Monitoring of Anganwadi Centres

The digitization of physical registers in Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) has been taken up with roll-out of ICDS-Common Application Software (CAS) Application under POSHAN Abhiyaan of Ministry of Women and Child Development. The software application CDS-Common Application Software especially developed for this purpose enables data capture, ensures assigned service delivery and prompts for interventions, wherever required. Anganwadi Worker feeds the information regarding the services delivered through the mobile devices installed with ICDS-CAS application provided to her. As on 30^thJune, 2019, more than 3.50 lakh Anganwadi Centres are using ICDS-CAS Application for effective service delivery.

The initiatives taken by the Government under POSHAN Abhiyaan are convergence with various other programmes, IT enabled Common Application Software for strengthening service delivery and interventions, Community Mobilization and Awareness advocacy leading to Jan Andolan- to educate the people on nutritional aspects and Capacity Building of Frontline Functionaries.

The details of the Anganwadi Centres covered under ICDS-CAS are given below. As per the planned implementation of scheme all Anganwadi Centres are targeted to be covered by March, 2020.

The details of the Anganwadi Centres using ICDS-CAS

S.no	Name of the State/UT	Number of Anganwadi covered through ICDS-CAS Application
	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	1,637
	Andhra Pradesh	55,560
	Bihar	25,500
	Chandigarh	450
	Chhattisgarh	10,473
	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	303
	Daman & Diu	102
	Himachal Pradesh	7,591
	Jharkhand	10,701
	Madhya Pradesh	27,799
	Maharashtra	1,06,400
12.	Mizoram	2,169
13.	Nagaland	3,300
14.	Puducherry	836
15.	Rajasthan	18,730
16.	Sikkim	819
17.	Tamil Nadu	18,573
18.	Telangana	10,972
19.	Uttar Pradesh	50,537
20.	Uttarakhand	1,534
	TOTAL	3,53,986