Chandigarh August 4: In a unique e-governance initiative that will enable the citizens to get the benefit of various centre and state government schemes at their door-step in a fair and transparent manner, Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal today distributed Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) to the eligible families and announced that welfare schemes of all departments would be linked with the Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) within next three months. At present, the Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana (MMPSY) which was launched on January 26, 2020 and three pension schemes - Old Age Samman Allowance Scheme, Divyang Jan Pension Scheme, and Widow and Destitute Women Pension Scheme have been integrated with Parivar Pehchan Patra.
Mr Manohar Lal distributed the Parivar Pehchan Patras to heads of 20 eligible families in a function organized at Panchkula near here today. Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Dushyant Chautala, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Mr Rattan Lal Kataria and Speaker Mr Gian Chand Gupta were also present on this occasion.
Apart from Panchkula, Parivar Pehchan Patras were also distributed simultaneously to the eligible beneficiaries in remaining 21 districts of the State by Cabinet Ministers, MPs, MLAs and other prominent personalities of the respected areas.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government has decided to celebrate the year 2020 as Susashan Sanakap Varsh and the integration of schemes of all departments with PPP would not only ensure effective and efficient delivery of services to the people but also put an end to the complaints of corruption and red-tapism in this system. The State Government is committed to provide good governance in the State and has taken several e-governance initiatives including Meri Fasal Mera Byora Yojana, digitalization of revenue records, Haryana Udhyam Memorandum (HUM) Portal and many more, he added.
The Chief Minister said that a separate Citizen Resources Information Department (CRID) has been established to give further momentum to the Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) programme. He said that the State Government has launched a campaign to prepare Parivar Pehchan Patra to provide a distinct identity to each family in the State. Out of the available record of 56.20 lakh families in the State, Golden Data of 18.19 lakh families have been prepared and these are being provided Parivar Pehchan Patras. The additional 20 lakh Parivar Pehchan Patras would be distributed by end of August 2020, he said adding that for the remaining family IDs that are to be distributed in the month of September, required verification work would be completed this month only. For this, four-day special camps would be organized from August 27 to August 30, 2020 at village level and also ward wise in all Municipal Committees and Municipal Councils of the State for the collection and verification of data.
The Chief Minister said with the distribution of Parivar Pehchan Patras, the State Government would not only take care of educational, health and other needs of such families but also skilling and employment of youth. To avail the benefits, the eligible beneficiaries would be required to fill up a simple form only once at their nearest Saral Kendra or Antyodaya Saral Kendra.
Mr Manohar Lal said that under the State Government’s drive to integrate the schemes of various departments with the Parivar Pehchan Patra, Ration Cards of all those families would be prepared which at present do not have any ration card but are eligible to have a ration card of the appropriate category. During the COVID-19 crisis, ration to over 5.70 lakh families has been distributed through the Distress Ration Tokens; he said adding that it would be ensured that no eligible family in the State remain deprived of ration card. He said that recently Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi has talked about One Nation-One Card which would enable the card holder to avail food grains from any fair price shop in the country.
Later, the Chief Minister also inaugurated a portal for the registration of unorganized workers through Parivar Pehchan Patra.
Speaking on this occasion, Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Dushyant Chutala described the Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) as a unique initiative of the State Government which would go a long way in ensuring efficient and effective delivery of various welfare services to the people. He said that it is praiseworthy that within a period of just 6 months, data of about 1.95 crore people of 56 lakh families have been integrated with the PPP which constitutes about 80 per cent of the total population of the State. He hoped that in the next one or one-and-a-half month, hundred per cent families would get the Parivar Pehchan Patras.
Principal Secretary, Citizen Resources Information Department (CRID) and Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr V. Umashankar said that Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) would prove to be a harbinger of change as it would not only bridge the gap between the government and people but also ensure effective and efficient delivery of various government services to the people through the use of Information Technology.
Secretary, CRID Ms Sophia Dahiya presented the vote of thanks.
While Cabinet Ministers, MPs MLAs, Deputy Commissioner of all districts, District Citizen Resource Information Officers joined the programme through video conferencing, Chief Secretary Mrs Keshni Anand Arora, Additional Chief Secretary Finance Mr T.V.S.N Prasad and other senior officers of the district administration were present on this occasion at Panchkula.