Hyderabad, July 27 -- The Telangana government has introduced the Telangana Family Register for the issuance of a Family Register Certificate, citing the growing problems faced by citizens in producing an authentic and reliable record of their family composition.

In an order dated July 25, the government said the Telangana Family Register will be maintained in electronic form. The data population of the Register will be effected by electronically fetching the particulars from the Ration Card database.

What data it will hold

The register should contain Family Register Identification Number, the same as the Ration Card number of the family, name of the head of the family, name of each member of the family, relationship of each member to ...