Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched the pilot phase of the PM Family Care Tracker (PM-FCT) and Health Passports in Gujarat, introducing an integrated digital platform to monitor the health, nutrition and education of children from pregnancy until the age of 18 years.
Launched in Gandhinagar, the pilot integrates data from the Health, Women and Child Development, and Education departments through a single platform. It links health records via the Poshan Tracker and education data through the Child Tracking Portal (CTS), assigning every mother and child a unique digital identity using ABHA and the Birth Registration Number.
Addressing the event, Gujarat Health Minister Praful Pansheriya said, “Under his guidance, we launch this project today. It is through his vision that the Gujarat Health Department, the Women and Child Development Department, and the Education Department have been brought together so that data from all three departments can be integrated, and we are launching the PM Family Care Tracker Pilot Project from here.”
“Today, Amit Shah has reposed his trust in the Gujarat Health Department… the entire state of Gujarat will establish this as a successful pilot project for the whole of India,” he further added.
Pansheriya described the initiative as a platform to ensure no child misses vaccination and said it would maintain comprehensive health records up to the age of 18. He also reaffirmed the project’s focus on preventing lapses in administering vaccines for 11 serious diseases.
During the programme, Shah distributed Anganwadi admission kits, preschool kits and nutritional support kits to eligible beneficiaries, including children and pregnant women under state welfare schemes.
Key Features of the Platform
The PM Family Care Tracker enables real-time monitoring of maternal and child development, immunisation, nutrition, growth, school enrolment and adolescent health. It also provides automated alerts and dashboards for officials.
“The platform aims to facilitate early identification of at-risk children, timely intervention and improved delivery of health, nutrition and education services, and will likely contribute towards the goals of Viksit Gujarat @2047 and Viksit Bharat @2047,” officials added.
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