<span style="color: #222222;">IT systems have been leveraged to strengthen and bring about transparency in the nutrition delivery support system at grassroots level. The poshan tracker application rolled out a year back  by the Ministry of Women and Child development is an important governance tool. This poshan tracker has enabled real time monitoring and tracking of all anganwadi workers and beneficiaries on defined indicators. Beneficiaries are aadhar seeded, there is OTP based delivery of Take Home Ration and supplementary nutrition. As per the poshan tracker, 11 crore beneficiaries are registered as of now in the country. Tracking of beneficiaries across all states is possible. Universalisation of the poshan scheme has enabled migrants to reap inter-state facilities being aadhaar seeded now. It helps the department to track down children with Moderate Acute Malnutrition and Severe Acute Malnutrition and take necessary therapeutic intervention.<br />''<br />''To improve the health and nutritional status, the government of Gujarat is providing micronutrient rich take home ration with support of Gujarat Milk Marketing Federation and respective dairy unions. Addition of Several ayurvedic components like Trikatu and Vidang in Balshakti THR for children and Jeera and Musta churn in Matrushakti THR for pregnant and lactating women is being distributed by Anganwadi workers.<br />''<br />''Distribution of AYUSH THR and supplementary nutrition packets to women, teenage girls and children has improved their health. More than a decade back there was a high percentage of  sugar in food provided in Anganwadi, but now Ayush THR has given lots of savoury options. Standard dietary guidelines suggest people to limit their intake of sugar to less than 10% of their daily calorie intake.  <br />''<br />''With the launch of AYUSH THR  6 months back,the tribal district of Narmada in Gujarat has shown drastic improvement as claimed by the working CDPO of Kevadia. AYUSH THR is manufactured in the Amul plant of Anand,District. by use of  AYUSH THR there is significant reduction in cases of wasting, stunting and malnourishment. Anganwadi workers demonstrate to villagers more than 70 ways to cook different recipes fromTHR. Integration of fortified Rice and nutri-cereals and fortified groundnut oil in Take home Ration have focused on the need for a balanced diet addressing chronic micronutrient malnutrition prevalent among tribals in Narmada District.<br />''<br />''A pilot project  in Tamil nadu and a public health initiative project in Karnataka where  Ayurvedic medicine was used to cure anemia has yielded positive results, though third party validation is awaited. This promising result is encouragement to AYUSH and MoWCD collaboration to achieve Poshan 2.0 abhiyan.<br />''<br />''Integration of Ayush concept and data management and monitoring through poshan tracker in anganwadi has brought transparency  and accountability in delivery of supplementary nutrition.</span><br />