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Haryana Government Gazette

Published by Authority

No. 4–2025] 

CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2025 (MAGHA 8, 1946 SAKA)

PART-I

Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government

HARYANA GOVERNMENT

FISHERIES DEPARTMENT

Notification

The 20th January, 2025

No. Prog/2025/63.— Whereas the use of Aadhaar number to establish identity enables individuals to receive

subsidies, benefits and services in a convenient and seamless manner, obviates the need for multiplicity of

documents to establish identity, simplifies processes and promotes transparency and efficiency:

And whereas the Fisheries Department Haryana (hereinafter referred to as the said Ministry or the said

Department, as the case may be) in the Government of Haryana (hereinafter referred to as the said Government) is

administering the Scheme for Ornamental Fisheries (hereinafter referred to as the said scheme):

And whereas under the Scheme, stipends benefits (hereinafter referred to as the said benefit) are given to the

eligible beneficiaries (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries) under the said scheme and the instructions and

guidelines issued in respect thereof:

And whereas expenditure for the said scheme is incurred from the Consolidated Fund of Haryana State:

And whereas the said Department is desirous that the said Government, for the purpose of establishing

identity of a beneficiary as a condition for the receipt of the said benefit, require that such beneficiary undergo

authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number or in the case of an individual to whom no Aadhaar

number has been assigned, make an application for enrolment:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the provisions of section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial

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

Haryana hereby notifies the following, namely:—

(1) An individual desirous of availing of the said benefit under the said scheme shall be required to undergo

authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number.

(2) In case such an individual has not been assigned an Aadhaar number, he shall be required to make an

application for enrolment:

Provided that if that individual is a child, such application shall be made only with the consent of his

parent or legal guardian.

(3) In accordance with the provisions of regulation 12 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations,

2016, the said Department shall ensure enrolment of such beneficiaries who are yet to be enrolled, or update

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their Aadhaar details through appropriate measures, including coordination with Registrars and setting up

enrolment centres at convenient locations or providing enrolment facilities by becoming a Registrar itself:

Provided that till such time an Aadhaar number is assigned to such beneficiary, he may establish his

identity to avail of the said benefit, by presenting the following documents to which he is entitled and which

are valid at the time of presentation, or, in case the software provided or authorised by the said Department

for such identification supports electronic obtaining of information evidencing the contents of such

documents from the database of the authorities dealing with the preparation or maintenance thereof, by giving

his consent for so obtaining, namely:—

For a child below 18 years of age to whom an Aadhaar number has not been assigned:

(a)

The acknowledgement of the beneficiary having undergone the process of enrolment, provided by the

operator at the enrolment centre, containing the Enrolment ID (EID); and

(b)

Any one of the following documents to evidence that the beneficiary is a child below 18 years of age,

namely:—

(i)

Certificate of birth given under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, as extracted

from the entry made in the register of births regarding the birth of the beneficiary;

(ii)

Indian passport;

(iii)

Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or higher secondary or 12th

class, issued by a recognised board of school education;

(iv)

In respect of a child in need of care and protection or a child in conflict with law, who is housed

by Child Care Institution registered as such with the State Government concerned under the

rules made by it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015,

certificate specifying his date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, superintendent, child

welfare officer or probation officer of such institution; or

(v)

In respect of a foreign national,—

(I)

if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of India Card;

(II)

if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a Foreigners Regional

Registration Office;

(III)

if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;

(IV)

if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan refugee or a national

of Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa along with foreign passport or a Long Term

Visa to India along with currently valid or expired foreign passport; or

(c)

Any one of the following documents, having the photograph of the beneficiary, to evidence his

relationship with the parent or legal guardian, namely:—

(i)

Ration card;

(ii)

Caste certificate or domicile certificate, issued by a Gazetted officer who is an Executive

Magistrate or a revenue officer of the State Government, not below the rank of Tahsildar;

(iii)

Medical or insurance identity card issued by a government entity or public sector enterprise to a

retired or serving public servant or his family member;

(iv)

Indian passport;

(v)

Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or higher secondary or

12th class, issued by a recognised board of school education;

(vi)

In respect of a child in need of care and protection or a child in conflict with law, who is housed

by Child Care Institution registered as such with the State Government concerned under the

rules made by it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015,

certificate specifying his date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, superintendent, child

welfare officer or probation officer of such institution; or

(vii)

In respect of a foreign national,—

(I)

if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of India Card;

(II)

if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a Foreigners Regional

Registration Office;

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(III)

if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;

(IV)

if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan refugee or a national

of Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa along with foreign passport or a Long Term

Visa to India along with currently valid or expired foreign passport; or

(viii) In respect of a beneficiary who has a legal guardian, adoption order or other document to

evidence legal guardianship, which is issued by a court of law or competent authority under the

Guardians and Wards Act, 1890,the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act,

2015, the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental

Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 or the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act,

2016 and the applicable rules and regulations made under the said Acts; or

(ix)

Any other document as the said Department may specify.

For beneficiaries aged 18 years or more to whom an Aadhaar number has not been assigned:

(a)

The acknowledgement of the beneficiary having undergone the process of enrolment,

provided by the operator at the enrolment centre, containing the EID; and

(b)

Any one of the following documents, having the beneficiary’s photograph, namely:—

(i)

Elector’s Photo Identity Card issued by the Election Commission of India;

(ii)

Ration card;

(iii)

Caste certificate or domicile certificate, issued by a Gazetted officer who is an

Executive Magistrate or a revenue officer of the State Government, not below the

rank of Tehsildar;

(iv)

Medical or insurance identity card issued by a government entity or public sector

enterprise to a retired or serving public servant or his family member;

(v)

Indian passport;

(vi)

Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or higher

secondary or 12th class, issued by a recognised board of school education;

(vii)

Identity card or other identity document issued to serving or retired public servant

by a government entity or a public sector enterprise;

(viii) Disability certificate issued by notified medical authority under Rights of Persons

with Disabilities Rules, 2017, or Unique Disability Identification (UDID) card

issued by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

(Divyangjan), Government of India;

(ix)

Driving licence issued in India:

(x)

In respect of a child in need of care and protection or a child in conflict with law,

who is housed by Child Care Institution registered as such with the State

Government concerned under the rules made by it under the Juvenile Justice

(Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, certificate specifying his date of

birth issued by the person-in-charge, superintendent, child welfare officer or

probation officer of such institution; or

(xi)

In respect of a foreign national,—

(I)

if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of India

Card;

(II)

if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a Foreigners

Regional Registration Office;

(III)

if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;

(IV)

if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan refugee

or a national of Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa along with foreign

passport or a Long Term Visa to India along with currently valid or

expired foreign passport; or

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(xii)

In respect of a beneficiary who has a legal guardian, adoption order or other

document to evidence legal guardianship, which is issued by a court of law or

competent authority under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, the Juvenile

Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, the National Trust for

Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and

Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 or the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016

and the applicable rules and regulations made under the said Acts; or

(xiii) Any other document as the said Department may specify:

(4)

An officer designated by the said Department in this behalf shall check in respect of the documents

presented or the information evidencing the contents thereof under clause (3),—

(a)

the status of the enrolment request by submitting the EID on my Aadhaar portal

(https://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/portal) to confirm that the EID is valid and that the enrolment

request does not stand rejected; and

(b)

the other documents, and for this purpose, may take the assistance of and share the information

presented with any government entity or an authority that deals with the preparation or

maintenance of the information contained in such documents.

In order to enable beneficiaries to avail of the said benefits conveniently, the Ministry shall make all

necessary steps to ensure wide publicity through media to make the beneficiaries aware of the requirement of

Aadhaar number under the said scheme.

Where the authentication of the Aadhaar number of a beneficiary done through any of the biometric-based

modes of authentication (namely, facial image, fingerprints or iris scan based authentication) fails due to any reason,

such as poor quality of biometric information, the following remedial mechanisms shall be adopted, namely:—

(a)

In case any particular biometric-based mode of authentication is not successful, any other mode of

biometric-based authentication or one-time pin (OTP) based authentication shall, wherever feasible

and admissible, be offered;

(b)

In cases where biometric-based or OTP-based modes of authentication are not possible, benefits under

the said scheme may, after establishing the genuineness of the Aadhaar number by doing offline

verification of the digital signature certificate of UIDAI on the Aadhaar Secure Quick Response (QR) Code

or the Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC document, as the case may be, be given on the basis of any of

the following:

(i)

An Aadhaar Secure Quick Response (QR) Code containing Aadhaar card, Aadhaar letter

(i.e., the letter issued to an Aadhaar number holder on generation of his Aadhaar number) or

e-Aadhaar (i.e., the password-protected electronic copy of Aadhaar letter downloadable from

the website of UIDAI or accessible using its mAadhaar app), after its genuineness is established

through offline verification by scanning the QR code using the Aadhaar QR Scanner or

mAadhaar apps.

(ii)

Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC document (downloadable from the website of UIDAI or

accessible using its mAadhaar app), after its genuineness is established through offline

verification of the digital signature certificate of UIDAI on the document through the

application developed by the Ministry or Department or scheme implementing agency

concerned for this purpose, in accordance with the details given in this regard on the website of

UIDAI.

Notwithstanding anything contained hereinabove,—

(a)

benefit under the said scheme shall not be denied to a child—

(i)

in case of failure to establish his identity by undergoing authentication or to furnish proof of

possession of Aadhaar number; or

(ii)

in case of production of an application for enrolment where he has not been assigned an

Aadhaar number; and

(b)

benefit under the said scheme shall be given to such a child by verifying his identity and establishing

his relationship with his parent or legal guardian in the manner specified in the proviso to clause (3) of

paragraph 1; and

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(c)

where benefit is given under clause (b), a record shall be maintained in respect of the same, which

shall be reviewed and audited periodically by the Department.

In order to ensure that bona fide beneficiaries who are aged 18 years or more are not deprived of the benefit

due to them under the said scheme, the department shall follow the exception handling mechanism specified

in the Office Memorandum No. D-26011/04/2017-DBT, dated the 19th December, 2017 of the Direct Benefit

Transfer Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India (available on https://dbtbharat.gov.in).

This notification shall be effective from the date of its publication in the official Gazette.

RAJEEV RANJAN,

Principal Secretary to Government Haryana,

Fisheries Department.

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