Compensation Policy Forest Ecology and Environment

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भारत सरकार

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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असाधारण

EXTRAORDINARY

प्राधकिार से प्रकाशति

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

लद्दाख, 28 नवंबर, 2022

LADAKH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER, 28, 2022

Part II - Section 3

के न्द्र-शासति प्रदेश लद्दाख प्रशानि ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH

Forest, Ecology & Environment Department, UT- Secretariat, Ladakh Phone No: 01982- 257561, Fax No 257435 Email: [email protected]

Notification

Ladakh, the 23rd of November, 2022

S.O.125 -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 Forests Ecology and Environment (hereinafter referred to as the Department), is administering the compensation policy (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) to compensate LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 2

for loss of life or injury, property damage by Brown bears and domestic cattle

depredation by wild carnivores, which is being implemented through the

Department of Wildlife Protection (hereinafter referred to as the Implementing

Agency);

And whereas, under the Scheme, Financial support as compensation

to loss of life, injury, property, domestic cattle (hereinafter referred to as the

benefit) is given to the residents of union territory of Ladakh (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 India;

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 7 of the Aadhar (Targeted

Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (18

of 2016) read with S.O.3836 (E) dated 05.12.2017, the Administration of the

union territory of Ladakh hereby notifies the following, namely,-

1. (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 Aadhar as

per section 3 of the said Act, and such individuals shall visit any Aadhar

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 Aadhar 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 Aadhar 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

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(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 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;

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 mechanismLADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 4 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 UT of Ladakh.

By order of the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh

(Dr. Pawan Kotwal) IAS, Principal Secretary, Forest, Ecology & Environment, UT of Ladakh.

F.No. M-17/48/2022/292-301 Dated:23.11.2022

Copy to the:

1. All Administrative Secretaries, UT of Ladakh. 2. Joint Secretary (JKL), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 3. Divisional Commissioner, UT of Ladakh. 4. Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, UT of Ladakh. 5. Chief Wildlife Warden, UT of Ladakh. 6. Deputy Commissioner, Leh. 7. Deputy Commissioner, Kargil. 8. Joint Director Information, UT of Ladakh with the request to publish the draft Notification for its wide publicity.

9. OSD to Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor, UT of Ladakh for information of the Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor.

10. Pvt Secretary to Advisor to Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor, UT of Ladakh for information of the Advisor.