Chief Minister Revanth Reddy ordered officials to launch the official process for issuing ‘Digital Family Cards’ at the field level on a pilot basis in 119 Assembly constituencies.
The CM suggested selecting one urban and one rural area in each constituency for this project. If a constituency is entirely urban, two wards/divisions should be chosen; if it is entirely rural, two villages should be selected, resulting in a total of 238 areas for field-level inspection.
The CM suggested increasing the number of field visit teams in wards and divisions in view of the high density of population in the area.
The CM conducted a high-level review on issuing family digital cards at the secretariat today (Monday). The officials briefed details of the pilot project which is being taken up soon to the Chief Minister.
The officials explained to the CM that the selection of villages, wards/divisions for field-level inspection in 119 constituencies has been completed.
When the CM enquired about the requirement of time to complete the pilot project, the officials informed that the field visit will be carried out for five days from October 3 to October 7. The Chief Minister made it clear
that field-level officials should seek the permission of families before taking their photos. The authorities have been told that taking photos of families should be optional and to stop the photos if family members object. The Chief Minister asserted that the nodal officers of the old districts should guide district Collectors regarding the field-level inspection and then only the programme will be conducted in a productive manner.
Officials briefed the CM that the process of identification of families has already been completed based on the data of Ration Cards, Pension, Self-Help groups, Farmer Insurance, Insurance, Health insurance, etc.
The CM Revanth Reddy advised officials to take necessary steps in the name and changes, if any, in the compilation of details of family members. The CM warned of mistakes.
The Chief Minister also instructed officials to prepare a report on the challenges and productive outcome in issuing digital cards based on the pilot project.
A full-scale field-level inspection will be carried out after discussing the report and rectifying errors, the CM said.
State Ministers Konda Surekha, P. Srinivasa Reddy, Adviser to the Chief Minister, Vem Narender Reddy, Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Sheshadri, Chief Minister’s secretaries Manik Raj Sangeeta Satyanarayana, Special Secretary to CM, Chandrasekhar Reddy, and senior officials of various departments attended the function.
