Dashboard Manual

ICDS SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING AND NUTRITION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

(ISSNIP)

MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4
The ICDS-CAS Dashboard .................................................................................................................................................... 5
Log-In Instructions for the ICDS-CAS Dashboard................................................................................................................ 7
Steps to Navigate the ICDS-CAS Dashboard and Description of Indicators ...................................................................... 8
Dashboard data population in accordance with Training Rollout ................................................................................... 37
Interpreting Reports and Data-Driven Decision-Making ................................................................................................. 38

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List of Figures
Figure 1: Dashboard reporting structure ............................................................................................................................ 4
Figure 2: How is data being sent to the dashboard ........................................................................................................... 5
Figure 3: Log in Instructions for ICDS-CAS Dashboard ....................................................................................................... 7
Figure 4: Main Dashboard - Month Dropdown ................................................................................................................ 10
Figure 5: View of the Main Dashboard when you drill down to the next administrative level ..................................... 11
Figure 6: Nutrition Status Dashboard ............................................................................................................................... 14
Figure 7: Operational Status Dashboard .......................................................................................................................... 17
Figure 8: System Usage Dashboard .................................................................................................................................. 20
Figure 9: Nutrition Detail at National Level ...................................................................................................................... 23
Figure 10: Nutrition Detail at District Level ...................................................................................................................... 24
Figure 11: IYCF and NBW Details ...................................................................................................................................... 27
Figure 12: AWC info Dashboard ........................................................................................................................................ 30
Figure 13: Demographics Dashboard ................................................................................................................................ 33
Figure 14: Selecting the Location ...................................................................................................................................... 35
Figure 15: Annual Population Summary and Identification of Disabled Children .......................................................... 36
Figure 16: Details of Births and Deaths during the month .............................................................................................. 36
Figure 17: Dashboard indicators at the end of each training phase................................................................................ 37
Figure 18: Snapshot View showing % of AWWs active .................................................................................................... 38
Figure 19: Navigating to System Usage Dashboard ......................................................................................................... 38
Figure 20: Using tooltip to understand bar chart on System Usage Dashboard ............................................................. 39
Figure 21: Snapshot view of % Underweight on Main Dashboard .................................................................................. 40
Figure 23: View tooltip, Click State and loading drill down ............................................................................................. 41
Figure 22: View of Nutrition Status at National Level...................................................................................................... 41
Figure 24: Drilldown to districts........................................................................................................................................ 42

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Introduction
ICDS is an important program for meeting the holistic needs of children, pregnant women and lactating mothers. The
Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) is implementing a Real Time Monitoring System (RTM) for
improving the service delivery and ensuring better supervision of ICDS Scheme by deploying the ICDS-Common
Application Software (CAS) solution across Anganwadi Centers (AWCs) in the ISSNIP States.
ICDS-CAS with automation of 10 out of 11 ICDS registers, shall enable us to achieve the following objectives:
Name-based registration of ICDS beneficiaries in each AWC catchment area
Improve AWW efficiency and effectiveness by embedding job aids and tools in their mobile phones (e.g.
Nutrition Counseling of Pregnant Women, Infant and Young Child Feeding practices, etc.)
Monitor timelines and quality of service delivered to the beneficiaries by AWW
Provide reports and dashboards with real time information to various stakeholders for prompt action and
decision-making
This manual is designed to help the government (from the National level to the block level) to use the ICDS-CAS
Dashboard on their computers to view real time information collected by the Anganwadi workers on their phones and
provide timely supportive supervision.

MWCD National Level

Web Reports

State Specific
State ICDS
Web Reports

District District Specific

Programme Web Reports
Officer

Child
Block Specific
Development
Web Reports
Project Officer

Supervisor Sector Specific

(Sector level) Mobile Reports

AWW AWC level

(Village level) Mobile Reports

Figure 1: Dashboard reporting structure

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The ICDS-CAS Dashboard
The ICDS-CAS Dashboard has been created for use by MWCD officials at the National, State, District and Block Levels to
be able to access real time information in order to:
1. View raw data submitted by AWWs and Lady Supervisors in a useful and easily understandable manner
2. Monitor and evaluate ICDS indicators in order to view progress and identify problem areas
3. Supervise the functioning of the ICDS program
4. Make prompt data-driven decisions to improve service delivery
The ICDS-CAS Dashboard visualizes data on indicators that are further categorized under the following reports:
Main Dashboard-provides a high level snapshot view of the major ICDS indicators
Nutrition Dashboard- displays an overview of the nutrition status of children up to the age of 6 years in the
ICDS program
Operational Status- provides an overview of the major functions and activities of AWCs
System Usage- displays data on the overall usage of the ICDS-CAS applications
Nutrition Detail- displays underweight status and related indicators and allows you to filter by age, caste, etc.
Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices (IYCF) Detail- displays IYCF and related indicators and allows you to
filter by age, caste, etc.
Newborn Low Birth Weight (LBW) - displays newborn LBW and related indicators and allows you to filter by
age, caste, etc.
AWC Information- will display a detailed view for a single AWC
Demographics- provides details on beneficiaries at a chosen AWC

Figure 2: How is data being sent to the dashboard

The above diagram is helpful in understanding the workflow of ICDS-CAS in order to outline how the data reaches the
ICDS-CAS Dashboard. Data is collected by AWWs and Supervisors from beneficiaries during home visits and AWC visits
and synced with a central server. The ICDS-CAS dashboard is populated with data from the central server. The

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dashboard can be accessed by all Block Helpdesk, CDPO Office (Block level), DPO Office (District Level), State ICDS
Directorate (State Level) and Centre (National Level). Each of these administrative levels can access information
relevant to that particular level in order to monitor and evaluate the ICDS program.

When is data being sent to the Dashboard

Data is sent to the central servers to update the Dashboards in real time. Reports displayed on the dashboards will be
continuously updated with data from forms submitted by AWWs and Supervisors. However, the data displayed will be
in accordance with the reporting period. Thus the dashboards will look more populated towards the end of the month
(as more forms are submitted by AWWs and Supervisors) than at the beginning of the month. Dashboard users may
view up-to-date real time data at any time. However, to gather the most accurate picture of the ICDS program at the
beginning of a month, dashboard users must view data for the previous month.

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Log-In Instructions for the ICDS-CAS Dashboard
The ICDS-CAS Dashboard is a web based system. Each dashboard user will be given a username and password. Each
State should have completed the required process for uploading usernames (as per User Management Guidelines) and
the respective State Help Desk leads should share login credentials with each District and Block Help Desk lead.
The URL for accessing ICDS-CAS Dashboard is: www.icds-cas.gov.in/a/icds-cas. Navigate to this URL on your web
browser.
Note: The most suitable browser to view Dashboards is Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.
- You will be prompted to sign in
- Enter the dashboard username and password as communicated to you
- Click on Reports View All
- Click on ICDS-CAS Dashboard to view the Dashboard
- You have now entered the Main Dashboard

Figure 3: Log in Instructions for ICDS-CAS Dashboard

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Steps to Navigate the ICDS-CAS Dashboard and Description of Indicators
This section of this manual provides information on how to navigate the various reports available on the ICDS-CAS
Dashboard and what information can be found in each report. This includes a detailed description of all the indicators
that are displayed on each of the reports of the ICDS-CAS Dashboard. The data for these reports are collected on the
ICDS-CAS AWW Application as well as the Lady Supervisor Application.
The following table outlines the terms referenced in this section in order to help understand how to navigate the
dashboard.

Time period:
The reports on the dashboard can be
viewed specific to a month. You may
select the month for which you wish
to view a report from the drop down
menu on the top right of the page.

Colors:
The various charts and trends on the
dashboard are color coded to help
quicker and better understanding of
complex data.

Color codes are described on tooltips.

When you hover over a graph, tooltip
will automatically display.

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Filters:
Various filter options are available in
order to view specific data. You may
select to apply various filters from the
available drop down menus to change
the data displayed.

Report Sections:
The Dashboard is divided into various
sections each representing a set of
indicators such as health and nutrition
or operational.

You can navigate to these sections by

choosing the section from the
dropdown

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1. Main Dashboard
Once you have followed the log in instructions you will be able to view the Main Dashboard. The Main Dashboard
provides an overview of major ICDS Indicators. On the top right corner of the page, select from the drop down menu
the month for which you wish to view data.

Month Dropdown

Figure 4: Main Dashboard - Month Dropdown

On the Main dashboard you can see 4 large blue boxes overhead displaying a snapshot of some ICDS indicators: %
Underweight, % THR (Take Home Ration) Distribution, AWWs Active, Number of children, lactating mothers and
pregnant women (See figure 4).
Under these 4 sections information is available on Nutrition Status, AWC Functioning, Infant and Child Feeding and
AWC functioning indicators (%).
Place your mouse to hover over any of these sections (without clicking) in order to view a tooltip with more
information regarding the particular indicator and administrative level that you are viewing. Select and click on any
section to drill down and view the same data for the next administrative level. The administrative level that you have
drilled down to can be identified by the name of the State/District/Block/AWC name on the top right corner of the
report page. Continue selecting and clicking any chart to drill down right to the level of the AWC (See figure 5).

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 Figure 5: View of the Main Dashboard when you drill down to the next administrative level

In order to view a different report, select the report you wish to view from the drop down menu available in the top
left corner.
Note: If you have used the drill down option on the main dashboard and then selected a different report from the
drop down menu, you will view the chosen report for the same administrative level that you had drilled down to. If
you wish to view a different report for a different administrative level you must select the blue Reset Filtering
button, before you select a different report from the drop down menu. This note is important to remember every
time you select a different report to view in the ICDS-CAS Dashboard. At any point of time you may also click the
Back button on your browser to go back to the previous administrative level and/or report being viewed.
This table provides a detailed description of the indicators that are displayed on the Main Dashboard.

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Table 1: Main Dashboard

Main Dashboard
Sub Report Indicator Definition Description
% of severely underweight Snapshot view of % of total
Underweight Status for
children in the given children in the ICDS program
Area
region who are underweight
% of THR Distribution in
the given region to Snapshot view of % total THR
% THR Distribution pregnant women, distribution of THR for 21days
Snapshot lactating women and or more in the month
View children
Indicators An AWW is considered
Snapshot view of % Active
active if they have sent
AWWs Active AWWs and Number of Active
more than 15 forms in the
AWWs
month
Number of Children, Total number of beneficiaries
Total Beneficiaries of each
Pregnant and Lactating of each type in the ICDS
type
women program
Z scores are a WHO
defined indicator to
categorize children as
normal, moderately
underweight or severely
underweight based on
weight-for-age ratios
(from -3 to 3). Z scores are
directly proportional to
WHO weight-for-age the increase in weight. Political Map shows 8 States
Nutrition standards defined by Z with color-coded areas
Status scores -Severely Underweight according to underweight
(below -3 Z score): status as per the definition
Greater than 10% is red provided.
Between 5%-10% is
orange
Less than 5% is green

- Underweight (below -2 Z
score):
Greater than 30% is red
Between 15-30% is orange
Less than 15% is green

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 Factors whether AWC opened
% of AWC who are and children attended,
Fully functional is green
AWC considered fully (Number of children 0-3 years
Partially Functional is
functioning functional, partially weighed in the given month)
orange
functional and not and THR efficiency (% of
Not functional is red
functional. beneficiaries receiving 21
days or more of THR)
% of children who were Breastfeeding within 1
breastfed within first hour of birth - % in blue
hour

% of timely Introduction Complementary feeding - This data is collected in the

Infant and
to Solid or semi-solid % in orange AWW app during home visits
Child
food (6 months to 8 based on answers provided by
Feeding
months) the beneficiaries.

% of women - exclusive Exclusive breastfeeding -

breastfeeding for 6 % in green
months
Average PSE (Primary
School Education)
PSE Attendance in blue
Attendance (Children
Attending 16 days or
more PSE)

Of all children up to 3
AWC Weighed Efficiency in
years of age in the AWC
functioning orange Display of 3 AWC functioning
catchment area, % of
Indicators indicators individually
children weighed
(%)

Of all eligible
beneficiaries (pregnant,
lactating, children), % of
Take Home Rations in
beneficiaries who
green
received 21 days or
more THR

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2. Nutrition Status Dashboard
Click the blue Reset Filtering button. Then select Nutrition from the reports drop down menu on the top left of the
page. You should see the Nutrition Status Dashboard. This dashboard provides information on major nutrition
related ICDS indicators (see figure 6).

Figure 6: Nutrition Status Dashboard

Similar to the Main Dashboard, place your mouse to hover over any of these sections (without clicking) in order to
view a tooltip with more information regarding the particular indicator and administrative level that you are viewing.
Select and click on any section to drill down and view the same data for the next administrative level. The
administrative level that you have drilled down to can be identified by the name of the State/District/Block/AWC name
on the top right corner of the report page. Continue selecting and clicking any chart to drill down right to the level of
the AWC.
In order to view a different report, select the report you wish to view from the drop down menu available in the top
left corner.
This table provides a detailed description of the indicators that are displayed on the Nutrition Dashboard.
Table 2: Nutrition Dashboard

Nutrition Dashboard
Sub Report Indicator Definition Description
Pie chart to display
Number of Children by proportion of male and
Demographics Children by Gender
Gender female children in ICDS
program

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 Age categories are-
0-28 days
28 days to 6 months
6-12 months Bar chart to show proportion
Children by Age 12-24 months of total children in ICDS
24-36 months program by category of age
36-48 months
48-60 months
60-72 months
Proportion of types of
Pregnant and Lactating
Eligible Women women eligible to be in ICDS
women
program
Z scores are a WHO
defined indicator to
categorize children as
normal, moderately
underweight or severely
underweight based on
weight-for-age ratios
(from -3 to 3). Z scores Political Map shows 8 States
are directly proportional with color-coded areas
to the increase in weight. according to underweight
Nutrition
WHO weight-for-age status as per the definition
Status and
standards by Z scores -Severely Underweight provided.
Nutrition
(below -3 Z score): Nutrition Status Trend shows
Status Trend
Greater than 10% is red the trend of % of normal,
Between 5%-10% is moderate, and severely
orange underweight children over
Less than 5% is green last 3 months

- Underweight (below -2 Z
score):
Greater than 30% is red
Between 15-30% is
orange
Less than 15% is green
Infant and % of children who were Breastfeeding at birth - % This data is collected in the
Young Child breastfed within first in blue AWW app during home visits
Feeding and hour based on answers provided
Infant and by the beneficiaries.
Young Child The chart shows the % of

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Feeding Trend % of timely Introduction children Breast Feeding
to Solid or semi-solid Complementary feeding - (BF)at Birth, Complimentary
food (6 months to 8 % in orange Feeding (CF), and Exclusive
months) Breast Feeding (EBF) by
month.
The trend shows the % of
% of women - exclusive children BF at Birth, CF, and
breastfeeding for 6 Exclusive breastfeeding - EBF for the last 3 months.
months % in green
Newborns Chart shows the % of children
with Low Of all newborn children who are born LBW in the
Low Birth Weight (LBW) is
Birth Weight born in the month, % of current month.
defined as below 2500
Chart and children who are Low Trend shows % of children
gms.
Newborn Birth Weight who are born LBW in the last
LBW Trend 3 months.
ANC
Chart shows the % of ANC
(Antenatal
completion by ANC visit of all
Care) ANC 1 is blue
Of all delivered women, delivered women.
Completion ANC 2 is orange
% of ANC completion Trend shows the % of ANC
Chart and ANC 3 is green
(Split by 4 ANC Visits) completion by ANC visit of all
ANC ANC 4 is red
delivered women for last 3
Completion
months.
Trend

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3. Operational Status Dashboard
Click the blue Reset Filtering button. Then select Operational from the reports drop down menu on the top left of
the page. You should see the Operational Status Dashboard. This dashboard provides information on major
operational ICDS indicators in order to track the progress and functioning of the ICDS program (see figure 7).

Figure 7: Operational Status Dashboard

Similar to the Main Dashboard and Nutrition Dashboard, place your mouse to hover over any of these sections
(without clicking) in order to view a tooltip with more information regarding the particular indicator and
administrative level that you are viewing. Select and click on any section to drill down and view the same data for the
next administrative level. The administrative level that you have drilled down to can be identified by the name of the
State/District/Block/AWC name on the top right of the corner of the report page. Continue selecting and clicking any
chart to drill down right to the AWC level.
This table provides a detailed description of the indicators that are displayed on the Operational Status Dashboard.
Table 3: Operational Status Dashboard

Operational Status Dashboard

Sub Report Indicator Definition Description
Bar chart shows the %
Greater than 70% of receiving>21 days of ration by
Take Home
beneficiaries receive 21+ State/District/Block/Sector/AWC.
Rations
days of ration is green
Chart and Beneficiaries receiving
Trend shows % receiving>21
Take Home > 21 days of THR
Less than 70% of days of ration in the last 3
Rations
beneficiaries receive 21+ months for children (blue),
Trend
days of ration is red lactating mothers (orange), and
pregnant women (green).
Weighing Of all children up to 3 More than 70% children Chart shows all children up to 3

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Efficiency years of age in the weighed in the month is years of age in the AWC
Chart and AWC catchment area, green catchment area, % of children
Weighing % of children weighed weighed by
Efficiency Less than 70% of State/District/Block/Sector/AWC.
Trend children weighed in the
month is red Trend shows all children up to 3
years of age in the AWC
catchment area, % of children
weighed in last 3 months
Open for 21 or more
days is green
Average number of Bar chart shows average number
Days AWC is Open of days AWC is open per month
Open for less than 21
days is red
The different reasons for
days not open are-
Government work
Bar chart shows distribution of
Reasons for Days Not Holiday
reasons for days AWC was not
Open Festival
open per month
No Help
Other
No data
Attendance is
determined by % of
eligible children who
AWC The bar chart shows % of eligible
attended PSE for 16 days
children who attended at least
or more per month
Average PSE 16 days of PSE per month of the
Attendance 25 days that the AWC is
More than 50%
mandated to be open per
attendance is green
month.

Less than 50%

attendance is red
Of the 25 days of AWC
services, the % of days
when the following Bar chart shows the comparison
% of days services services were provided: of % of days out of 25 days of
provided Hot meal AWC activity that hot meal, PSE,
Primary School THR were provided
Education (PSE)
Take Home Rations

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 (THR)
Each AWW has a set
target of 65 home visits
per month
Bar chart shows comparison of %
% of Home Visit
More than 65 home of home visit targets that were
Targets Met
visits per month is green met for the month

Less than 65 home visits

per month is red
Bar chart shows the % of AWCs
that were visited by lady
Supervision is measured Supervisors in a given month.
% visited by Lady
by lady supervision visits This data is received from the
Supervisor in a month
to the AWC in a month Lady Supervisors when they fill
out the AWC visit forms after
each visit

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4. System Usage Dashboard
Click the blue Reset Filtering button. Then select System Usage from the reports drop down menu on the top left of
the page. You should see the System Usage Dashboard. This dashboard provides information on usage of the ICDS-
CAS applications (see figure 8).

Figure 8: System Usage Dashboard

Similar to the Main Dashboard and Nutrition Dashboard, place your mouse to hover over any of these sections
(without clicking) in order to view a tooltip with more information regarding the particular indicator and
administrative level that you are viewing. Select and click on any section to drill down and view the same data for the
next administrative level. The administrative level that you have drilled down to can be identified by the name of the
State/District/Block/AWC name on the top right of the corner of the report page. Continue selecting and clicking any
chart to drill down right to the AWC level.
This table provides a detailed description of the indicators that are displayed on the System Usage Dashboard.
Table 4: System Usage Dashboard

System Usage Dashboard

Sub Report Indicator Definition Description
Active An AWW is considered Bar chart shows the % of Active
% of AWWs active in
AWWs chart active if they have sent AWWs in the given month
the given month
and Active more than 15 forms in

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AWWs the month The trend shows the % of Active
Trend AWWs for the last 3 months
More than 75% of users
are active is green

Less than 75% of users

are active is red

Average time of day that

daily feeding form is The daily feeding form is
submitted is plotted as a submitted once a day at every
Average time of day blue dot. The blue AWC. This indicator plots a
that Daily Feeding section seen on the graph of the average time of day
form is submitted graph is the time range in that the Daily Feeding form is
which the daily feeding submitted by
form should be State/District/Block/Sector/AWC
submitted
Average time of day that
The home visit form should be
home visits are done is
submitted by AWWs at every
plotted as a blue dot. The
home visit. This indicator plots a
Average Time of Day- blue section seen on the
graph of the average time of day
Home Visits graph is the time range in
Form that the Home Visit Form is
which the home visit
Submissions submitted by
forms should be
State/District/Block/Sector/AWC
submitted
Birth Preparedness in red
Pre Natal Care in green Chart shows proportions of the
Home Visit Forms by Exclusive Breastfeeding 4 types of Home Visit Forms
Type in orange submitted of the total forms
Complementary Feeding submitted per month
in blue
Due List in green
Take Home Rations in Chart shows proportions of the
orange 4 types of Other Activity forms
Other Activity Forms
Growth Monitoring in submitted of the total forms
blue submitted per month
Daily Attendance in red
An AWW is considered
Inactive Number of Form Only available at drill down to
inactive if they have sent
AWWs Submissions the Sector (Supervisor) level
less than 15 forms in the

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 month

A list of inactive AWWs,

number of forms
submitted and their
Supervisor name is seen

5. Nutrition Status Detail, IYCF Detail, LBW Detail

For all the following reports- Nutrition Status Detail, Infant and Young Child Feeding Detail, Newborn Low Birth
Weight Detail make sure that you have drilled down to a different administrative level than when you logged in to the
Main Dashboard (For example, if you are a State Level user logged in at the State level, make sure to drill down to
District, Block, or Sector level). After you have drilled down, select one of the Detail reports to view these specific
reports that show related indicators.
Filters:
On all the Detail reports, you will find a panel on the right of multiple drop down menus. These drop downs are filters
available to view selected data from the reports as per the requirements of the dashboard user. Some of the available
filters are age, gender, caste, minority, disability, resident type, and/or beneficiary type.

You can click on any of the filter options and select the desired filter and the Dashboard will
automatically start filtering to meet the filter conditions.

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5.1 Nutrition Status Detail:

Figure 9: Nutrition Detail at National Level

Similar to the previous Dashboards, place your mouse to hover over any of these sections (without clicking) in order to
view a tooltip with more information regarding the particular indicator and administrative level that you are viewing.
Select and click on any section to drill down and view the same data for the next administrative level. The
administrative level that you have drilled down to can be identified by the name of the State/District/Block/AWC name
on the top right of the corner of the report page. Click the back option on your browser in order to go to a previous
administrative level. Continue selecting and clicking any chart to drill down right to the AWC level (see figure 9 and
10).

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 Figure 10: Nutrition Detail at District Level

This table provides a detailed description of the indicators that are displayed on the Nutrition Status Detail Dashboard.
Table 5: Nutrition Status Detail Dashboard

Nutrition Status Detail Dashboard

Sub Report Indicator Definition Description
Z scores are a WHO
defined indicator to
categorize children as
normal, moderately
underweight or severely
underweight based on Political Map shows 8 States with
weight-for-age ratios color-coded areas according to
Nutrition (from -3 to 3). Z scores underweight status as per the
WHO weight-for-age
Status and are directly proportional definition provided.
standards by Z scores
Nutrition to the increase in weight.
Status Trend Nutrition Status Trend shows the
-Severely Underweight trend of % of normal, moderate,
(below -3 Z score): and severely underweight
Greater than 10% is red children over last 3 months
Between 5%-10% is
orange
Less than 5% is green

- Underweight (below -2

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 Z score):
Greater than 30% is red
Between 15-30% is
orange
Less than 15% is green
Bar chart shows the %
Greater than 70% of receiving>21 days of ration by
Take Home
beneficiaries receive 21+ State/District/Block/Sector/AWC.
Rations
days of ration is green
Chart and Beneficiaries receiving
Trend shows % receiving>21
Take Home > 21 days of THR
Less than 70% of days of ration the last 3 months
Rations
beneficiaries receive 21+ for children (blue), lactating
Trend
days of ration is red mothers (orange), and pregnant
women (green).
% of children who Breastfeeding at birth - This data is collected in the
were breastfed within % in blue AWW app during home visits
first hour based on answers provided by
Infant and
the beneficiaries.
Young Child
% of timely
Feeding and
Introduction to Solid or Complementary feeding The chart shows the % of
Infant and
semi-solid food (6 - % in orange children BF at Birth, CF, and EBF
Young Child
months to 8 months) by month
Feeding
Trend
% of women-exclusive The trend shows the % of
breastfeeding for 6 Exclusive breastfeeding - children BF at Birth, CF, and EBF
months % in green for the last 3 months
More than 50% of
pregnant women
counselled on immediate
breastfeeding after birth
% of Pregnant women The chart shows the % of
is green
counseled on Birth pregnant women who were
Preparedness (during counselled on Birth
Less than 50% of
Counselling Home visit) preparedness during home visit
pregnant women
Indicators
counselled on immediate
breastfeeding after birth
is red
% of Pregnant women More than 50% of EBF The chart shows the % of
counseled on Exclusive eligible mothers pregnant women who were
Breastfeeding (during counselled on EBF is counselled on EBF during home
Home Visit) green visit

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 Less than 50% of EBF
eligible childrens
mothers counselled on
EBF is red
More than 50% of Chart shows the % of children
Diet
% of children children eating diverse eating diverse diet as recorded
Diversity
consuming at least 4 diet is green during home visits by the AWW
Chart and
food groups (during
Diet
Home Visit) Less than 50% of Trend shows the % of children
Diversity
children eating diverse eating diverse diet for last 3
Trend
diet is red months
More than 50% of Chart shows the % of children
Diet children eating adequate eating adequate food as
Quantity % of children food for their age is recorded during home visits by
Chart and consuming adequate green the AWW
Diet food (during Home
Quantity Visit) Less than 50% of Trend shows the % of children
Trend children eating adequate eating adequate food for last 3
food for their age is red months

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5.2 IYCF Detail, NBW Detail:
Similarly, you can view other detailed reports (Infant and Young Child Feeding Detail, Newborn Low Birth Weight
Detail) and drill all the way down to the AWC and get an AWC specific view (see figure 11).

Left: Relational Indicators for Low Birth Weight Detail

Report drilled down to the block level

Above: Relational indicators for IYCF Detail Report

drilled down to the sector supervisor level
Figure 11: IYCF and NBW Details

The following tables provide a detailed description of the indicators that are displayed on the IYCF Detail and Newborn
LBW Detail Dashboards.

Table 6: Infant and Young Child Feeding Detail Practices Dashboard

Infant and Young Child Feeding Detail Practices Dashboard

Sub Report Indicator Definition Description
% of children who were This data is collected in the
breastfed within first AWW app during home visits
Breastfeeding at birth - %
hour based on answers provided
Infant and in blue
by the beneficiaries.
Young Child
% of timely Introduction
Feeding and Complementary feeding -
to Solid or semi-solid The chart shows the % of
Infant and % in orange
food (6 months to 8 children BF at Birth, CF, and
Young Child
months) EBF by month
Feeding
Trend
% of women - exclusive The trend shows the % of
Exclusive breastfeeding -
breastfeeding for 6 children BF at Birth, CF, and
%in green
months EBF for the last 3 months

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 More than 50% of
pregnant women
counselled on immediate
The chart shows the % of
% of Pregnant women breastfeeding after birth
pregnant women who were
counseled on Birth is green
counselled on Birth
Preparedness (during
preparedness during home
Home visit) Less than 50% of pregnant
visit
women counselled on
Counselling
immediate breastfeeding
Indicators
after birth is red
More than 50% of EBF
eligible mothers
% of Pregnant women The chart shows the % of
counselled on EBF is green
counseled on Exclusive pregnant women who were
Breastfeeding (during counselled on EBF during
Less than 50% of EBF
Home Visit) home visit
eligible childrens mothers
counselled on EBF is red
Chart shows the % of children
More than 50% of eating diverse diet as
Diet Diversity % of children consuming children eating diverse recorded during home visits
Chart and at least 4 food groups diet is green by the AWW
Diet Diversity (during Home Visit)
Trend Less than 50% of children Trend shows the % of
eating diverse diet is red children eating diverse diet
for last 3 months
Chart shows the % of children
More than 50% of
eating adequate food as
children eating adequate
Diet Quantity recorded during home visits
% of children consuming food for their age is green
Chart and by the AWW
adequate food (during
Diet Quantity
Home Visit) Less than 50% of children
Trend Trend shows the % of
eating adequate food for
children eating adequate
their age is red
food for last 3 months
More than 50% of
The graph on the left shows %
complementary feeding
of mothers handwashing
eligible childrens mothers
% of Mothers before feeding.
washed hands before
Handwashing handwashing before
feeding is green
feeding The graph on the right shows
a trend line for the indicator
Less than 50% of
over last 3 months.
complementary feeding

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 eligible childrens mothers
washed hands before
feeding is red

Table 7: Low Birth Weight Detail Dashboard

Low Birth Weight Detail Dashboard

Sub Report Indicator Definition Description
Low Birth Weight is
Newborn The chart shows the % of
defined as below 2500
Low Birth newborn babies born with low
gms.
Weight Chart Of all newborn children birth weight in the given month
and born in the month, % of
More than 25% low birth
Newborn children who are Low The trend shows the % of
weight is red
Low Birth Birth Weight newborn babies born with low
Weight birth weight in the last 3
Less than 25% low birth
Trend months.
weight is green
Chart shows the % of ANC
ANC completion by ANC visit of all
Completion ANC 1 is blue delivered women
Of all delivered women,
Chart and ANC 2 is orange
% of ANC completion
ANC ANC 3 is green Trend shows the % of ANC
(Split by 4 ANC Visits)
Completion ANC 4 is red completion by ANC visit of all
Trend delivered women for last 3
months
Anemia and Chart shows % of pregnant
Anemia women anemic in current
Trend % of pregnant women month and trend shows % of
anemic pregnant women anemic in last
Comparison of number of
3 months
pregnant women who are
IFA (Iron and
anemic and of those
Folic Acid Chart shows % of pregnant
consuming IFA by month
tablets) % of pregnant women women consuming IFA in
Consumption using IFA current month and trend shows
and IFA % of pregnant women
Trend consuming IFA in last 3 months
Extra meals % of women eating an Comparison of pregnant Chart shows % of pregnant
during extra meal women who are resting women eating an extra meal in
pregnancy well and eating extra this month and trend shows the
Chart and meals during pregnancy same indicator for last 3

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 Trend for the given month months
% of women resting well
during pregnancy Chart shows % of pregnant
Resting Chart women resting well in this
and Trend month and trend shows the
same indicator for last 3
months

6. AWC Information and Demographics

In order to view the AWC info and Demographics reports, you must drill down to the AWC level when viewing any
of the previous reports.

6.1 AWC info Dashboard:

The AWC info reports provide AWC information on a particular AWC that you select to view (see figure 12).

Figure 12: AWC info Dashboard

The AWC info includes indicators that demonstrate the functioning of the AWC and also shows a few infrastructure
details about the AWC such as functional toilet, medicine, clean water, baby scale, flat scale, and type of building.

The following tables provide a detailed description of the indicators that are displayed on the AWC Info Dashboard.

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Table 8: AWC Information

AWC Information
Sub Report Indicator Definition Description
Average The bar chart shows the average number
AWC- Days An AWC is expected to
number of days of days a AWC is open per week on the x-
Open per be open 6 days per
AWC is Open axis and the total number of days the
week week
per week AWC should be open per week (6 days)
Z scores are a WHO
defined indicator to
categorize children as
normal, moderately
underweight or
severely underweight
based on weight-for-
age ratios (from -3 to
3). Z scores are
directly proportional
to the increase in
Political Map shows 8 States with color-
WHO weight- weight.
Nutrition coded areas according to underweight
for-age
Status and status as per the definition provided.
standards by Z -Severely
Nutrition
scores Underweight (below -
Status Trend Nutrition Status Trend shows the trend of
3 Z score): Greater
% of normal, moderate, and severely
than 10% is red
underweight children over last 3 months
Between 5%-10% is
orange
Less than 5% is green

- Underweight (below
-2 Z score):
Greater than 30% is
red
Between 15-30% is
orange
Less than 15% is green
Weighing Of all children More than 70% Chart shows % of all children up to 3
Efficiency up to 3 years of children weighed in years of age in the AWC catchment area,
Chart and age in the AWC the month is green % of children weighed by
Weighing catchment State/District/Block/Sector/AWC.
Efficiency area, % of Less than 70% of
Trend children children weighed in Trend shows % of all children up to 3

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 weighed the month is red years of age in the AWC catchment area,
% of children weighed in last 3 months

% of children
Breastfeeding at birth
who were This data is collected in the AWW app
- % in blue
breastfed during home visits based on answers
within first provided by the beneficiaries.
hour

Infant and
% of timely
Young Child Complementary
Introduction to The chart shows the % of children BF at
Feeding and feeding - % in orange
Solid or semi- Birth, CF, and EBF by month
Infant and
solid food (6
Young Child
months to 8
Feeding Trend
months)

% of women-
exclusive
Exclusive
breastfeeding The trend shows the % of children BF at
breastfeeding - % in
for 6 months Birth, CF, and EBF for the last 3 months
green
ANC Of all delivered Chart shows the % of ANC completion by
Completion women, % of ANC 1 is blue ANC visit of all delivered women
Chart and ANC ANC 2 is orange
ANC completion ANC 3 is green Trend shows the % of ANC completion by
Completion (Split by 4 ANC ANC 4 is red ANC visit of all delivered women for last 3
Trend Visits) months
The location at which
Form a primary school Map of locations where PSE was done
PSE Locations
Submissions education form is (last 30 days)
filled
Children by Pie chart to display proportion of male
-
Gender and female children in ICDS program
Age categories are-
0-28 days
Demographics 6-12 months Bar chart to show proportion of total
Children by Age 12-24 months children in ICDS program by category of
24-36 months age
36-48 months
48-60 months

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Proportion of eligible women in the ICDS
Pregnant and
Eligible Women program by type (Pregnant and lactating
Lactating Women
women)

6.2 Demographics Dashboard:

The Demographics Dashboard provides information about the beneficiaries (children, pregnant women, and lactating
mothers) at each AWC. The page displays aggregate demographic data for the specific AWC and also provides a list of
beneficiaries names and a snapshot description of the beneficiaries (Name, Date of birth, Age, Sex, Immunization
Status, Last 3 months information on THR amounts, nutritional status, and type of diet) (see figure 13).

Figure 13: Demographics Dashboard

The following tables provide a detailed description of the indicators that are displayed on the Demographics
Dashboard.
Table 9: Demographics

Demographics
Sub Report Indicator Definition Description
Pie chart to display proportion
Children by Gender - of male and female children in
ICDS program
Demographics
Age categories are-
Bar chart to show proportion
0-28 days
Children by Age of total children in ICDS
6-12 months
program by category of age
12-24 months

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 24-36 months
36-48 months
48-60 months
60-72 months
Pregnant and Lactating Proportion of types of women
Eligible Women
women eligible to be in ICDS program
Name - Name of child
Date of Birth - Date of Birth
Age In Months (at end of
Age In Months -
month)
Gender - Gender
Whether the child was Fully Immunized Status of
fully immunized child stated in the
Immunization Status
(received all vaccinations Immunization column for
required within 1 year) each child
Number of rations provided
Number of rations
for child in chosen month
Rations Distributed provided for child in
shown for last 3 months in the
chosen month
column view for each child
Child List
Underweight status (normal,
moderately underweight or
severely underweight) shown
Underweight Status of
Underweight Status for last 3 months in the
child when last weighted
column view shown for last 3
months in the column view for
each child
Whether child was correctly
exclusively breastfeeding or
complementary feeding
Feeding Status -
(based on their age) shown for
the last 3 months in the
column view for each child
Name - Name of woman
EDD - Expected date of delivery
ANC Visits - Number of ANC Visits
Pregnant and Whether woman used iron
Using IFA -
Lactating folic at last visit
Women List Whether woman was anemic
Anemia -
at last visit
Date of Delivery - Date of delivery (if delivered)
Rations Distributed Number of rations Number of rations provided to

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 provided to woman in woman in chosen month
chosen month shown in the table listing each
beneficiary

7. Monthly Progress Report (MPR) and Annual Status Report (ASR)

To access the web-based MPR or ASR, go to www.icds.gov.in/a/icds-cas. Login if required, then select the Reports and
then View All. Select Block MPR and Block ASR on the left side. Then select your month, and then your state, district
and block. To view data for your entire district, select All in the block dropdown.
You can also directly go to www.icds-cas.gov.in/a/icds-cas/reports/custom/mpr_report/ and www.icds-
cas.gov.in/a/icds-cas/reports/custom/asr_report/

ASR Screenshots:

a. Selecting the location (see figure 14)

Figure 14: Selecting the Location

b. Annual Population Summary and Identification of Disabled Children (see figure 15)

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 Figure 15: Annual Population Summary and Identification of Disabled Children

c. Click the apply button to load the report

MPR Screenshots:
a. Choosing the location to view MPR (similar to selecting location as in ASR)
b. Details of Births and Deaths During the month (see figure 16)

Figure 16: Details of Births and Deaths during the month

c. Click the apply button to load the report

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Dashboard data population in accordance with Training Rollout
Training on ICDS-CAS mobile application is given to Anganwadi Worker (AWW) and Lady Supervisor (LS) in a phased
manner. Training is covered in 4 stages and at each stage the AWW and LS are expected to fill out specific modules
and forms in the application.
As and when users fill information on the ICDS-CAS mobile application, data will start populating in the main
Dashboard. Below is a table that shows what indicators and data points one can start seeing at the end of each stage
of training (see figure 17).

Figure 17: Dashboard indicators at the end of each training phase

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Interpreting Reports and Data-Driven Decision-Making
The various reports available on the ICDS-CAS Dashboard display data on different parts of the ICDS program for
administrative officers to interpret as they see fit to the program. This section of the manual aims to provide some
support to administrative officials on how to interact with and understand the various reports available on the
dashboard in order to make data-driven decisions in the ICDS program.
In order to provide a detailed understanding of how to navigate the dashboard for use in decision-making to improve
service delivery of the ICDS program, two use-cases are presented here:

Case 1: Investigating factors contributing to low Active AWWs

A dashboard user at the National level is looking at the Main Dashboard and observes that the snapshot view on
Active AWWs is less than 70% (See figure 18).

Figure 18: Snapshot View showing % of AWWs active

The user wishes to investigate this further and so selects the System Usage Dashboard from the drop down menu on
the top left (see figure 19).

Figure 19: Navigating to System Usage Dashboard

On the System Usage Dashboard the user observes that 4 States are colored red on the bar chart. Using the tooltip by
hovering over the bar chart, the dashboard user understands that less than 75% of AWW app users are active (see
figure 20).

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 Figure 20: Using tooltip to understand bar chart on System Usage Dashboard

User wishes to investigate the factors contributing to low Active AWWs in these 4 States. At this point, the dashboard
user may brainstorm the reasons for low Active AWWs. Some reasons maybe:
Lack of use of ICDS-CAS AWW application (due to lack of knowledge on how to use system, device related
issues, lack of data/connectivity of phones, lack of motivation to use ICDS-CAS apps)
Infrastructure related challenges at AWCs
Infrastructure related issues in the area (lack of roads, flooding, etc.)
Brainstorming reasons when looking at the data displayed will help in investigating the data and better inform
monitoring, evaluation, and service delivery of the ICDS program
In order to further investigate this issue, the dashboard user may:
1) Drill down on the Active AWWs Chart on the System Usage Dashboard to the District, Block, Sector, AWC
level to identify all the low performing areas. Observe how the rest of the data displayed on related indicators
changes, at each point of drill down.
2) The user may also view the data for the previous month and see if the displayed data changes considerably.
Viewing drill down data between the previous month and current month may give insight into low number of
Active AWWs.
3) Access a different report such as Operational Status Dashboard to view a related indicator eg. Avg. Days
Open to understand if lack of submission of forms may be due to challenges in opening the AWC or Avg. PSE
Attendance to understand if AWC activities have stopped due to lack of attendance, etc. Take action based on
this data to contact relevant officials such as DPO, CDPO (who can also view this data on the Dashboard) to
understand the causes for inactive users.

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 4) Drill down to the block level for a State with low Active AWWs, scroll to the bottom of the System Usage
Dashboard to view a list of Inactive AWWs. Contact relevant officials such as DPO, CDPO (who can also view
this data on the Dashboard) to understand the causes for inactive users.

Case 2: Investigating factors contributing to low % Underweight

A dashboard user at the National level will first observe on the Main Dashboard, the snapshot view of % Underweight
is 30%. In order to understand the factors contributing to this low number, you can first get an overview on the Main
Dashboard and then dive deeper into the dashboard for a detailed view to identify and target areas that require more
attention.
Continue looking at the Main Dashboard, under the sub-report Nutrition Status. On the map you find States are
colored differently (see figure 21).

Figure 21: Snapshot view of % Underweight on Main Dashboard

You find one State is orange colored and understand that this means the particular State has at least 5% Severely
Underweight children or 15% Moderately Underweight children (see figure 22).

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 Figure 22: View of Nutrition Status at National Level

To investigate this further, drill down on the orange colored State by clicking on it to view a district level map (see
figure 23 and 24).

Figure 23: View tooltip, Click State and loading drill down

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 Figure 24: Drilldown to districts

First brainstorm various reasons for low % Underweight. Some reasons maybe:
Lack of THR supplies
Poor counseling by AWWs
Low attendance at AWCs to receive hot meals
Poor adoption of positive behaviors to improve nutrition (low rates of EBF, CF)
Environmental factors affecting nutrition status of an area (Poor sanitation, lack of food access resulting in low
food diversity/quantity)
Brainstorming reasons when looking at the data displayed will help in investigating the data and better inform
monitoring, evaluation, and service delivery of the ICDS program
In order to further investigate this issue, the dashboard user may:
1) Drill down further on the Nutrition Status sub report by clicking on a particular District, Block, Sector, and
AWC level. At each point, you may view the other sub-reports on the Dashboard (AWC functioning, Infant and
Child Feeding, and AWC functioning indicators) to see how the data changes based on the administrative level
that you are viewing.

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Madhya Pradesh is Orange overall. The tooltip will On Drilling down to the district level one can see that
describe more information about why this is orange some districts are green, orange and red
Drill down further to see how blocks for one of the red
districts are doing. Here we see all blocks are red for
Nutrition Status. On the right, we see that for all blocks
the AWC Functioning report suggests they are Non
Functional
From here you can deduce that all AWCs in these blocks arent doing well. You can specifically follow up with CDPOs
of these blocks to understand more about the status.
2) You can specifically investigate nutrition indicators to identify the factors causing low % Underweight, by
accessing the Nutrition Detail report from the drop down menu on the top left of the page. On the top left of
the Dashboard, you may select Nutrition Detail from the dropdown. Also observe trend lines displayed in
these reports to understand how the indicators may have changed over time and think about what that
means.

When you drill down to Nutrition Detail, you can see the same Nutrition Status along with a trend line. This shows
not just what the recent months nutrition status is but also what has been the trend for the last 3 months. As a
Dashboard user you can deduce if the trend is upward or downward which should help you in good decision
making. In addition, you can see if this affects certain sub categories of beneficiaries, gender and/or other groups
by using the filter on the right.

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3) To get a more comprehensive view, you may view the other sub-reports on the Nutrition Detail Dashboard
that includes nutrition related indicators (THR Chart & Trend, IYCF practices, Counseling indicators, Diet
diversity, and Diet Quantity). These reports present potential causes of why Nutrition Indicators are low.
Some examples below.

Scrolling down on Nutrition Detail you can notice

that for the blocks that were red, there is
additional related indicators such as Infant and
Young Child Feeding practices and Counseling.

In this example you can notice that on average

only 40% of mothers have breastfed exclusively.
And in the counseling indicators, it is evident that
AWWs have only provided counseling to 30%-
34% of beneficiaries.

You can deduce that Child Practices indicators

are low considering counseling is low which is
impacting the overall nutrition status.

4) Based on this data, you may identify a specific nutrition related indicator that requires more attention. You
may further investigate by viewing IYCF Detail Dashboard, LBW Dashboard, AWC info or Demographic info. At
this point you may also contact the officials at the particular administrative level (DPO, CDPO) to enquire
about the AWC activities in that area. The DPO or CDPO may also view the data for their administrative
level/areas on the dashboard and follow up with the relevant Supervisors and AWWs.

5) If you are unable to identify any nutrition related factors that may be contributing to low % Underweight, you
may view other reports (Operational Status, System Usage) to explore reasons for low % Underweight.

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