2.
Andhra Pradesh
3216993
2698967
84%
3.
Arunachal Pradesh
44696
9613
22%
4.
Assam
4360573
3417745
78%
5.
Bihar
11236775
2826131
25%
6.
Chhattisgarh
2840904
2227967
78%
7.
Dadra & Nagar Haveli – Daman & Diu
35280
7957
23%
8.
Delhi
770476
497300
65%
9.
Goa
85235
12003
14%
10.
Gujarat
3867909
3649489
94%
11.
Haryana
1624033
972529
60%
12.
Himachal Pradesh
560902
243973
43%
13.
J&K
786488
190337
24%
14.
Jharkhand
3403921
224919
7%
15.
Karnataka
4304401
1527558
35%
16.
Kerala
3113215
1037706
33%
17.
Ladakh
19749
7299
37%
18.
Lakshadweep
4779
188
4%
19.
Madhya Pradesh
8805462
7313705
83%
20.
Maharashtra
7417008
1604347
22%
21.
Manipur
366578
213470
58%
22.
Meghalaya
485082
22462
5%
23.
Mizoram
128802
54631
42%
24.
Nagaland
88075
2126
2%
25.
Odisha
5136335
1510870
29%
26.
Puducherry
37986
5169
14%
27.
Punjab
1019356
161348
16%
28.
Rajasthan
4825369
1418929
29%
29.
Sikkim
48828
18015
37%
30.
Tamil Nadu
3608890
3493282
97%
31.
Telangana
2412842
879201
36%
32.
Tripura
390120
143713
37%
33.
UT-Chandigarh
53842
53167
99%
34.
Uttar Pradesh
20257334
12076212
60%
35.
Uttarakhand
891762
99089
11%
36.
West Bengal
10042050
7513340
75%
Total
106307628
56144510
53%
This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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