Rajasthan
Rajasthan to Give IT Training to Anganwadi Workers
- 13 Dec 2025
- 3 min read
Why in News?
Anganwadi workers and newly appointed supervisors in Rajasthan will receive IT training to support their tech-enabled tasks, especially in monitoring using mobile-based applications.
Key Points
- Minister's Announcement: Diya Kumari, the Minister for Women and Child Development, made the announcement at a review meeting of the Directorate of Integrated Child Development Services.
- Focus on Regular Training: The minister emphasized the importance of regular IT-based training for anganwadi assistants, workers, supervisors, and other officials to ensure quality service delivery.
- Anganwadi Centre Development: Officials were directed to speed up the development of anganwadi centres, focusing on improving infrastructure such as toilets, drinking water, and electrification.
- Government Commitment: The state government is committed to enhancing the basic infrastructure and overall development of anganwadi centres to better serve the community.
ICDS Scheme and Anganwadi
- About: The ICDS scheme was launched in India on 2nd October 1975. It was renamed as Anganwadi Services and the services are now offered as part of the Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0.
- It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme implemented by the States/UTs providing early childhood care and development of the beneficiaries i.e children in the age group of 0-6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers through a large network of Anganwadi workers (AWW) and Helpers (AWH).
- Services Provided by Anganwadi: It has been provided to all eligible beneficiaries, namely, children in the age group of 0-6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers through the platform of Anganwadi Centres across the country.
- Three of the services viz. Immunization, Health Check-up and Referral Services are related to health and are provided through National Rural Health Mission & Public Health Infrastructure.
- Tracking of Anganwadi Services: ICT platform Poshan tracker has been designed to capture real-time data on implementation and monitoring of Anganwadi Services across the country.
- It provides a 360 - degree view of the activities of the Anganwadi Centre (AWC), service deliveries of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and complete beneficiary management.
