1. Management Information System on
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme
April 24, 2006

2. MONITORING Previous 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

3. MONITORING Previous 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

4. MONITORING Existing Monitoring System
DWCD had revised the reporting system under ICDS on (F.No. 1-4/90-ME dt ). 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)

5. MONITORING Existing 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 )

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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 ). 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 ME dt )

9. 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
specific data, however, is not available

10. MONITORING contd… Existing Monitoring System Central level
Monitoring of Social Component of ICDS – NIPCCD (discontinued)
Monitoring of health component - Central Technical Committee (CTC) (discontinued)

11. MONITORING contd…. Proposed Monitoring System
From , 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

12. MONITORING (contd ….) Proposed Monitoring System
Three Tiered monitoring
Community based monitoring by involving select Institutions like mother’s committees, Mahila Mandal, Health & Sanitation Committee of Village Panchayat etc.
Continuous monitoring through MIS
Monitoring & Supervision through Supervision Missions/ external agencies

13. MONITORING (contd ….) Proposed MIS Formats
A Sub Group under the Chairmanship of Joint Secretary (CD) have been constituted on to propose the revise formats and place the same for the Core Group.
Two meeting of Sub Group were held on and
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
Three States i.e. Govt. of NCT of Delhi, Orissa and Uttaranchal have sent the comments

14. MONITORING (contd ….) Proposed MIS Formats
Department has constituted a Core Group under the Charipersonship of Secretary (WCD) on 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 )
The proposed MIS formats were placed before the Core group Based on the suggestions/ comments, the proposed MIS formats were again circulated to all State Secretaries on with a request to send comments by
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

15. 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

16. 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)

17. Proposed Monitoring System
Continued….