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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