Ministry of Women and Child Development of the Republic of India

08/05/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/05/2022 01:16

Requirement of Aadhaar for Supplementary Nutrition Programme

Ministry of Women and Child Development

Requirement of Aadhaar for Supplementary Nutrition Programme

Posted On: 05 AUG 2022 12:44PM by PIB Delhi

A child's Aadhaar card is not mandatory for availing the benefits under the Supplementary Nutrition Programme of the Anganwadi Services Scheme. The benefits under the scheme can be accessed using the mother's Aadhaar card. Anganwadi Services scheme is being digitized by the Ministry through the POSHAN Tracker App to enable the Ministry to identify the beneficiaries as part of the programme as a whole and to ensure uninterrupted supply of nutrition to the children, Pregnant Women and Lactating mothers and adolescents girl beneficiaries, who move within the State 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.

So far approximately 10.63 crore beneficiaries have been registered under the scheme as per Poshan Tracker and 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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