THE

JHARKHAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

6 JYESHTH 1947 (S)

RANCHI TUESDAY 27^THMAY, 2025

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

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NOTIFICATION

27^th May, 2025

No.- Vhi.Pra./Kau.–07/2024-208-Whereas,

the

use

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 (hereinafter

referred to as the Department), is administering the Jharkhand Grassroots Innovation Internship

Scheme (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) to provide 8-Week credited internship and

scholarship of up Rs 5,000 per month to students of Jharkhand, which is being implemented

through the Jharkhand Council on Science, Technology and Innovation, Ranchi, Jharkhand

(hereinafter referred to as the Implementing Agency);

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And whereas, under the Scheme, monthly assistance of Rs 5,000 maximum up

to Rs 10,000 (hereinafter referred to as the benefit) is given to students of Higher Education

Institutions selected as interns for carrying out detailed visits of all panchayats in the State of

Jharkhand (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

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) 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.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:

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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 o f 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.

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: -

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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.

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 into effect from the date of its publication in the

Official Gazette.

Sunil Kumar

Director, Technical Education

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