Haryana Government Gazette
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© Government of Haryana
No. 43-2021] CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2021 (KARTIKA 4, 1943 SAKA)
PART-I
Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government
HARYANA GOVERNMENT
WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND BACKWARD CLASSES DEPARTMENT
Notification
The 13th October, 2021
No. 445-SW(1)-2021.— 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 Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Department Haryana, is administering the Mukhya Mantri Vivah Shagun Yojna to provide the Shagun/Financial Assistance of the domicile of Haryana State.
And whereas, under the Scheme, Shagun/Financial Assistance is given to following categories in the State of Haryana as per the extant scheme guidelines:-
(i) Families of all sections of the society living below the poverty line or whose family annual income is less than 1.80 lakhs, for the marriage of their girls or for own marriage of widow/divorced/destitute women, orphan and destitute girl child;
(ii) Sports women (any income group);
(iii) Divyangjans (any income group);
(iv) Couples who make mass marriage (minimum 10 couples) (any income group) and;
(v) Couples who do not cover in the categories mention above at (i) to (iv) and register their marriages within one month of the date of their marriage.
And whereas, the Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund of Haryana Govt.
(914)PART I] HARYANA GOVT. GAZ., OCT. 26, 2021 (KRTK. 4, 1943 SAKA) 915 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 desirous of availing 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 benefit 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 subject to the consent of his parents or guardians (in case of child beneficiaries), provided that he is entitled to obtain Aadhaar as per section 3 of the said Act and such children 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.
(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:
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: -
(i) Bank or Post Office Passbook with Photo; or
(ii) Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card; or
(iii) Passport; or
(iv) Ration Card; or
(v) 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 (59 of 1988); or
(ix) Certificate of identity having photo of such person issued by a Gazetted Officer or a Tehsildar on an official letter head; or
(x) 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;
HARYANA GOVT. GAZ., OCT. 26, 2021 (KRTK. 4, 1943 SAKA) [PART I 916(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 due 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.
VINEET GARG, Principal Secretary to Government Haryana, Chandigarh: The 04th October, 2021. Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Backward Classes Department.
9340—C.S.—H.G.P., Chd.