The Nutrition Tracker App has made the work of Anganwadi workers easier

Pimpri Chinchwad:-Currently, many sectors are transitioning to online work, and Anganwadis are also being updated. The activities at Anganwadis are recorded in the Nutrition Tracker App. Recently, changes were made to the app, which was previously available only in English. As the entire information had to be entered in English, it became difficult for some older Anganwadi workers and those with limited education. However, the app is now available in Marathi, which has made the work of Anganwadi workers much easier.

Under the administrative approval of the central government, the state is implementing the Nutrition Campaign. As part of this, real-time monitoring is done, and in 2019, smartphones were provided to all Anganwadi workers, main workers, and technical staff to facilitate this. In Pimpri-Chinchwad city, there are 361 Anganwadis. In 2021, the smartphones provided to Anganwadi workers became cumbersome for their work, so they returned them to the government, requesting better phones and the Marathi version of the Nutrition Tracker app. Despite this, three years passed, and the new smartphones only arrived in May 2024, but the app was still in English, making it difficult for Anganwadi workers to enter the data.

Anganwadi workers maintain written records of daily activities, including supplementary nutrition distribution, medicine distribution, child weight monitoring, and vaccination schedules. These reports are submitted to the Anganwadi center or taluka office. As part of the government’s Nutrition Campaign, the Nutrition Tracker app is used to keep online records for services provided to pregnant and lactating mothers.

Due to limited education and, in some cases, old age, Anganwadi workers have to seek help from others to enter data in English. The courts have previously asked why the app is not made available in Marathi, considering these challenges.

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