Hyderabad: Telangana Government has decided to introduce a new citizen service styled Telangana Family Register Certificate through MeeSeva platform. This has been done to ensure uniformity in the verification of family particulars and to provide a readily accessible record. The Revenue Department has issued orders to this effect.

According to the GO the decision has been taken after carefully examining the difficulties experienced by the citizens in producing an authenticated and reliable record of their family composition for availing various Government services.

The state-wide Telangana Family Register will be maintained in electronic form and it will contain details like family register identification number (ration card number), name of the head of the family, name of each member of the family, relationship of each member to the head of the family, age, date of birth, gender, Aadhaar number of each member, and present address of the family.

Any citizen may apply for a copy of the Family Register, pertaining to his/her family, through any MeeSeva Centre, through the MeeSeva online portal/mobile application, on payment of the prescribed charges. According to the GO, the service shall be delivered within a timeline of two working days from the date of the receipt of the application. Government has decided MeeSeva service charge of Rs 62 for issuing the certificate.