THE
JHARKHAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
7 BHADRA, 1945 (S)
RANCHI, TUESDAY 29th AUGUST, 2023
DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN, CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY
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NOTIFICATION
18th August, 2023
File No.- 05/M.S./Y.–09/2023-2329--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 Department of Women, Child Development and Social Security is
administering the Swami Vivekananda Nishakt Swavlamban Protsahan Scheme to provide financial
assistance to differently abled persons who are of the age of 5 years or more, which is being
implemented through the Directorate, Social Security, Jharkhand, Ranchi.
And whereas, under the Scheme, financial assistance of Rs. 1000/- per month is provided to
differently abled persons who are of the age of 5 years or more, by the Implementing Agency as per
the extant Scheme Guidelines;
And whereas, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from the
Consolidated Fund of Jharkhand.
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1. 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) (as amended) (as amended)
(hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Government of Jharkhand hereby notifies the
following, namely:-
(i) 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.
(ii) 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.
(iii) 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); (as amended) 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.
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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;
(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 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.
(Kripa Nand Jha),
Secretary to the Government.
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