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EXTRAORDINARY

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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

Part II - Section 3

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ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH

SOCIAL & TRIBAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT

E-mail Id: [email protected]

UT Secretariat, Ladakh

Dated: 19.04.2022

Notification

Ladakh, 19th April, 2022

S.O. 56 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;

लɮदाख, 08 जून, 2022

LADAKH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE, 08, 2022

भारतसरकार

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

एस.जी.-एल.डी.-अ.-09062022-1125

SG-LD-E-09062022-1125

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And

whereas,

the

SOCIAL

TRIBAL

WELFARE

DEPARTMENT,

ADMINISTRATION OF Union territory of LADAKH (hereinafter referred to as the

Department), is administering the ISSS- INTEGRATED SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEME

(hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) for the aged, destitute male or female persons having no

means of subsistence from their own sources of financial support from family member(s) or

other source, which is being implemented through the Department of Social & Tribal Welfare,

Union Territory of Ladakh (hereinafter referred to as the Implementing Agency;

And whereas, under the Scheme, financial assistance (hereinafter referred to as the

benefit) is given to (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries);

(i)

Destitute man, 60 years or above or destitute woman 55 years or above having no son or

foster son above 20 years of age.

(ii)

Financial Assistance in terms of monthly pension to the destitute widow or divorcee without

any dependency whose age is 40 yrs. or above.

(iii)

Monthly pension to the poor physically challenged persons- Ortho, Optho., Deaf & Mute etc.

with disability of 40% and above.

(iv)

To destitute widow or divorcee between 21 to 39 years of age and physically challenged person

above 18 years. In the form of sewing machine, Mushroom Cultivation Tray, Looms, Bee

Keeping Trays or Rs 3500 cash.

By the Implementing Agency as per the extant of Scheme guidelines and subject to

scrutiny by a committee constituted for the purpose;

And whereas, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred in Union

territory of Ladakh from the consolidated fund of India.

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) read with S.O. 3836

(E) dated 5.12.2017, the Administration of Union territory of Ladakh hereby notifies the

following, namely:

1. (1) An individual eligible for receiving the benefits under the Scheme shall 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 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;

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

code printed on the Aadhaar letter and the necessary arrangement of Quick Response 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

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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 of

Union territory of Ladakh.

By Order of the Lieutenant Governor.

(Padma Angmo)

Commissioner/ Secretary,

Social & Tribal Welfare Department

Copy to the:

1. Joint Secretary (JKL), Ministry of Home Affairs.

2. All the Administrative Secretaries UT Ladakh.

3. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Ladakh.

4. Deputy Commissioner/CEO, LAHDCs Leh/Kargil.

5. All Divisional Head of the Departments.

6. OSD to Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor, Union Territory of Ladakh for Higher Education of

Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor.

Private Secretary to Advisor for Higher Education of the Advisor.

District Informatics Officer, NIC, Ladakh for uploading in the UT Website.

I/C Archives, Archaeology and Museums.

10. Office/Order File.

“No legal responsibility is accepted for the contents of publication of advertisements/publications in this part of The

Ladakh Gazette. Persons notifying the advertisements/public notices will remain solely responsible for the legal

consequences and also for any other misrepresentation etc.”

Padma

Angmo

Digitally signed

by Padma Angmo

Date: 2022.06.08

17:12:40 +05'30'

AJEET KUMAR

SAHU

Digitally signed by

AJEET KUMAR SAHU

Date: 2022.06.09

12:48:34 +05'30'