PANKHUDI portal is a single-window digital platform of the Ministry of Women and Child Development designed to enable structured and transparent participation of individuals, NGOs, Corporates and NRIs in women and child ...

1. At a Glance

PANKHUDI portal — single-window digital platform of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) [S1][S2].
Launched: 8 January 2026 by Smt. Annpurna Devi, Union Minister for Women and Child Development [S2].
Purpose: enable structured and transparent participation of individuals, NGOs, Corporates and NRIs in women & child development [S1][S2].
Accepts only non-cash contributions [S1].
Supports MWCD's three umbrella missions: Mission Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0, Mission Vatsalya, Mission Shakti [S1][S2].

On 6 February 2026, Smt. Annpurna Devi informed Lok Sabha that 38 contributors had registered on PANKHUDI as on 03.02.2026 [S1].
Disclosure detailed capacity-building efforts: training/handholding for State and District functionaries, virtual meetings with senior State officials, and introduction of a Pankhudi module in all major courses of SPNIWCD (Savitri Bai Phule National Institute of Women and Child Development) [S1].

MWCD consolidated its schemes into 3 umbrella missions as announced in Union Budget 2021-22 [S4].
Predecessor/parallel MWCD digital portals: Poshan Tracker (Anganwadi service delivery monitoring) [S5], CARINGS under CARA (adoption), SheBox, Nari Shakti Puraskar portal, Mission Vatsalya Portal [S3][S6][S7].
PANKHUDI positioned as the contribution/partnership layer complementing service-delivery and grievance portals (inferred from PIB framing) [S1][S2].

Ministry: Women and Child Development, GoI [S1][S2].
Type: Integrated CSR + partnership facilitation digital portal; single-window [S2].
Workflow stages: (1) registration, (2) proposal submission, (3) tracking of contributions via defined approval workflows [S1][S2].
Stakeholders: individuals, NGOs, Corporates, NRIs; Central + State Government departments, implementing agencies, civil society [S1][S2].
Demand side: grassroots institutions under State/UT governments dealing with the three missions can indicate requirements [S1].
Thematic areas: nutrition; health; Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE); child protection; women's empowerment [S1].
Contribution mode: non-cash only [S1].
Linked institution: SPNIWCD — Pankhudi module added to all major courses [S1].

Administrative / Governance: Creates a single-window demand-supply matching mechanism between grassroots State/UT institutions and external contributors; promotes convergence among government bodies and partner organisations [S1][S2].
Social: Channels civic energy of NRIs and citizens into nutrition, ECCE, child protection and women's empowerment — operationalising Art. 39(f), Art. 45, Art. 47 DPSPs [S1][S8].
Economic / CSR: Acts as structured CSR interface linking corporate contributors to MWCD's three missions; bridges public-private resource mobilisation [S2].
Ethical / Transparency: Non-cash-only restriction is a financial safeguard against fund-misuse; trackable approval workflow builds transparency [S1][S2].
Constitutional: Reinforces Art. 15(3) (special provisions for women & children); Art. 51A(j)/(k) participatory duty hooks (inferred) [S8].

8 Jan 2026: PANKHUDI launched by Smt. Annpurna Devi [S2].
3 Feb 2026: 38 contributors registered on the portal [S1].
6 Feb 2026: Lok Sabha disclosure on portal progress and capacity building [S1].
Ongoing: training/handholding sessions for State and District functionaries; SPNIWCD course module rollout [S1].

PANKHUDI is launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development [S1][S2].
Launched on 8 January 2026 [S2].
Launching Minister: Smt. Annpurna Devi [S1][S2].
Portal accepts only non-cash contributions [S1].
Target stakeholders explicitly include NRIs, individuals, NGOs and Corporates [S1].
Linked to three umbrella missions: Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0, Vatsalya, Shakti [S1][S2].
38 contributors registered as on 03.02.2026 [S1].
Linked training institution: SPNIWCD (Savitri Bai Phule National Institute of Women and Child Development) [S1].
Workflow: register → submit proposal → track contributions [S1].
Thematic priorities: nutrition, health, ECCE, child protection, women's empowerment [S1].
Mission Shakti sub-schemes: Sambal and Samarthya [S9].
Mission Vatsalya has statutory backing of JJ Act 2015 [S4].
Umbrella scheme consolidation announced in Union Budget 2021-22 [S4].
Poshan Tracker is the ICT app for Anganwadi service delivery monitoring [S5].

GS-II (Welfare schemes / Governance): PANKHUDI as a single-window convergence mechanism for women & child welfare — discuss role in strengthening last-mile delivery of Missions Shakti, Vatsalya, Poshan 2.0 [S1][S2].
GS-II (Vulnerable sections): Operationalises DPSP commitments (Arts. 39(f), 42, 45, 47) and Art. 15(3) through citizen-state partnership [S8].
GS-III (Economy / CSR): Examine the non-cash-only design as an anti-leakage safeguard in CSR-style mobilisation [S1].
GS-IV (Ethics in governance): Transparency, accountability and citizen participation — PANKHUDI illustrates e-governance for probity in welfare partnerships [S1].
Essay: "Technology as a bridge between citizen and welfare state" — PANKHUDI as a case study [S1][S2].

Mission Shakti — Sambal & Samarthya sub-schemes [S9].
Mission Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 — Poshan Tracker, IYCF, SAM/MAM [S5][S10].
Mission Vatsalya — JJ Act 2015, CARA, CARINGS, CHILDLINE 1098 [S4].
PMMVY, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, One Stop Centres, Women Helpline 181 [S9].
DPSP and Fundamental Duties — Arts. 39, 42, 45, 47, 51A [S8].
CSR framework under Companies Act, 2013.

Do not confuse PANKHUDI with Poshan Tracker — PANKHUDI is a partnership/contribution portal, not a beneficiary-monitoring app [S1][S5].
PANKHUDI accepts non-cash contributions only — common trap to assume it handles cash/CSR fund transfers [S1].
Three missions are Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0, Vatsalya, Shakti — not BBBP or PMMVY (those are sub-components) [S1][S9].
Owning ministry is MWCD, not Ministry of Social Justice or Rural Development [S1].
Launch year is 2026, not 2025; launch date is 8 Jan 2026 per primary launch release; the 06 Feb 2026 PIB release is a Lok Sabha update [S1][S2].
38 contributors figure is as on 03.02.2026, not the launch-day number [S1].

[S1] https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2224411 (Tier 1)
[S2] https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2212400 (Tier 1)
[S3] http://www.wcd.nic.in/ (Tier 1)
[S4] https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2040950 (Tier 1)
[S5] https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2243843 (Tier 1)
[S6] https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2148451 (Tier 1)
[S7] https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2247564 (Tier 1)
[S8] https://www.pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1703147 (Tier 1)
[S9] https://wcd.gov.in/offerings/mission-shakti-guidelines-for-implementation-mission-shakti (Tier 1)
[S10] https://wcd.gov.in/offerings/nutrition-mission-saksham-anganwadi-and-poshan-2-0-mission-saksham-anganwadi-poshan-2-0 (Tier 1)