Amid SIR, another Cong govt eases paper trail: Telangana rolls out Family Register Certificate

The Revanth Reddy-led Telangana government says the Family Register Certificate is “an authenticated and reliable record of family composition. 3 min readHyderabadJul 28, 2026 08:04 PM IST First published on: Jul 28, 2026 at 08:04 PM IST After Karnataka’s move to issue Permanent Residence Certificates as a means to ease documentation amidst the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Congress government in neighbouring Telangana has introduced a Telangana Family Register and Family Register Certificate (FRC) as “an authenticated and reliable record of family composition”. In an order issued on July 25, the Revenue Department said the FRCs will be maintained electronically using data sourced from the Food Security Card database of ration card holders. The register will cont