Income main criteria for beneficiaries in Parivar Pehchan Patra: Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said income was the main criteria for identifying eligible beneficiaries under the state government's ambitious Parivar Pehchan Patra initiative for availing benefits of various welfare schemes.

Khattar said all genuine beneficiaries having self-declared annual income of up to Rs 1.80 lakh would get the benefits of welfare schemes.

He was replying to a question raised by Congress MLA Kuldeep Vats during the Question Hour in the Assembly.

The chief minister informed the House that no private agency was hired to conduct the income verification under Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) or family ID scheme.

"Since its launch the entire work has been completed by the Citizen Resource Information Department," he said.

With many Congress MLAs flagging flaws in PPP data, Khattar said that if the MLAs have any complaint, they should share it with the additional deputy commissioner's office with the PPP ID of the beneficiary concerned.

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