Chief Minister Sri A Revanth Reddy ordered the officials to take up the official process for the issuance of ‘Digital Family Cards’ at the field level on a pilot basis in 119 Assembly Constituencies in an effective manner.
CM suggested selecting one urban and one rural area within 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 the wards and divisions in view of the high density of population in the particular area.
CM Revanth Reddy conducted a high level review on issuing the family digital cards at the state secretariat today (Monday). The officials briefed the 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 asked that taking photos of the families should be an optional only and stop the photos if the family members object.
The chief minister asserted that the Nodal Officers of the old districts should guide the 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 . CM Revanth Reddy advised the officials to take necessary steps in the name registration and changes, if any, in the compilation of the details of family members. The CM warned of any mistakes.
The Chief Minister also instructed the 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 the errors, the CM said.
