jaipur the state governments order making it mandatory for citizens to have bhamashah cards to claim birth death and marriage certificates remained on paper on day one as there was complete confusion among authorities on how to execute it highly placed sources said on fridaythrough its order dated august 3 the state directorate of economics and statistics des said that beginning september 1 the applications for birth death and marriage certificates should compulsorily mention an applicants bhamashah card number the need to furnish bhamashah card number has been added to the existing condition of submitting the aadhaar card numberthe new condition has been imposed in such a manner that even senior government officials connected with the birthdeath registration processes in urban areas were unaware about the bhamashah card having been made mandatory from september 1 even the minister concerned appeared unawareurban development and housing minister shrichand kriplani told toi i will have to find out why bhamashah card has been made mandatorymany of the birthdeathmarriage registration offices in rural areas too were unaware about the des order of august 3 despite repeated efforts to contact panchayati raj minister rajendra rathore he could not be reacheduntil now the bhamashah card a pet project of chief minister vasundhara raje was meant for below poverty line bpl families that availed benefits of different welfare schemes of the state government until now the bhamashah card a pet project of chief minister vasundhara raje was meant for below poverty line bpl families that availed benefits of different welfare schemes of the state government people who did not want to enroll for any welfare schemes and who are hence ineligible for the card wanted to know why they were being asked to get bhamashah cards its sheer stupidity why do we need one more document when we have aadhaar tweeted one shailendra shekhawatthere was utter confusion among authorities on how to issue any of the three certificates to people from other states who moved to rajasthan recently and did not have bhamashah cards to get a bhamashah card one has to furnish aadhaar number and an address proof preferably a ration card the bhamashah card is a family card and is issued in the name of a woman who can be considered as the head of the family a young couple living as a nuclear family would face difficulties in getting a bhamashah card if the wife is from outside rajasthan said an official associated with monitoring bhamashah cards how will the death certificate be issued to a person who has died without getting a bhamashah card said an officer overseeing deathbirth registration workfollowing the confusion none of the birthdeath marriage registration offices in urban and rural areas have linked their software to bhamashah card so far confirmed sources the mandatory provision is bound to create more confusion as majority of the population does not have the card it takes up to three months to get the card after submitting a complex set of documents