The Uttar Pradesh government is working to launch a family identity card called Parivar Kalyan Card to map each family in the state. The new 12 digit card will help the state government map all the families and the benefits of several government schemes received by a family.
A presentation was made before chief minister Yogi Aditya Nath last week describing in detail about the card. ET has seen the presentation which advocates making the ration card data as the base for the family card. “If we use ration cards as the base, 60 per cent of the families will be mapped under the family identity card in just a few days,” a government source told ET.
A pilot project was carried out in Prayagraj using the ration card data and the state government tried to map the beneficiaries within a family. It also gave data of families who are not getting any benefits from the government schemes.
The government officials believe that such a card would be helpful in curbing fake cards and repetition of services for one family. Sources told ET that this could also bring families under the net of government benefits.
In 2022, the BJP in its manifesto had promised to give one employment source to each family. Now with the family card, the state government will be able to identify families who need an employment source.
The aim of this card is to integrate all the other government services through this to make the process simpler. “If one member of the family has got a caste certificate, next time other members can simply apply and get it rather than producing all the documents,” agovernment official told ET.
The state government will also consult its legal and justice department to check whether a law is needed to implement the scheme.
Officials from the UP government would also talk to officials from Haryana and Karnataka to see their model of family cards. In 2020, both Haryana and Karnataka had launched ‘Parivar Pehchan Patra’ and ‘Kutumba Card’, respectively.
Haryana’s family card is based on ration card data as planned by UP. The family card is likely to find a mention in the upcoming budget of UP on May 26.
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