Chief Minister Revanth Reddy ordered officials to consider the woman as the owner of the house. The names of other family members will be mentioned on the back of the digital family card which would soon be issued in the state.
The Chief Minister conducted a review on issuing Family Digital Cards (FDC) at the secretariat on Saturday. The authorities gave a PowerPoint presentation on the study on Family Digital Cards conducted in Rajasthan, Haryana, Karnataka and Maharashtra from October 25 to 27.
The officials explained to the CM the details collected from the states, the design of the cards and also its advantages and disadvantages. After reviewing the use of Family Digital Cards in other states, the CM gave orders on the design of the Family Digital Cards.
The CM suggested that families should be identified on the basis of available data in existing ration cards, Rajiv Arogyasri, IT, agriculture and other welfare schemes.
The Chief Minister asked officials to adopt the best practices in the design and issuance of cards from other states and also to rectify defects if any. The CM asked officials to stop collecting unnecessary information like bank accounts and PAN cards.
The government will launch a pilot project to issue Family Digital Cards in two habitations in all Assembly constituencies.
The Chief Minister asked officials to submit details regarding the compilation of information of family details with updates in the form of a report to the cabinet subcommittee consisting of Ministers N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, P. Srinivas Reddy and Damodara Raja Narasimha.
The CM also asked officials to prepare a comprehensive list of items which are to be added and deleted as per the recommendations of the Cabinet Sub-Committee.
The Chief Minister asked officials to identify two areas (two rural areas in all rural Assembly constituencies and two wards or divisions in urban Assembly constituencies) for issuing Family Digital Cards on a pilot basis.
Authorities have been asked to conduct a door-to-door pilot field study in select areas from October 3 based on available data regarding the identification of families and details of Family Digital Cards.
The CM asked officials to appoint RDO rank officers in all rural Assembly constituencies and Municipal Zonal Commissioner rank officials in urban constituencies to monitor the survey for identifying families for the pilot project.
The CM asked the Chief Secretary to appoint senior officials, who have been appointed to monitor the recent floods as monitoring officials (supervisors).
The Chief Minister warned that the field level inspection should be carried out thoroughly to ensure that there are no errors.
