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EXTRAORDINARY
प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
लद्दाख, 28 अप्रैल, 2025
LADAKH, MONDAY, APRIL, 28, 2025
Part II - Section 3
के न्द्र-शासित प्रदेश लद्दाख प्रशासन ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH
Department of Horticulture
File No.: M/2929/2024-AC/HC AND FC SEC
NOTIFICATION
Leh Ladakh, the 13th of January, 2025
S.O. 07 _Whereas, the use of Aadhaar as an identity document for delivery of services or benefits or subsidies simplifies the Administration of UT Ladakh 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 Horticulture, UT-Ladakh is administering the "33-Subsidy"(District Capex) with detailed description of the scheme as which involves implementation of sub-schemes such as "Replacement of Ultra Voilet Stabilized plastic film of existing poly greenhouse of size 52 Sq.mtr)"; "Apple Sapling Subsidy"; "Subsidy on purchase of vacuum pouch sealing machine"; "Subsidy on purchase of domestic oil extraction machine"; Subsidy on Garden tool and implements"; Packaging/sorting/ Grading house"; SubsidyLADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 2 on Osmotic Dehydration Equipment"; Subsidy on Preservative Material"; Subsidy on Power tiller 7HP" which is being implemented through the Department of Horticulture (Chief Horticulture Officer, Leh and Kargil).
And whereas, under the Scheme,
1. Under "Replacement of Ultra Voilet Stabilized plastic film of existing poly greenhouse of size 52 Sq.)" – UVS
film (in kind) is given to the individual farmers/Orchardist.
2. Under "Apple Sapling Subsidy"- Grafted Apple Sapling (in Kind) is given to the individual farmers/Orchardist. 3. Under "Subsidy on purchase of vacuum pouch sealing machine" – Vacuum pouch sealing machine(in kind) individual farmers/Orchardist.
4. Under "Subsidy on purchase of domestic oil extraction machine"- Oil extraction machine (in kind) is given on subsidy to Orchadist. Under "Garden tool and implements " – (in kind) is given to the individual farmers/Orchardist of Kargil district.
5. Under " Packaging/sorting/ Grading house is given on subsidy to farmers of Kargil district. 6. Under "Osmotic Dehydration Equipment" (in kind) is given on subsidy to farmer of Kargil district. 7. Under "Preservative Material"( in kind) is given on subsidy to farmer of Kargil district. 8. Under "Power tiller 7HP" ( in kind) is given on subsidy to farmer of Kargil district 9. Under "Garden tool and implements " – (in kind) is given to the individual farmers/Orchardist of Kargil district.
by the implementing Agency as per the extant Scheme guidelines;
And whereas, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund of UT Ladakh;
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) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Administration of UT 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, 20 16, 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 (jii) Passport; or (iv) Ration Card; or (v) Voter identity Card; orLADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 3 (vi) MGNREGA card, or (vii) Kisan Photo passbook, or (viii) Driving license issued by the Licensing Authority under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (S9 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. ln 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.
By order of the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh
भूपेश चौधरी, आईएएस/ Bhupesh Chaudhary, IAS
प्रशासनिक सचिव/Administrative Secretary
बागवानी विभाग/Horticulture Department
कें द्र शासित प्रदेश लद्दाख/UT of Ladakh
Copy to the:
1. Joint Secretary (JKL), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
2. All Administrative Secretaries, UT of Ladakh.
3. Deputy Commissioner, Leh.
4. Deputy Commissioner, Kargil.
5. Director, Horticulture Department, UT of Ladakh.
LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 46. Joint Director Information, UT of Ladakh with the request to publish the draft Notification for its wide publicity.
7. OSD to Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor, UT of Ladakh for information of the Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor.
8. Pvt Secretary to Advisor to Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor, UT of Ladakh for information of the Advisor.