About the Scheme
Saksham Anganwadi and POSHAN 2.0 is the umbrella WCD mission for nutrition and child development. Subsumes Anganwadi Services, POSHAN Abhiyaan, Scheme for Adolescent Girls. Budget FY2025-26: ₹21,200 crore. Covers 9.88 crore beneficiaries through 14 lakh Anganwadi centres. POSHAN Tracker app monitors all 14 lakh AWWs. Launched April 2021.
Target Beneficiaries: 9.88 crore beneficiaries; children under 6; pregnant/lactating mothers; adolescent girls; 14 lakh AWCs
Key Features
- Subsumes: Anganwadi Services (ICDS) + POSHAN Abhiyaan + Scheme for Adolescent Girls
- 9.88 crore beneficiaries through 14 lakh Anganwadi Centres
- POSHAN Tracker: all 14 lakh AWWs use mobile app for real-time monitoring of 9.88 crore beneficiaries
- POSHAN Maah: September month-long nutrition campaign (annual since 2018)
- Saksham Anganwadi: upgraded centres with better infrastructure, ECCE, nutrition
- Budget FY2025-26: ₹21,200 crore; key component under WCD
- Targets: reduce stunting by 2%/year; wasting 2%/year; anaemia 3%/year; low birth weight 2%/year