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Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Saturday, 17 April 2021

BANMALI arrives : Named as Poshan Tracker

 


 

Dear Smt Smriti Iraniji,

( Minister of Women and Child Development / min-wcd@nic.in )


Congratulations on launch of mobile app POSHAN TRACKER , which I had earlier named ,

BANMALI  (  Ban Mal-Nutrition in India  )

 

Context :

To give people Poshan, Govt prescribes a Tech Diet    /   Eco Times /  17 April 2021

Extract :

Ø  Last month, the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Ministry of electronics and IT launched an ambitious data-driven platform called POSHAN TRACKER, to daily monitor the activities of more than 1.1 million Anganwadi workers

Ø  These workers – spread across the country- are responsible for making sure that pregnant women, infant as well as young children get adequate hot meals, rations, vaccine doses and medication

Ø  They are also responsible for ensuring early intervention in case of disabilities or flagging other developmental concerns

Ø  Close to 1 million Anganwadi workers have downloaded the Android App on their smartphones and are using it DAILY, to key in EVERYDAY STATISTICS

Ø  The project was launched in JANUARY ( 2021 ), and it went live in MARCH

Ø  Since then, 10 LAKH workers have been registered and more than 3 CRORE end beneficiaries have been registered

Ø  EACH DAY, data about vaccines and children’s height, weight, MALNUTRITION along with details of whether infrastructure such as toilets are present, is being uploaded

Ø  Anganwadi workers have to download the APP, which can even e integrated by States for their own programs in this area

Ø  The DASHBOARD shows,

#   Real time data of the attendance of workers

#   Number of vaccines

#   Hot cooked meals

#   Take-Home Rations that are provided

It can be broken down state and district wise

Ø  Every day, a VIDEO-CONFERENCE is held to address any issue faced by these workers or authorities while using the TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

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MY  TAKE :

In June 2016 , I sent following e-mail to our Cabinet Ministers :

Ø  Saving 1.2 million Kids ……[ 29 June 2016 ] , where I suggested as follows :

 

How can we ensure that they get some nutritious food every day ?

#  FOOD  /  PACKING  / MANUFACTURERS  /  DELIVERY POINTS ( find details in

     link above )

#  TECHNOLOGY 

     *  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 an 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

 

      As to the roles to be played by various agencies involved , I conceptualize as

      follows  [ find details at link above ] :

 

      #   WOMEN  and  CHILD  DEVELOPMENT  MINISTRY

      #   FOOD  MINISTRY

      #   POST OFFICES

      #   COMMUNITY  HEALTH  CENTERS

 

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RELATED READINGS :

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

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

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

Ø  Thank You Madam Maneka Gandhiji ………………………………..[ 21 Dec 2018 ]

Extract :

            #   For what ?

                 For accepting my suggestions ( all sent as above E Mails to Cabinet

                 Ministers )

             #  How  ?

           By launching “ Poshan Abhiyan “ at the hands of Shri Modiji

           on 08 March 2018

 

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Ø  Poshan Tracker – Helping make India malnutrition free by 2022  

Extract :

#   National Nutrition Mission named as the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s

     Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition (POSHAN) Abhiyaan

     was launched in 2017, as a multi-ministerial  convergence mission,

      with the overarching vision to make India malnutrition free by 2022.

     

     

    The Ministry of Women and Child Development has rolled out Poshan

     Tracker application

    The Poshan Tracker is built using centralized data architecture, that

     also aligns with the digital  technology systems of other ministries and

     programs.

    

    The system provides a digital identity to each beneficiary through a

    digital card, and allows convergence of call centre with the technology

    platform

      

    The system generates automated alerts to the critical last-mile

    beneficiaries. 

Ø  Poshan Tracker Update: Find Out Why You Are Unable To Login To The App      [  30 March 2021 ]

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With regards,

Hemen Parekh   /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  17  April  2021

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Copy To :

National Nutrition Resource Centre - Central Project Management Unit (NNRC-CPMU) 


Ms. Aditi Das Rout   /  adrout@nic.in

Dr. Harmeet Singh  /   hs.grewal@nic.in

Shri Sanjiv Gajraj  /   sanjiv.gajraj@gov.in

Shri Parimal Karan   /  p.karan67@nic.in

Shri Sunil Kumar Choudhary   /  sk.choudhary75@nic.in

Shri Umesh Kumar Motish  /  u.motish@nic.in

Shri Manish Kumar Singh  /  manishks.rth@nic.in

Shri Amal Mazumdar  /  amal.mazumdar@nic.in

Ms. Stakshi Taryon  /   stakshi.taryon87@nic.in

Shri Ravi Jain  /  ravi.jain85@nic.in

Shri Amit Gupta  /  amit.gupta81@gov.in

Shri Yogesh Sharma  /  yogesh.sharma97@nic.in

Ms. Mamta Singh  /  mamta.singh90@gov.in

Ms. Shivani Sharma  /  shivani.sharma91@nic.in

Ms. Neha Sharma  /  neha.sharma26@nic.in

Ms. S. Sindhu  /  s.sindhu92@nic.in

Shri Shyamvir Singh Verma  /  shyamvir.singh55@nic.in

 

 

 

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