Adilabad: Many enumerators report receiving positive responses from people during the integrated household survey, with household members providing all the requested details. The integrated household survey is progressing smoothly in rural and tribal areas.
Bade Swapna of Ankoli, Adilabad Mandal, says that unlike the rich, the poor have nothing to hide regarding their lands, assets, and wealth. They are providing all the details with the hope of receiving benefits from the survey. She stated that rich people hide their wealth and hesitate to provide details. She added that they are pinning their hopes on securing jobs for their educated unemployed youth, as well as obtaining ration cards, houses, and other government benefits in the future.
Chinnakka of Mamidiguda said they are waiting for the fulfillment of promises made during the elections, including a ₹4,000 pension. She added that collecting details under the guise of the survey does not make them happy and that benefits must reach genuine applicants.
She stated that fresh widow pensions had not been granted in the last five years and that applicants are still waiting for widow pensions. She added that details were collected under the name of a survey even during the BRS government, but to no avail.
“At least the present Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy must deliver the promises, unlike former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao,” said Chinnakka.
Adivasi leader Marsakola Sarangarao of Mamidiguda said they are welcoming the integrated household survey with the hope that it will help adivasi families in the near future, unlike previous surveys.
He mentioned that their educated unemployed children may secure jobs and other opportunities, such as welfare and developmental schemes created by the state government.
Enumerators say that they are not insisting on seeing documents of the properties and are simply recording whatever information is provided. They made it clear that it is up to family members to determine the extent to which they want to share details about their assets or property.
Some government teachers working as enumerators say that they are able to collect details of only eight houses per day since they have to begin their surveys at 1 pm. They added that filling out one household form takes at least 45 minutes.
It appears that families are extending their cooperation to the enumerators who visit to collect details as part of the integrated household survey in rural and tribal areas. Out of curiosity, some household members asked the enumerators whether they would receive any benefits from the survey.
The enumerators say that they are assigning the same house number to houses where married sons are living separately. It has been observed that family members are keeping documents such as Aadhar cards and pattadar passbooks ready, knowing that enumerators are likely to visit their homes to collect details.
