Backlash Over Haryana Govt.’s E-initiatives

• 24 May 2024

Why in News?

The Haryana government is facing a backlash from a section of stakeholders over some of its e-initiatives, the opposition has turned it into an election issue and promised to roll them back on coming to power.

Key Points

• Parivar Pehchan Patra and Meri Fasal Mera Byora are the e-initiatives, due to which the government is facing backlash.
  • The Parivar Pehchan Patra has been marred by privacy concerns and large-scale discrepancies in user details, causing inconvenience to people.
  • According to the sources, Meri Fasal Mera Byora, which provides multiple services to farmers through a single portal, was a good initiative, but poor implementation and loopholes not just caused hassles to farmers but also led to instances of fraud and corruption.

Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) Scheme

• Background: PPP scheme was formally launched in July 2019 to achieve Haryana government’s vision for ‘paperless’ and ‘faceless’ delivery of schemes, services and benefits offered by the state government.
  • Under this, each family is considered a single unit and gets an 8-digit unique identification number, called family ID.
  • Family IDs are also linked to independent schemes like scholarships, subsidies and pensions, so as to ensure consistency and reliability.
  • It also enables automatic selection of beneficiaries of various schemes, subsidies and pensions.
• Objective: The primary objective of Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) is to create authentic, verified and reliable data of all families in Haryana.

Meri Fasal Mera Byora

• It was launched in 2022, for the convenience of the farmers of the state for redressal of grievances of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.
• Through this portal, farmers can register their complaints from anywhere.