Launch of PANKHUDI Digital Portal
In News
What Happened
Why It Matters
Background
History & Context
What Changed
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BEFORE: CSR initiatives and voluntary welfare projects in the women and child development space were scattered and functioned in silos. NOW: PANKHUDI provides a unified, single-window digital coordination platform that directly aligns corporate and private partnerships with specific government missions.
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BEFORE: Tracking the impact and utilization of voluntary contributions was difficult, occasionally leading to a lack of accountability. NOW: The platform strictly mandates non-cash contributions and uses clearly defined digital workflows for proposal tracking, ensuring complete financial traceability and transparency.
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BEFORE: Beneficiary institutions like Anganwadi centres and Child Care Institutions relied almost entirely on state and central budgetary allocations. NOW: The portal creates a direct pipeline for supplementary corporate and NRI resources to upgrade infrastructure at over 14 lakh Anganwadis, 5,000 Child Care Institutions, and numerous One Stop Centres.
Prelims Angle
NCERT Connection
Practice Questions
Q1
Correct Statement(s)With reference to the PANKHUDI Portal launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, consider the following statements: 1. The platform accepts both cash and non-cash contributions to maximize resource mobilization for Child Care Institutions. 2. It is designed to channel Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) contributions to strengthen flagship schemes like Mission Poshan 2.0 and Mission Vatsalya. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?