Hyderabad and GHMC area has been exempted from the “Intensive Household Survey”, the maha survey that is scheduled to be conducted by the Telangana state government on August 19 across the state. Over 4 lakh state government staff members have been assigned for the maha survey duties on August 19. While this would be enough to cover the districts, they wont be enough to cover Hyderabad and GHMC area. So in GHMC area, a separate survey would be taken up on later date with required staff from all the departments. The survey dates will be finalised soon, according to Raymond Peter, principal secretary, panchayat raj department, who is monitoring the household survey process. Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is expected to hold a ...

Telangana is planning a mammoth survey, unseen of it’s kind, to cover 84 lakh households in a single day. After identifying high irregularities in spending of funds in name of welfare schemes, the government is gearing up for this exercise to weed out the fake and ineligible from the beneficiaries. About 4 lakh employees will conduct the Intensive Household Survey in a single day in all 10 districts of the state on a day that is yet to be announced. The dats is probably around 19th August. CM KCR disclosed this in a meeting with district collectors and top revenue officials and asked them to work out modalities for the survey. He said the correct and comprehensive data on socio-economic conditions ...