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Haryana Government Gazette

Published by Authority

No. 26–2022] 

CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2022 (ASADHA 7, 1944 SAKA)

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PART – I

Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government

HARYANA GOVERNMENT

FISHERIES DEPARTMENT

Notification

The 25th April, 2022

No. 37-F-2-2022/2488 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 Fisheries Department Haryana (hereinafter referred to as the Department), is implementing

the Scheme for the Welfare of Scheduled Castes Families in Fisheries Sector (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme);

And whereas, under the Scheme, cash and subsidy benefits (hereinafter referred to as the benefit) are given to

the beneficiaries (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries) as per the extant Scheme guidelines;

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

Haryana State.

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

State hereby notifies the following, namely: -

(1)

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.

(2) 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.

(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:

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

ASHOK KHEMKA,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government Haryana,

Fisheries Department.

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