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प्राधकिार से प्रकाशति
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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 November, 2022.
S.O.124 -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;
LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 2promotion of ecotourism and providing alternative source of livelihood to
reduce dependence on scarce natural resources, thus garnering support for
biodiversity conservation, which is being implemented through the
Department of Wildlife Protection(herein after referred to as the Implementing
Agency);
And whereas, under the Scheme, Financial support for the
construction of Toilets and supply of Solar appliances at Subsidized rates and
a list of furnishing items free of cost) (hereinafter referred to as the benefit) is
given to the people living inside the Protected areas and high biodiversity
conservation areas (outside the protected areas) (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 Aadhar (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) Anyone of the following documents, namely:-
(i) Bank or Post office Passbook with Photo; or
LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 3(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 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;
(c) in all other cases where biometric or Aadhar 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 Aadhar letter and the necessary
arrangement of QR code reader shall be provided at the convenient
locations by the Department through its Implementing Agency.
LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 44. 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 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-17/48/2022/282-91 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.