Archive · 12 Sep 2026
Naidu Orders Family Mapping to Reshape Welfare Delivery
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu wants families to remain together when they receive government benefits.
He said some joint families might be splitting into smaller groups to get extra ration cards or pensions.
Officials must map each family before approving new pensions.
People already receiving benefits should not lose them.
Naidu said every family member should be eligible for five kilograms of ration rice.
He also wants welfare programmes to help families become more financially independent.
A programme called One Family–One Entrepreneur aims to help five lakh women become entrepreneurs.
Collectors were told to improve education in hostels and make the P4 programme a people’s movement.
Officials must also follow fixed schedules for welfare services, land records, sanitation and digital health records.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu ordered family mapping before approving new pensions.
Officials were told to prevent joint families from splitting to obtain extra ration cards or pensions.
Existing beneficiaries must continue receiving benefits while eligible new recipients are included.
Naidu said welfare spending had reached about Rs 1.5 lakh crore, including Rs 75,000 crore on pensions.
Collectors were directed to expand entrepreneurship, sanitation, land-record, welfare and digital-health programmes.
- Who
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directed collectors and other officials to change welfare delivery.
- What
- The government will make the family the basic unit for welfare benefits and require family mapping before sanctioning new pensions.
- When
- The directions were issued on Friday, the second and concluding day of the collectors’ conference.
- Where
- The directions were issued at the Andhra Pradesh collectors’ conference; the reports identify its location as Amaravati and Vijayawada.
- Why
- Naidu said welfare should not encourage joint families to fragment and should instead reduce inequality, improve living standards and strengthen family self-reliance.
- Welfare spending
- About Rs 1.5 lakh crore
- Pension spending
- About Rs 75,000 crore
- Ration entitlement
- Five kilograms of rice per family member
- Family mapping
- Required before approving new pensions
- Women entrepreneurs
- One Family–One Entrepreneur aims to groom five lakh women
- File processing
- Online processing and disposal must become mandatory; manual clearance should end after one month
- Scheduled initiatives
- Welfare activities on the first day, land records on the ninth, sanitation on the third Saturday and digital health records on the fourth Saturday
