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Haryana Government Gazette

Published by Authority

No. 50–2021] CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2021 (AGRAHAYANA 23, 1943 SAKA)

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PART – I

Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government

HARYANA GOVERNMENT

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT

Notification

The 1st December, 2021

No. 531-SW(4)-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 Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Haryana is implementing the “Financial

Assistance to Non-School Going Disabled Children Scheme” to provide the financial assistance to the parents, of

physically disabled and mentally retarded children, who are unable to send them for formal schooling and boarding of

their disabled wards in the age group of 0 to 18 years because of financial constraints.

And whereas, under the Scheme, pension is being provided to mentally retarded and multiple disabled children

as per the extant Scheme guidelines;

And whereas, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund State

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)

A child 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 child 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, before registering for the Scheme 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, 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 shall

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

by becoming a UIDAI Registrar themselves:

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Provided that till the time Aadhaar is assigned to the child, the benefit under the Scheme shall be given

to such children subject to production of the following documents, namely: -

(a)

if the child has been enrolled after attaining the age of five years (with biometrics collection), his

Aadhaar Enrolment Identification slip, or of bio-metric update identification slip; and

(b)

any one of the following documents, namely:-

(i)

Birth Certificate; or Record of birth issued by the appropriate authority; or

(ii)

School identity card, duly signed by the Principal of the school, containing parents’

names; and

(c)

any one of the following documents as proof of relationship of the beneficiary with the parent or

legal guardian as per the extant Scheme guidelines, namely:–

(i)

Birth Certificate; or Record of birth issued by the appropriate authority; or

(ii)

Ration Card; or

(iii)

Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) Card; or Employees' State

Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Card; or Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS)

Card; or

(iv)

Pension Card; or

(v)

Army Canteen Card; or

(vi)

any Government Family Entitlement Card; or

(vii)

any other document as specified by the Department:

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

Department for that purpose.

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

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, Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) scan or face

authentication facility shall be adopted for authentication, thereby the Department 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.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein above, no child shall be denied benefit under the Scheme in case of

failure to establish his identity by undergoing authentication, or furnishing proof of possession of Aadhaar number, or

in the case of a child to whom no Aadhaar number has been assigned, producing an application for enrolment. The

benefit shall be given to him by verifying his identity on the basis of other documents as mentioned in clauses (b) and

documents, a separate register shall be maintained to record the same, which shall be reviewed and audited

periodically by the Department.

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

VINEET GARG,

Chandigarh:

Principal Secretary to Government Haryana,

The 25th November, 2021.

Social Justice and Empowerment Department.

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