PM Family Care Tracker was launched in Gujarat to digitally monitor the health of mothers and children

PM-FCT provides comprehensive monitoring of key health milestones, including prenatal and postnatal care, immunization, nutrition, growth monitoring, school enrollment and attendance, and adolescent health services. Photo credit: X/@AmitShah

Union Home Affairs and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah recently launched PM Family Care Tracker (PM-FCT), a digital platform that aims to strengthen maternal and child health, nutrition and family welfare through real-time monitoring of beneficiaries.

Introduced as a pilot project in Gujarat, starting with Gandhinagar, the platform seeks to integrate health, nutrition and social services by tracking pregnant women, newborns, infants, children and adolescents up to 18 years of age.

The platform also includes digital health passports for individuals and families, dashboards to facilitate the delivery of government welfare programs, and automatic alerts for missed vaccinations and other essential health services.

The initiative aims to improve convergence between multiple ministries by integrating data from birth and death registration systems and health, nutrition and education databases.

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Officials said the platform should enable early interventions, reduce maternal and infant mortality, address malnutrition and minimize service delivery gaps.

During the launch, Mr. Shah also administered polio drops to the children, highlighting the government’s continued emphasis on immunization and preventive healthcare.

PM-FCT forms part of the Centre’s wider drive towards technology-based management and data-based social care delivery. After the pilot implementation in Gujarat, the platform is expected to gradually expand to other parts of the country.

Giving details of the initiative, a senior central government official said the PM-FCT is designed as a family-centric digital platform rather than maintaining separate records for different schemes, allowing authorities to track the health and welfare status of each family member through a single interface.

He added that the initiative reflects the centre’s growing reliance on integrated digital platforms to improve last-mile delivery of social programs by enabling real-time tracking of beneficiaries and reducing fragmentation between departments.

“The platform is expected to facilitate convergence between multiple departments, including health, women and child development, education, local government and civil registration, enabling frontline workers to identify beneficiaries who have missed services,” he said, adding that real-time alerts allow officials to intervene quickly.

The system will also help minimize duplication of beneficiary records by integrating data from birth and death records, health facilities, Anganwadi services and schools.

“The platform will facilitate evidence-based planning and enable district and state administrations to identify high-risk pregnancies, malnourished children and gaps in service delivery through digital dashboards. After its assessment in Gujarat, a decision will be taken to scale it up,” the official adds.

Published – 29 Jun 2026 21:05 IST