DC urges govt to extend deadline for updating infoSlow server speed, errors in family IDs hamper work

Parveen Arora

Tribune News Service

Karnal, September 21

The slow server speed of meraparivar.haryana.gov.in portal and multiple flaws in details of families are hampering the process of updating family IDs under the Parivar Pehchan Patra Yojana.

Government schoolteachers assigned the work of updating IDs of students’ families are being forced to do it manually, which, teachers say, has doubled the burden as first they have to note down the data on a form and later update it on the portal.

The teachers as well the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) office are receiving complaints regarding multiple errors in the IDs generated so far. Some of the families have been given multiple IDs instead of a single ID for a single family, diluting the purpose of the project.

DC Nishant Kumar Yadav said the higher authorities had been informed about the issue of slow server speed. “The process of updating information will last till September 5. However, considering the current flaws, we have requested the higher authorities to extend the deadline so that all errors are corrected,” he added.

A teacher assigned the work said in majority of the cases the age of all family members, including children, has been mentioned as equal, while in several other cases wrong addresses and dates of birth have been entered.

“The speed of the server is really slow due to which we have to do the work of updating the information manually and it will be entered on the portal once the speed gets back to normal,” said a teacher, adding that they were able to update only two to four forms a day on the portal.

Subhash Chand, a resident of Nigdhu, said instead of issuing one family ID for his family, he was given two different IDs. Another resident of the village said he has four members in the family, including two kids, and age of all has been mentioned the same.

A woman of Vikas Colony in the city said they were five members in the family, including two kids aging 8 and 12, but her daughter’s age mentioned in the card was wrong. “Her age has been mentioned 41 in the card, while she is just 8 years old,” she added.

In many IDs, even children are shown as tax payers with PAN numbers, while in some other cases people are struggling to get their date of birth corrected. Another teacher said many general families have been put under SC/BC categories, while the SC/BC families were shown under general category. “We are three members in our family, but in the family ID I have been shown the only member and my age too has been incorrectly mentioned 40, while I am a senior citizen,” said Dr Gyan Prakash Bhargava, a retired scientist.

One of the employees of the ADC office said the slow speed of the server had hampered the process of updating data. “Camps are being organised to update the IDs,” the employee said, adding that they had been receiving complaints related to multiple errors in the family IDs.