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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
प्राधकिार से प्रकाशति
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
लद्दाख, 29 दसिंबर, 2022
LADAKH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER, 29, 2022
Part II - Section 3
के न्द्र-शासति प्रदेश लद्दाख प्रशानि ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH
DEPARTMEMENT OF FOOD, CIVIL SUPPLIES AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
Ladakh, The 25th of November, 2022
S.O 126 (E). _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 FOOD, CIVIL SUPPLIES AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS - UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH ADMINISTRATION (hereinafter referred to as the Department), is administering the LADAKH FOOD SECURITY SCHEME (LFSS) (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) toLADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 2
provide benefit to Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families/ Priority Household (PHH) & Non priority Household
(NPHH) families of Ladakh in addition to their normal quota under National Food Security Act (NFSA) which
is being implemented through the Department of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, UT Ladakh;
And whereas, the LFSS provides for allocation of 5 Kgs of food grains per soul in addition to the entitlement under NFSA having family strength of 1 to 9 souls subject to the cap of 50 kgs of food grains, (NFSA+LFSS) per family (hereinafter referred to as benefit) being given to AAY/PHH/NPHH households of Union Territory of Ladakh (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries) by the Department as per the extant of Scheme;
And whereas, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred in Union Territory of Ladakh from the Consolidated Fund of Government 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), the Administration of Union Territory 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 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:
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
LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 3(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 connectivity/ Not availability of Net system in far-flung areas of UT Ladakh or due to any other reasons, 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 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.
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 Union Territory of Ladakh Administration.
By Order Of the Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor, UT of Ladakh.
(Yetindra M. Maralkar) IAS
Secretary,
Food Civil Supplies &
Consumer Affairs Department, "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."