Thank You Madam Maneka Gandhiji ,

Thank You Madam Maneka Gandhiji ,

(  gandhim@sansad.nic.in )

For what ?

For accepting my suggestions ( all sent as E Mails to Cabinet Ministers ) :

 

·         Saving 1.2 million Kids    …………………………… [  29  June  2016  ]

·         BANMALI is the TOTAL SOLUTION   …………….[  14  Nov  2016   ]

·         A Mobile App named " BANMALI "   ……………. [  15  Sept  2016  ]

·         Can Akshay Patra Banish Malnutrition ? …….. [  05  June  2017  ]

 

How  ?

·         By launching “ Poshan Abhiyan “ at the hands of Shri Modiji on 08 March 2018

 

What is it ?

·         It is a nutrition scheme that aims to reduce malnutrition among children and mothers

 

How does it work  ?

·         Through ICDS – CAS Dashboard 

 

What were the highlights of suggestions ?

My elaborate proposal covered following topics :

     #   FOOD                 (  Energy Bar called  NEUTRA-KID )

     #   PACKING

     #   MANUFACTURERS

     #   DELIVERY POINTS

     #   TECHNOLOGY

What  roles are to be played and by whom  ?

I described at length, the roles to be played by

·          WOMEN  and  CHILD  DEVELOPMENT  MINISTRY

·          FOOD  MINISTRY

·          POST OFFICES

·          COMMUNITY  HEALTH  CENTERS

How well is  “ Poshan Abhiyan “ scheme working  ?

·         Government plans survey to check health of its nutrition mission 

·         The proposed survey’s first report— covering a sample of 100,000 ‘anganwadis’—is expected to come in by March 2019.

·         There are nearly 1.4 m ‘anganwadis’ across the country and all will be surveyed in a phased manner, the persons cited earlier said.

·         This includes checking on the efficacy of the ICDS-CAS dashboard in 57 districts of seven states to monitor data and services delivered by ‘anaganwadi’ centres in real time. 

Currently, there are 9.5 million beneficiaries listed under 120,000 ‘anganwadis’ mapped by the dashboard which was developed in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank. 

·         To facilitate the functioning of this dashboard, over 200,000 smartphones have been procured by the states to aid ‘anganwadis’ in monitoring nutrition levels in children.

·         These phones come uploaded with an application that facilitates real-time data reporting from the grass-root level and is expected to come in handy in drawing a nutrition profile of the country, the sources said. 

How did your suggestion describe this Mobile App  ?

Here is my description of the working of BANMALI ( email dt 29 June 2016 ) :

·         Each NEUTRA-KID bar wrapper will have a bar-code ( till such time inserting RFID sensors become a reality )

·         Bar code will carry all normal instructions + Delivery Destination ( Post Office )

·         Each NEUTRA-KID bar will pass thru a Bar Code Reader on the Assembly Line , before dispatch

·         Info collected thru this reader will get transmitted to the Central Server of concerned Ministries

·         After taking his / her weight and entering in a online Database , hosted on the Central Server of the concerned Ministries, each targeted child will get registered at the nearest Post Office

·         Each registered child will be issued a blue tooth enabled Smart phone, duly pre-installed with a Mobile App called " BANMALI " ( Banish Malnutrition in India ) , in which Child's data / Aadhar No will be entered

·         Every day , the concerned child ( and parent ) will visit the post office to collect the NEUTRA-KID bar

·         Before handing over bar, child will be weighed on a weighing machine and the weight entered in BANMALI

·         The weight record graph will appear on the screen of the PC located at the Post Office ( Blue Tooth )

·         This record will also get transmitted ( of course , automatically ) to the COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE where the concerned child is " registered " ( this will be compulsory in order to be eligible for this Scheme )

·         Every time , a child is taken for his/her monthly HEALTH CHECK UP ( also compulsory in order to receive next month's NEUTRA-KID bars ) , concerned doctor will examine the child and enter his findings in BANMALI

·         Doctor will be required to enter medicines prescribed as also , increase / decrease in the QUOTA of NEUTRA- KID bars recommended for the next month

·         All of these data will get relayed to the Central Servers of the concerned Ministries

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22  Dec  2018

www.hemenparekh.in / blogs

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Added on  24 June 2023 :

https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital-india/rajasthan-govt-brings-pcts-mobile-app-to-ensure-better-healthcare-for-mothers-infants/101192912