Management Information System

on

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme

April 24, 2006

MONITORINGPrevious Monitoring System (since inception) Anganwadi (Village) Level Six records/ registers prescribed at the AWCs viz. i) AW Survey Register;

ii) Immunization Register iii) Services for P&LM; iv) Services for Children;

v) AW Food Stock register (separate register for food and other items) vi) Diary-cum-visit book Growth chart and Health Cards (child card, pre-natal

card, referral slip) MPR/ APR of the AWW MPR/ APR of the AWW revised on 1983 AWW’s Monthly Monitoring Report (MMR) on Health

Inputs for monitoring health aspects through Central Technical Committee, AIIMS

MONITORINGPrevious Monitoring System (since inception)

contd… Block/ Sector/ District Level

CDPO’s MPR CDPO’s APR CDPO’s Distribution point Stock Register

and Monthly Report M.O.’s MPR on Sectoral monitoring and

Continuing Education M.O. I/C PHC MMR District Adviser’s MMR Chief District Adviser’s Monthly Review

Report

MONITORINGExisting Monitoring System

DWCD had revised the reporting system under ICDS on 30.4.1990 (F.No. 1-4/90-ME dt. 30.4.1990). There was no change in the AW registers, M.O., M.O. IC/ PHC MMR, District Adviser MMR and Chief Adviser’s review report.

The prescribed reporting formats vis-à-vis previous reporting formats are as under :

AWW’s MPR/ HPR in place of AWW’s MPR/ APR CDPO’s MPR/ HPR in place of AWW’s MPR/ APR Check-list of Supervisors’s Visit (new) QPR for Special Nutrition Programme (new) QPR on Training of ICDS Functionaries (new)

MONITORINGExisting Monitoring System

Anganwadi (Village) Level Six records/ registers prescribed at the AWCs viz. i) AW survey register;

ii) Services for children; iii) Services for P&LM; iv) Immunization register;

v) Stock register (separate register for food and other items)

vi) Diary-cum-visit book Growth chart for each child (0-6 years) was

prescribed at AWC to take stock of the nutritional status of children ina particular AWC in a given month (F.No. 1-12/ 93-CD-I dt. 4.10.1993)

MONITORING contd….Existing Monitoring System

Anganwadi (Village) Level AWW’s Monthly Progress Report (MPR)/ Half Yearly Progress Reports

(HPRs) have been prescribed – following details are captured : Population as per AW Survey registers Reported births and deaths of children (< 6 years) and death of

women during pregnancy/ delivery Beneficiaries of supplementary nutrition Nutritional Status of children (0-6 years) No. of children receiving pre-school education Information on Nutrition and Health Education Home visits by AWWs, Supervisors and CDPOs/ ACDPOs No. of AWCs visited by CDPO/ ACDPO/ Supervisors Joint visits of AWCs by CDPO/ ACDPO with MO and Supervisors

with ANMs/ LHVs No. of AWCs where Mahila Mandal constituted Health check-ups by ANM/ LHV/ MO No. of children referred to PHC/ CHC/ Sub-centre Immunization Status of Children and Pregnant women No. of SC/ ST beneficiaries of supplementary nutrition

AWW sends these MPR/ HPR to CDPO

MONITORING contd…Existing Monitoring System

Project/ Block Level CDPO’s MPR/ HPR have been prescribed. These

MPRs/ HPRs captures all the information in MPR/ HPR of AWW.

In addition, CDPO’s MPR captures information on :i) Sanctioned, in-position and vacancy position

of ICDS functionaries; ii) Various problems faced in implementation of

an ICDS Project; and iii) Project level supplies

CDPO sends these MPR/ HPR to State Directorate of ICDS directly where District Programme Office’s do not exist. In other projects, MPR/ HPR are routed through District Programme Officer. These MPR/ HPR are also received by GOI directly from CDPOs.

MONITORING contd…Existing Monitoring System

State Level State level block-wise consolidated MPR in Format-I &

II have been introduced (Vide Order F.No. 16-1/96-ME dt. 13.4.1999). All States have been requested to send block-wise consolidated MPR by 17th day of the following month

States have also been requested to issue necessary instructions to CDPO’s not to send the MPR/ HPR directly to GOI (vide F.No. 16.1.2004-ME dt.02.11.2004)

MONITORING contd…Existing Monitoring System

Central level Following data is collected on monthly basis :

sanction and operationalisation of ICDS Projects/ AWCs

Sanctioned and in-position ICDS functionaries details of population covered under ICDS beneficiaries of supplementary nutrition beneficiaries of pre-school education and nutritional status of children Supply of pre-school & medicine kits

Health Component

By Ministry of Health & Family Welfare – Anganwadi By Ministry of Health & Family Welfare – Anganwadi specific data, however, is not availablespecific data, however, is not available

MONITORING contd…Existing Monitoring System

Central level

Monitoring of Social Component of ICDS – NIPCCD (discontinued)

Monitoring of health component - Central Technical Committee (CTC) (discontinued)

MONITORING contd….Proposed Monitoring System From 2005-06, thrust of the GOI has shifted from outlays to outcomes. The following indicators have been identified for monitoring :

No. of Operational Projects No. of operational AWCs No. of beneficiaries of supplementary nutrition No. of functionaries trained (job/ refresher training) No. of children (3-6 years) receiving pre-school education Nutritional Status of Children

Joint Monitoring of ICDS & RCH Programme at Central/ State/ District and Blocks level Revision of MIS formats Revival of monitoring of social component through NIPCCD

MONITORING (contd ….)

Proposed Monitoring System

Three Tiered monitoring

• Community based monitoring by involving select Community based monitoring by involving select Institutions like mother’s committees, Mahila Mandal, Institutions like mother’s committees, Mahila Mandal, Health & Sanitation Committee of Village Panchayat Health & Sanitation Committee of Village Panchayat etc.etc.

• Continuous monitoring through MISContinuous monitoring through MIS

• Monitoring & Supervision through Supervision Monitoring & Supervision through Supervision Missions/ external agenciesMissions/ external agencies

MONITORING (contd ….)

Proposed MIS Formats

A Sub Group under the Chairmanship of Joint Secretary (CD) have been constituted on 15.9.2004 to propose the revise formats and place the same for the Core Group.

Two meeting of Sub Group were held on 30.9.2004-1.10.2004 and 28.4.2005.

The proposed MIS formats based on the sub-group meetings was put on web page of the department and all the States were requested to send comments by 8.3.2005.

Three States i.e. Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Orissa and Uttaranchal have sent the comments

MONITORING (contd ….)

Proposed MIS Formats

Department has constituted a Core Group under the Charipersonship of Secretary (WCD) on 13.9.2004. The members of the Core Group are TA (FNB), Secretary of Orissa, Tamil Nadu, U.P., Rajasthan and Uttaranchal (F.No. 4-2/ 2004-ME dt. 13.9.2004)

The proposed MIS formats were placed before the Core group 10.8.2005. Based on the suggestions/ comments, the proposed MIS formats were again circulated to all State Secretaries on 23.9.2005 with a request to send comments by 15.10.2005.

Ten States, H.P., Chandigarh, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Karnataka, U.P., T.N., West Bengal and M.P., have sent their comments/ suggestions so far

Based on the comments/ suggestions of the States, Proposed MIS Formats have been revised again

MONITORING (contd ….)Difference between existing and proposed MIS Formats

The proposed MIS capture information on :

Gender-wise, SC/ ST-wise number of beneficiaries for supplementary nutrition

No. of children exclusively breast-fed vs. no. of children completed six months during the reporting month

No. of children (0-3 years) received due dosage of immuniation vs. no. of children (0-3 years) requiring immunization (absolute no. of doses given to target group under immunization have been removed from the existing AWW’s MPR/ CDPO’s MPR)

Major reasons for infant deaths, childhood deaths and maternal deaths on annual basis

Availability of Medicine/ Pre-school kits at AWCs

Infrastructure facilities at the AWC

MONITORING (contd ….)

Difference between existing and proposed MIS Formats

The proposed MIS do not consists the obsolete items like information on use of colored strip at the AWC for nutritional status of children etc.

Position of UNICEF supplies (as UNICEF supplies has been limited to few items now)

Proposed Monitoring System

Continued….