“To improve the nutritional status of children (0-6 years), adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers, Prime Minister launched a ‘Poshan Abhiyan’ in 2017-18. More than six lakh Anganwadi workers are equipped with smart phones to upload the nutritional status of more than 10 crore households”
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What FACTLY found
As on 31 December 2019, 6.08 lakh Anganwadi workers are uploading data on ICDS – Common Application Software (ICDS-CAS). However, numerous challenges exist in making this work
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In short
This claim spread on social media. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 February 2020. Its rating was “TRUE”.
Where the claim appeared
- indiabudget.gov.inhttps://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/Budget_Speech.pdf
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