Indian-exclusive nutrition tracker
Poshan Tracker is a free health and fitness tracker application developed by the National eGovernance Division, Government of India, to efficiently eradicate the malnutrition issue in India. Exclusively available for India-based users, it provides real-time monitoring and tracking of all Anganwadi Centre (AWC), Anganwadi Workers (AWWs), and beneficiaries. On the other hand, it also helps the government authorities to easily track cases, resources, and development.
How to use Poshan Tracker?
As the release of this utility is government-mandated, it is available to be downloaded for free. This is especially dedicated to being used by Anganwadi Centre, Anganwadi Workers, and the beneficiaries. If you are part of it, you will need to register yourself first to start using the app. Once the app got launched, you will be prompted to answer the details needed in the form.
Your registered mobile number would be asked, as afterward, it will ask you to provide the OTP sent to your phone. Once all filled and confirmed, you can begin exploring the app. Unfortunately, you can possibly encounter tons of bugs while navigating through its features. The major one that you could surely encounter is the restriction in input fields.
It only supports typing in English languages thus, putting names or other details in Hindi or other regional languages is not possible. If you've mistakenly entered data, no 'Delete' or 'Change' option is available for you to update it with the correct information. Lastly, this utility tool also performs extremely slow; it takes a long time to respond.
Essential, but needs to be overhauled
Poshan Tracker is a vital tracker tool to effectively monitor and solve the malnutrition problem in India. However, the government should think of improving its features and performance, especially because most of its users will be those who have less experience with technology. It is important that they fully revamp the operation of this application for more accurate data collection and effective auditing.
