Mother and Child Tracking System (MCTS) being implemented by the Government under the National Rural Health Mission in the country

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE 

LOK SABHA 

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4102 

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04TH JANUARY, 2019 

MOTHER AND CHILD TRACKING SYSTEM 

4102. DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT

          SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE

          SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO

          SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state: 

• (a) the status of Mother and Child Tracking System (MCTS) being implemented by the Government under the National Rural Health Mission in the country; 

• (b) whether rural areas in the country are still uncovered in the MCTS and if so, the details thereof; 

• (c) the time by which the Government proposes to implement this system in all of the rural areas; 

• (d) the funds allocated and utilized under MCTS during each of the last three years and the current year and the achievement made as a result thereof, State/ UT-wise; and 

• (e) the steps taken by the Government to facilitate timely delivery of antenatal and postnatal care services to all the pregnant women and immunization to all the children? 

ANSWER 

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF 

HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE 

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY) 

(a)  RCH portal, an upgraded version of MCTS portal has been rolled out in 33 State/UTs of the country and remaining 3 States (Viz; Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Chattisgarh) have their own State-based application, whose data is being pulled on the MCTS/ RCH application. A total of 15.61 crore pregnant women and 13.38 crore children have been registered in MCTS / RCH portal as on 28 Dec€2018. 

(b) & (c)  All rural areas in the country are covered in Mother and Child Tracking System (MCTS)/ Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) portal. 

(d)  Funds allocated and utilized under MCTS during last three financial years including the current year is placed at Annexure-1. The details of State/UTs are placed at Annexure -2. 

(e)  Following steps have been taken by the Government to facilitate timely delivery of antenatal and postnatal care services to all the pregnant women and immunization to all the children: 

• MCTS/RCH portal has the provision to generate work plan which assists ANMs in service delivery planning and effectively tracking the beneficiaries for service delivery. 

• MoHFW introduced the tablet based application called ANMOn-Line (ANMOL) for RCH application that enables ANMs to directly enter the data in RCH application. It reduces the burden of ANMs from filling in multiple registers and keeping a track of services to be provided to the beneficiaries on real time basis. It acts as a job aid and provides various videos and audios on subjects like high risk pregnancy, immunization and family planning. 

• Beneficiaries registered under MCTS/RCH application have been called on phone from the State and Central call Centres to ensure the services delivered to them in-time. Various IEC activities are being carried out to create awareness on the services being delivered to them. 

• Government has launched Mission Indradhanush to reach the target of 90% full immunization coverage through covering un-vaccinated and partially vaccinated children and pregnant women in pockets of low immunization coverage in hard-to-reach areas. 

Annexure-1 

Funds allocated and utilized under MCTS during last three financial years including the current year are as follows: 

Funds	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19 (upto 31 st Dec 2018)
Allocated (Rs. in Lakhs )	21133.62	24038.07	22402.66	31324.24
Utilized (Rs. in Lakhs )	13579.02	12400.99	20786.95	Not Available