Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The purchase of 79,033 Samsung A06 cellphones (Model: SM-A065F/DS) under the POSHAN Abhiyaan plan at a total cost of Rs 93.13 crore was approved by the Odisha State Cabinet on Saturday.
The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) platform has been used to place the order with M/s. NF Infratech Services Pvt. Ltd.In order to improve real-time monitoring and service delivery under Saksham Anganwadi and POSHAN 2.0, frontline staff are given cellphones once every four years, according to standards set out by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Government of India.
Anganwadi Workers, Lady Supervisors, and Block Coordinators (Poshan) throughout the state will receive these devices. Beneficiary registration, daily data entry on the Poshan Tracker, tracking of supplemental nutrition, distribution of Take-Home Ration via Face Recognition System (FRS), child growth measurement, pre-school education activities, and infrastructure monitoring of Anganwadi Centers will all be made possible by the smartphones.
