Dehradun: Chief Secretary Smt Radha Raturi approved the budget of this project in the meeting of Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) related to Parivar Pehchan Patra. The Chief Secretary has given a timeline of one month to the Planning Department for the selection of the vendor for the Parivar Pehchan Project. She has given instructions to pay special attention to data security in this regard.
Chief Secretary Smt. Radha Raturi said that Parivar Pehchan Patra is an important agenda point of the CM Conclave. In the context of the welfare schemes/ delivery system scenario in the State, the Government of Uttarakhand, through its Planning Department, has a vision to create a live database of citizens and their families through which updated and verified data pertaining to beneficiaries will be shared with various line departments for their respective schemes/services.
Chief Secretary Smt. Radha Raturi said that the objective of Parivar Pehchan Patra is to create a comprehensive family database with a unique identification for each family. It aims to create verified, authentic and reliable data of families in the State, integrate with other service delivery platforms in the State including Apunni Sarkar Portal on-demand through API based mechanism. It aims to provide verification (both electronic and physical, through field visits or kiosks), correction and update of all data points captured for each member of the family and maintain it on the application, link existing Central and State Government services and benefits.
Chief Secretary Smt. Radha Raturi said that through the Parivar Pehchan Patra there will be a reduction in the need for providing documentation and proof as they can be accessed from the proposed system or interlinked department systems through the Unique Identification.
The Chief Secretary said that the Family Pehchan Patra also aims to get the information of the residents by various State Departments for their respective service and benefits.
CS Smt. Radha Raturi said that the Unique Identification from the Family Pehchan Patra will serve as a proof of residential address. This will enable the immediate issuance of Caste Certificate and Residential Certificate. This will bring complete transparency in the functioning of the Government and help in improving the level of good governance in the State. She said that all the eligible and often neglected residents (such as Divyang, etc.) will be part of the Unique ID database and will be provided appropriate assistance by the State Government under targeted services and benefits as per their need. Through this, not only will various databases be integrated under the Unique ID project, but it is also proposed to include all the documents and papers related to all the family members.
The Chief Secretary said that the Unique ID will strictly implement the rules of the Uttarakhand Government. Due to end-to-end computerization of various services and functions, citizens can get a comprehensive list of benefits and subsidies offered by the State and Central Government, for which their family members are eligible. Ineligible beneficiaries under various services and benefits will be eliminated after thorough analysis and verification. This will reduce the workload of many government offices in the state.
It was informed in the meeting that Haryana and Karnataka have been at the forefront in adopting this universal family identity concept, wherein the citizen is required to provide the family identity card for applying for any welfare service in these states. Apart from this, states like Bihar, Maharashtra, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Manipur etc. are already working on the concept of uniquely identifying families living in their respective states to further strengthen their scheme delivery ecosystem.
Secretary Shri R Meenakshi Sundaram, Additional Secretary Shri Vijay Kumar Jogdande and other officers of the Planning Department were present in the meeting.
