THE

JHARKHAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

16 SHRAWAN 1947 (S)

RANCHI THURSDAY 7^THAUGUST, 2025

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

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NOTIFICATION

2^nd August, 2025

No.- Vhi.Pra./Kau.–07/2024 -288-- Whereas the use of Aadhaar number to establish identity

enables individuals to receive subsidies, benefits and services in a convenient and seamless manner,

obviates the need for multiplicity of documents to establish identity, simplifies processes and

promotes transparency and efficiency:

And whereas Jharkhand Council on Science, Technology and Innovation (hereinafter

referred to as the said agency) under the administrative purview of the Department of Higher and

Technical Education (hereinafter referred to as the said Department) in the Government of

Jharkhand (hereinafter referred to as the said Government) is administering Jharkhand Grassroots

Innovation Internship Scheme (hereinafter referred to as the said scheme):

And whereas monthly assistance of Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 (hereinafter referred to as the

benefit) is given to students and mentors of Higher Education Institutions selected as interns and

mentors respectively (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries), under the said Scheme and the

instructions and guidelines issued in respect thereof;

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And whereas, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from the

Consolidated Fund of Government of Jharkhand

And whereas the said agency is desirous that the said Government, for the purpose of

establishing identity of a beneficiary as a condition for the receipt of the said benefit, require that

such beneficiary undergo authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number or in the

case of an individual to whom no Aadhaar number has been assigned, make an application for

enrolment:

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 desirous of availing of the said benefit under the said scheme shall be

required to undergo authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number

(2)

In case such an individual has not been assigned an Aadhaar number, he shall be

required to make an application for enrolment:

Provided that if that individual is a child, such application shall be made only

with the consent of his parent or legal guardian.

(3)

In accordance with the provisions of regulation 12 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and

Update) Regulations, 2016, the said agency shall ensure enrolment of such

beneficiaries who are yet to be enrolled, or update their Aadhaar details through

appropriate measures, including coordination with Registrars and setting up

enrolment centres at convenient locations or providing enrolment facilities by

becoming a Registrar itself:

Provided that till such time an Aadhaar number is assigned to such beneficiary,

he may establish his identity to avail of the said benefit, by presenting the following

documents to which he is entitled and which are valid at the time of presentation, or,

in case the software provided or authorised by the said agency for such identification

supports electronic obtaining of information evidencing the contents of such

documents from the database of the authorities dealing with the preparation or

maintenance thereof, by giving his consent for so obtaining, namely:—

For a child below 18 years of age to whom an Aadhaar number has not been assigned:

(a) The acknowledgement of the beneficiary having undergone the process of

enrolment, provided by the operator at the enrolment centre, containing the

Enrolment ID (EID); and

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(b) Any one of the following documents to evidence that the beneficiary is a child

below 18 years of age, namely:—

(i) Certificate of birth given under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act,

1969, as extracted from the entry made in the register of births regarding the

birth of the beneficiary;

(ii) Indian passport;

(iii) Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or higher

secondary or 12th class, issued by a recognised board of school education;

(iv) In respect of a child in need of care and protection or a child in conflict with

law, who is housed by Child Care Institution registered as such with the State

Government concerned under the rules made by it under the Juvenile Justice

(Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, certificate specifying his date of

birth issued by the person-in-charge, superintendent, child welfare officer or

probation officer of such institution; or

(v) In respect of a foreign national,—

(I)

if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of

India Card;

(II) if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a

Foreigners Regional Registration Office;

(III) if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;

(IV) if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan

refugee or a national of Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa along

with foreign passport or a Long Term Visa to India along with

currently valid or expired foreign passport; or

evidence his relationship with the parent or legal guardian, namely:—

(i)

Ration card;

(ii)

Caste certificate or domicile certificate, issued by a Gazetted officer who is

an Executive Magistrate or a revenue officer of the State Government, not

below the rank of Tahsildar;

(iii) Medical or insurance identity card issued by a government entity or public

sector enterprise to a retired or serving public servant or his family

member;

(iv) Indian passport;

(v)

Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10^thclass or higher

secondary or 12^th class, issued by a recognised board of school education;

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(vi) In respect of a child in need of care and protection or a child in conflict with

law, who is housed by Child Care Institution registered as such with the

State Government concerned under the rules made by it under the Juvenile

Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, certificate specifying his

date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, superintendent, child welfare

officer or probation officer of such institution; or

(vii) In respect of a foreign national,—

(I)

if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of

India Card;

(II)

if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a

Foreigners Regional Registration Office;

(III) if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;

(IV) if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan

refugee or a national of Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa along

with foreign passport or a Long Term Visa to India along with

currently valid or expired foreign passport; or

(ix)

In respect of a beneficiary who has a legal guardian, adoption order or

other document to evidence legal guardianship, which is issued by a court

of law or competent authority under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890,

the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, the

National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental

Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 or the Rights of Persons

with Disabilities Act, 2016 and the applicable rules and regulations made

under the said Acts; or

(x)

Any other document as the said department may specify.

Forbeneficiariesaged 18 years or more to whom an Aadhaar number has not been

assigned:

(a) The acknowledgement of the beneficiary having undergone the process of

enrolment, provided by the operator at the enrolment centre, containing the EID;

and

(b) Any one of the following documents, having the beneficiary’s photograph,

namely:—

(i)

Elector’s Photo Identity Card issued by the Election Commission of India;

(ii)

Ration card;

(iii)

Caste certificate or domicile certificate, issued by a Gazetted officer who

is an Executive Magistrate or a revenue officer of the State Government,

not below the rank of Tahsildar;

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(iv)

Medical or insurance identity card issued by a government entity or

public sector enterprise to a retired or serving public servant or his family

member;

(v)

Indian passport;

(vi)

Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10^thclass or higher

secondary or 12^th class, issued by a recognised board of school education;

(vii)

Identity card or other identity document issued to serving or retired

public servant by a government entity or a public sector enterprise;

(viii)

Disability certificate issued by notified medical authority under Rights of

Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017, or Unique Disability Identification

(UDID) card issued by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with

Disabilities (Divyangjan), Government of India;

(ix)

Driving licence issued in India:

(x)

In respect of a child in need of care and protection or a child in conflict

with law, who is housed by Child Care Institution registered as such with

the State Government concerned under the rules made by it under the

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, certificate

specifying his date of birth

issued by the person-in-charge,

superintendent, child welfare officer or probation officer of such

institution; or

(xi)

In respect of a foreign national,—

(I)

if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of

India Card;

(II)

if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a

Foreigners Regional Registration Office;

(III)

if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;

(IV)

if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan

refugee or a national of Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa

along with foreign passport or a Long Term Visa to India along

with currently valid or expired foreign passport; or

(xii)

In respect of a beneficiary who has a legal guardian, adoption order or

other document to evidence legal guardianship, which is issued by a court

of law or competent authority under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890,

the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, the

National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental

Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 or the Rights of Persons

with Disabilities Act, 2016 and the applicable rules and regulations made

under the said Acts; or

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(xiii)

Any other document as the said Department may specify:

(4)

An officer designated by the said Department in this behalf shall check in respect of

the documents presented or the information evidencing the contents thereof under

clause (3),—

(a)

the status of the enrolment request by submitting the EID on myAadhaar portal

(https://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/portal) to confirm that the EID is valid and that

the enrolment request does not stand rejected; and

(b)

the other documents, and for this purpose, may take the assistance of and share

the information presented with any government entity or an authority that deals

with the preparation or maintenance of the information contained in such

documents.

In order to enable beneficiaries to avail of the said benefits conveniently, the Ministry shall

make all necessary steps to ensure wide publicity through media to make the beneficiaries

aware of the requirement of Aadhaar number under the said scheme.

Where the authentication of the Aadhaar number of a beneficiary done through any of the

biometric-based modes of authentication (namely, facial image, fingerprints or iris scan

based authentication) fails due to any reason, such as poor quality of biometric information,

the following remedial mechanisms shall be adopted, namely:—

(a)

In case any particular biometric-based mode of authentication is not successful, any

other mode of biometric-based authentication or one-time pin (OTP) based

authentication shall, wherever feasible and admissible, be offered;

(b)

In cases where biometric-based or OTP-based modes of authentication are not possible,

benefits under the said scheme may, after establishing the genuineness of the Aadhaar

number by doing offline verification of the digital signature certificate of UIDAI on the

Aadhaar Secure Quick Response (QR) Code or the Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC

document, as the case may be, be given on the basis of any of the following:

(i) An Aadhaar Secure Quick Response (QR) Code containing Aadhaar card, Aadhaar

letter (i.e., the letter issued to an Aadhaar number holder on generation of his

Aadhaar number) or e-Aadhaar (i.e., the password-protected electronic copy of

Aadhaar letter downloadable from the website of UIDAI or accessible using its

mAadhaar app), after its genuineness is established through offline verification

by scanning the QR code using the AadhaarQR Scanner or mAadhaar apps.

(ii) Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC document (downloadable from the website of

UIDAI or accessible using its mAadhaar app), after its genuineness is established

through offline verification of the digital signature certificate of UIDAI on the

document through the application developed by the Ministry or Department or

scheme implementing agency concerned for this purpose, in accordance with

the details given in this regard on the website of UIDAI.

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Notwithstanding anything contained hereinabove,—

(a) benefit under the said scheme shall not be denied to a child—

(i) in case of failure to establish his identity by undergoing authentication or to furnish

proof of possession of Aadhaar number; or

(ii) in case of production of an application for enrolment where he has not been assigned

an Aadhaar number; and

(b) benefit under the said scheme shall be given to such a child by verifying his identity and

establishing his relationship with his parent or legal guardian in the manner specified in

the proviso to clause (3) of paragraph 1; and

same, which shall be reviewed and audited periodically by the Department.

In order to ensure that bona fide beneficiaries who are aged 18 years or more are not

deprived of the benefit due to them under the said scheme, the agency shall follow the

exception handling mechanism specified in the Office Memorandum no. D-26011/04/2017-

DBT, dated the 19th December, 2017 of the Direct Benefit Transfer Mission, Cabinet

Secretariat, Government of India (available on https://dbtbharat.gov.in).

This notification shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

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By the order of the Governor of Jharkhand,

Sunil Kumar.

Additional Secretary -cum- Director (Technical

Education)

Department of Higher and Technical Education

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