THE
JHARKHAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
13 AASHAADH 1946 (S)
RANCHI, THURSDAY 4th JULY, 2024
DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN, CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL
SECURITY
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NOTIFICATION
2nd July, 2024
File No. 05/M.S./Y.–09/2023-- 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,
Government of Jharkhand is administering the Mukhyamantri Bahan Beti Mai Kui Swavlamban
Protsahan Yojana to provide financial assistance to eligible females who are of the age of 21 to
50 years, for the improvement in their education, health and nutrition, which is being
implemented through the Directorate, Social Security, Jharkhand, Ranchi.
And whereas, under the Scheme, financial assistance of Rs. 1000/- per month is proposed
to be provided to eligible females who are of the age of 21 to 50 years by the Implementing
Agency as per the extant Scheme Guidelines;
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And whereas, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from the
Consolidated Fund of Jharkhand.
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) (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:
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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 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 (QR) 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.
Manoj Kumar,
Secretary to the Government
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