Odisha CM Launches 5 Online Services For Women & Children

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched 5 initiatives of the Women and Child Development department and Mission Shakti to ensure various services online.

The initiatives include ‘Mo-Chhatua App’ for streamlining supply chain management of Chhatua; e-Kalika, an application for monitoring creches for children under three; ‘Mo Sishu portal’, a web-based information management and monitoring system for child protection services; ‘MAMATA App & MIS’ for the cash transfer benefit scheme for pregnant women and ‘e-manadeya’ portal for transfer of honorarium to anganwadi workers.

On the occasion, the department also entered into technical collaboration with
Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) for improving the quality of
take home ration (THR). The department has also tied up with Indian Council of
Medical Research – Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR- RMRC) to conduct annual nutrition survey and with UNICEF on capacity building of the Odisha State Child Protection Society to strengthen the capacities of the statutory bodies.

Following are major features of the initiatives:

Mo-Chhatua app:
• For real-time monitoring of end-to-end process of preparation of THR and its supply chain management.
• Tracking of status of indenting, work-order generation, procurement, production, inspection, supply, distribution and invoicing and payment to SHGs.
• Dashboards to help assess performance at various levels and suggest interventions. Alerts are sent in case of time over run.

e-Kalika app:
• For real-time monitoring of functioning of the créches, track infrastructure and health& nutrition of every child.
• Data for effective planning, result-driven programme evaluation, activity monitoring and overall programme implementation.

Mo Sishu Portal:
• A user friendly, web-enabled information management and monitoring system exclusively for Child Protection Services (CPS) under 5T initiative
• For a hassle-free, paper less smooth monitoring of the scheme in CCI (Child Care Institutions) including standards of care tracking, ranking and in time fund reimbursement.
• It enables multiple child protection stakeholders like Juvenile Justice Board (JJBs), Child Welfare Committee (CWCs), Special Juvenile Police Unit (SJPUs) District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) and Child Care Institutions (CCls) for systematic reporting and centralised recording.

Mamata App and MIS:
• For registration of pregnant and lactating women for a hassle free, paperless entitlement of Rs 5000 under MAMATA flagship scheme.
• Transfer of maternity benefit directly to the beneficiary account.
• Aadhar based authentication of beneficiaries in MIS.

e-Manadeya App:

– For seamless, paperless, transparent monitoring and tracking of payment of honorarium to the AWWs, mini anganwadi workers and helpers.
– On time transfer of honorarium to 134758 AWWs, mini anganwadi workers and helpers.

Collaboration with CFTRI:
• A technical collaboration for improving the quality of THR; testing of samples of THR and hot cooked meals, mentoring THR producing women SHGs and capacity building of ICDS functionaries & SHGs.

Collaboration with UNWFP:
• Framework for cooperation between the Department and WFP for improving the quality of THR and integrating fortified staples into the HCM and THR
• Putting in place Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) strategy for improving nutrition practices.

Collaboration with ICMR-RMRC:

• Annual nutrition survey to generate yearly estimate of the prevalence of maternal, child and adolescent under nutrition.
• Track incremental progress in key nutrition indicators

MOU with UNICEF:
– Capacity building of Statutory Bodies, Service Delivery Structures and
Care Givers under child protection scheme.
– Provide technical support and promote alternative care forms with handholding support to the practitioners , develop various Standard Operating Procedures Assist in strengthening MIS, IEC activity and documentation.