Source: DD News
Subject: Government Scheme
Context: Union Minister has launched PANKHUDI, an integrated digital portal to enhance ease of living for women and children by streamlining CSR partnerships and stakeholder collaboration.
About PANKHUDI portal:
What it is?
- A single-window, integrated digital platform that facilitates CSR and voluntary partnerships for women and child development, enabling transparent contributions, proposal tracking, and outcome monitoring across priority social sectors.
Ministry: Ministry of Women and Child Development
Aim: To strengthen coordination, transparency, and structured participation among government, citizens, NRIs, NGOs, and corporates, thereby improving service delivery and outcomes for women and children nationwide.
Key features:
- Unified CSR interface: One platform for individuals, NRIs, NGOs, corporates, and government agencies.
- Priority themes: Nutrition, health, Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), child welfare & protection, and women’s safety & empowerment.
- Flagship mission support: Digitally strengthens implementation of Mission Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0, Mission Vatsalya, and Mission Shakti through defined workflows.
- End-to-end transparency: Online registration, proposal submission, approvals, and real-time tracking; non-cash contributions only to ensure traceability.
- Scale of impact: Improves infrastructure and services across 14+ lakh Anganwadi Centres, ~5,000 Child Care Institutions, ~800 One Stop Centres, ~500 Shakhi Niwas, and ~400 Shakti Sadan.
Significance:
- Reduces friction for partnerships with government via a trusted, tech-enabled framework.
- Enhances monitoring, convergence, and measurable impact of social investments.
