THE
JHARKHAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
30 VAISHAKH 1948 (S)
RANCHI WEDNESDAY 20th MAY, 2026
DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN, CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL
SECURITY
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NOTIFICATION
5TH AUGUST, 2024
File No. 01/M.S./Estb.Misc.–257/2021-1847--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 Savitribai Phule Kishori Sammridhi Yojana to
provide financial assistance to eligible Girls who are study in class 8 to 12 and on attaining
age of 18/19 years to their bank account directly through DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer)
with the objective of promoting girl education, reducing their tendency of school dropout,
eradicating evil practice of child marriage and making them self-reliant.
And whereas, under the Scheme, financial assistance of Rs. 2500/- to Rs. 20,000/-
is provided to girls studying in class- 8/9/10/11/12 and when the attain age of 18/19
Years to their bank account.
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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
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(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.
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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