THE

JHARKHAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

1 MAGH 1946 (S)

RANCHI TUESDAY 21^stJANUARY, 2025

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

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NOTIFICATION

21^st January, 2025

No.-01/vi.-32/2024-...128—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 Higher and Technical Education, Government of

Jharkhand (here in after referred to as the Department), is administering the Valmiki Scholarship

Scheme (here in after referred to as the Scheme)to provide scholarship of up to Rs 10,00,000 per

year and monthly assistance of Rs 4,000 for disabled and orphan students enrolled in any HEI of

Jharkhand or selected HEIs outside Jharkhand, which is being implemented through the Jharkhand

State Higher Education Council, Ranchi, Jharkhand (here in after referred to as the Implementing

Agency);

And where as, under the Scheme, monthly assistance of Rs 4,000 (here in after

referred to as the benefit) is given to the provide scholarship of up to Rs 10,00,000 per year and

monthly assistance of Rs 4,000 for disabled and orphan students enrolled in any HEI of Jharkhand or

selected HEIs outside Jharkhand (here in after referred to as the beneficiaries),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 Government of Jharkhand

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) (here in after referred to as the said

Act), the Government of Jharkhand here by 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.govin) 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;

If he has enrolled, his Aadhaar Enrolment Identification slip; and

Anyone 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:

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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 finger print 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 finger prints 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

give non 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.

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 in to effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

Ramniwas Yadav,

Director, Higher Education.

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