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Haryana Government Gazette

Published by Authority

No. 14–2021] 

CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021 (CHAITRA 16, 1942 SAKA)

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PART – I

Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government

HARYANA GOVERNMENT

SPORTS & YOUTH AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT

Notification

The 22nd February, 2021

No. 8308.— Whereas, the use of Aadhaar as an Identity document for delivery of services or benefits or

subsidies simplifies the Government delivery processes, brings in transparency and efficiency, and enables

beneficiaries to get their entitlements directly in a convenient and seamless manner by obviating the need to produce

multiple documents to prove one’s identity;

And whereas, the Department of Sports & Youth Affairs, Haryana (hereinafter referred to as the

Department), is implementing the 52) Sports Awards and Incentive Scheme - Reward, (hereinafter referred to as

the Scheme), which is being implemented through the Department of Sports & Youth Affairs, Haryana

(hereinafter referred to as the Implementing Agency);

And whereas, under the Scheme, Bhim Award (hereinafter referred to as the benefit) is given to the Players

of Haryana State (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries), as per the extant Scheme guidelines;

And whereas, the Scheme involves recurring expenditures incurred from the Consolidated Fund of Haryana;

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies,

Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (18 of 2016) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Government of Haryana

hereby notifies the following, namely:-

(1)

(i)

an individual eligible for receiving the benefits under the Scheme shall hereby be required to furnish

proof of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication.

(ii)

any individual desirous of availing benefits under the Scheme, who does not possess the Aadhaar

number or, has not yet enrolled for Aadhaar, shall be required to make application for Aadhaar

enrolment before registering for the Scheme provided that he is entitled to obtain Aadhaar as per

Section 3 of the said Act, and such individuals shall visit any Aadhaar enrolment centre (list available at

the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) website www.uidai.gov.in) to get enrolled for

Aadhaar.

(iii)

as per regulation 12 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016, the Department through

its Implementing Agency, is required to offer Aadhaar enrolment facilities for the beneficiaries who are

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not yet enrolled for Aadhaar and in case there is no Aadhaar enrolment centre located in the respective

Block or Taluka or Tehsil, the Department through its Implementing Agency shall provide Aadhaar

enrolment facilities at convenient locations in coordination with the existing Registrars of UIDAI or by

becoming a UIDAI Registrar themselves:

Provided that till the time Aadhaar is assigned to the individual, benefits under the Scheme shall

be given to such individual, subject to the production of the following documents, namely:–

(a)

if he has enrolled, his Aadhaar Enrolment Identification slip; and

(b)

any one of the following documents, namely:–

Bank or Post Office Passbook with Photo; or

ii.

Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card; or

iii.

Passport; or

iv.

Ration Card; or

Voter Identity Card; or

vi.

MGNREGA Card; or

vii.

Kisan Photo Passbook; or

viii.

Driving license issued by the Licensing Authority under the Motor Vehicles Act,

1988 (58 of 1988); or

ix.

Certificate or identity having photo of such person issued by a Gazetted Officer or

a Tehsildar on an official letter head; or

any other document as specified by the Department:

Provided further that the above documents may be checked by an officer specifically designated

by the Department for that purpose.

(2)

In order to provide benefits to the beneficiaries under the Scheme conveniently, the Department through its

implementing Agency shall make all the required arrangements to ensure that wide publicity through the

media shall be given to the beneficiaries to make them aware of the said requirement.

(3)

In all cases, where Aadhaar authentication fails due to poor biometrics of the beneficiaries or due to any other

reason, the following remedial mechanisms shall be adopted, namely:-

(a)

in case of poor fingerprint quality, iris scan or face authentication facility shall be adopted for

authentication, thereby the Department through its implementing Agency shall make provisions for iris

scanners or face authentication along with finger-print authentication for delivery of benefits in

seamless manner;

(b)

in case the biometric authentication through fingerprints or iris scan or face authentication is not

successful, wherever feasible and admissible authentication by Aadhaar One Time Password or

Time-based One-Time Password with limited time validity, as the case may be, shall be offered;

(c)

in all other cases where biometric or Aadhaar One Time Password or Time-based One-Time Password

authentication is not possible, benefits under the Scheme may be given on the basis of physical Aadhaar

letter whose authenticity can be verified through the Quick Response (QR) code printed on the Aadhaar

letter and the necessary arrangement of QR code reader shall be provided at the convenient locations by

the Department through its Implementing Agency.

(4)

In Addition to the above, in order to ensure that no bona fide beneficiary under the Scheme is deprived of his

due benefits, the Department through its Implementing Agency shall follow the exception handling

mechanism as outlined in the Officer Memorandum of DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of

India dated 19th December 2017.

(5)

This notification shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the official Gazette.

Chandigarh:

The 22nd February, 2021.

YOGENDER CHAUDHARY,

Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana,

Sports & Youth Affairs Department.

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