ICDS-Common Application Software has been developed under POSHAN Abhiyaan which inter-alia captures data on weight and height of children, opening of AnganwadiCentres, distribution of Take Home Ration and attendance of children for pre-school education at Anganwadi.

The Application also captures the Pre-School Education attendance provided to the Children (3-6 years) at therespective AnganwadiCentres. There is no plan for integration of data from the AWCs level to the school level, presently.

As on 28.11.2019, the ICDS Common Application Software (ICDS-CAS) has been rolled out across 5,51,270 Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) across 324 districts in 27 States/UTs. The details are as under:

 

Sl.	State/UT	No. of AWC operational	ICDS-CAS rolled out Anganwadi Centreas on 26.11.2019
1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	720	715
2	Andhra Pradesh	55607	55586
3	Assam	62153	9200
4	Bihar	104090	59314
5	Chandigarh	450	450
6	Chhattisgarh	51301	10473
7	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	302	303
8	Daman & Diu	107	102
9	Delhi	10897	9434
10	Goa	1262	999
11	Gujarat	53029	52932
12	Himachal Pradesh	18925	18864
13	Jharkhand	38432	11133
14	Kerala	33244	13913
15	Lakshadweep	107	13
16	Madhya Pradesh	97135	27811
17	Maharashtra	110219	109624
18	Meghalaya	5896	5815
19	Mizoram	2244	2244
20	Nagaland	3980	3682
21	Puducherry	855	848
22	Rajasthan	61974	20798
23	Sikkim	1308	821
24	Tamil Nadu	54439	54401
25	Telangana	35634	11157
26	Uttar Pradesh	187997	51801
27	Uttarakhand	20067	18837
	Total	10,12,374	5,51,270

 

 

This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

 

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