Telangana intensive household survey to be completed by Saturday

K V Kurmanath Updated - November 25, 2017 at 05:02 AM.

The Intensive Household Survey 2014 planned by the Telangana Government will be completed in just one day.

Telangana Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhararao, has said that the process should be completed in just one day to remove the scope for malpractices.

About 4 lakh employees will cover 86 lakh households. The Government is yet to decide the date for the survey.

"Statistics hold the key for successful implementation of Government welfare schemes and policies. If the numbers are wrong, schemes are bound to fail, " he said.

Addressing district collectors and top revenue officials here on Friday to prepare them for the survey, he said the number of white ration cards far outnumber the number of households in the state.

The Government has begun this to survey the socio-economic conditions of four crore people in the state.

The Intensive Household Survey 2014 is aimed at weeding out fake beneficiaries of government welfare schemes.

The 5-page enumeration proforma takes the signature of each adult, authenticating the information.

Published on August 1, 2014 05:55