THE
JHARKHAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
10 BHADRA, 1945 (S)
RANCHI, FRIDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER, 2023
Department of Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs
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NOTIFICATION
11th August, 2023
No.-kha.pra.-01/ja.wi.pra.com./10-06/2020-2422--Whereas, the use of Aadhaar
as an identity document fordelivery 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 Department of Food, Public Distribution and Consumer
Affairs, Ranchi (hereinafter referred to as the Department), is administering
theSugar Distribution Scheme(hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) to Provide
sugar at subsidized rate to eligible households of AAY scheme under National
Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013which is being implemented through the Directorate of
Food and Consumer Affairs, Ranchi(hereinafter referred to as the Implementing Agency);
And whereas, under the Scheme, Sugar at Subsidized rate (hereinafter
referred to as the benefit) is given to the eligible households having AAY card under
NFSA(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 Government of Jharkhand:
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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 Jharkhand hereby notifies
the following, namely:-
1.
(1)
An individual eligible for receiving the benefits under the Scheme
shallhereby 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
doesnot 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 thesaid 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:
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 SchemeConveniently,
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
thebeneficiaries or due to any other reason, the following remedial mechanisms
shall be adopted, namely:-
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(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 (OR) code
printed on the Aadhaar letter and the necessary arrangement of QR 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
underthe 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
theOfficial Gazette.
Lalo Prasad Kushwaha,
Under Secretary to the Government.
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