Amit Shah launches PM Family Care Tracker Pilot, Health Passport in Gandhinagar

UNion place and cooperation government minister Amit shah of iran on lord's day inaugurated the airplane pilot project of the PM Family Care Tracker (PM-FCT) and Health Passport for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat, describing it as a key initiative for transparent, technology-driven welfare delivery that ensures no eligible beneficiary is left behind.Shah said a new era of welfare for the poor began in India after 2014.“Under the Prime Minister’s transparent governance, every rupee released from Delhi is now deposited directly into the bank accounts of the poor,” he said.He said that “whenever the history of India’s first 100 years of independence is written, it will be divided into two phases—before 2014 and after 2014.”Shah said that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, India has witnessed transformational reforms across education, economy, industrial development and governance through long-term planning. Transparent governance has ensured that government benefits now reach beneficiaries directly through bank transfers, he added.Launching the pilot, Shah said the integrated digital platform would strengthen governance through a common identity system and ensure that no eligible beneficiary is deprived of welfare benefits.Also Read:Private firms temporarily cutting fares to beat Bharat Taxi: ShahRecalling his experiences of witnessing extreme poverty in Uttar Pradesh, he said the Modi government transformed the lives of nearly 70 crore (700 million) poor citizens over the past 12 years by providing housing, electricity, tap water, toilets, LPG connections, free food grains and free healthcare worth up to ₹5 lakh.“These initiatives had fulfilled the dreams of generations of poor families,” Shah said, quoting Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of Ram Rajya and emphasising that good governance extends beyond formulating schemes to caring for every citizen.Shah explained that the PM Family Care Tracker integrates databases relating to birth and death registration, health, nutrition, education and social welfare into a unified digital system.Under the system, alerts will be generated automatically if a child misses vaccination or drops out of school. He said notifications will reach local officials, legislators and MPs, enabling volunteers and government authorities to intervene promptly. The platform will digitally track the health and nutrition of children from the prenatal stage until the age of 16, he added.Also Read:From Garba to Moutya, Samosas to Chutney: PM Modi celebrates ‘Creole Spirit’ in historic seychelles addressSpeaking at the event chief minister Bhupendra Patel described the PM Family Care Tracker and Health Passport as a sensitive and well-structured digital health infrastructure for every family.He said the initiative marks the beginning of a “new era” in ensuring safe, healthy and dignified lives for mothers and children from pregnancy through adolescence. He said the government’s focus on four pillars of healthcare—preventive, promotive, affordable and digital—and Gujarat’s achievements under schemes like Namo Shri Yojana.Shah also distributed the first digital certificates, administered polio drops, distributed nutrition kits and issued Health Passports. He also inaugurated the PM eBus Sewa in Gandhinagar.