Haryana Government Gazette
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© Government of Haryana
No. 41–2021] CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2021 (ASVINA 20, 1943 SAKA)
PART – I
Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government
HARYANA GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT
Notification
The 4th October, 2021
S.O. 16261 (E).— 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 [Employment department] (hereinafter referred to as the Department), is implementing the [Haryana Educated Youth Allowance and Honorarium Scheme, 2016 [Saksham Yuva scheme]] (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) to eligible post graduates/graduates/10+2 applicants,
And whereas, under the Scheme, Unemployment Allowance & honrarium (hereinafter referred to as the benefit) is given to the Eligible 10+2, Graduate and Post-Graduate applicants of Haryana (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries), by the Implementing Agency as per the extant Scheme guidelines;
And whereas, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring expenditure 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. (1) An individual eligible for receiving the benefit under the Scheme shall hereby be required to furnish proof of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication.
(2) Any individual desirous of availing the 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.
842 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ., OCT. 12, 2021 (ASVN. 20, 1943 SAKA) [PART–I(3) 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 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.
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 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 code printed on the Aadhaar letter and the necessary arrangement of Quick Response 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 benefits, the Department through its Implementing Agency shall follow the exception handling mechanism as outlined in the office 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.
[F.No:- DBT/1974]
VARINDER SINGH KUNDU, Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Haryana, Employment Department.
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