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S.O. 05 _Aadhar based (SDP) Schemes of Agriculture Department

Published 28 April 2025

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ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH
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SG-LD-E-28042025-1507
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2025-01-13
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in.gazette.ladakh.2025-04-28.1507
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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असाधारण

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 Agriculture

File No.: M/2341/2024-AC/HC AND FC SEC

NOTIFICATION

Leh Ladakh, the 13th of January, 2025

S.O. 05 _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 Agriculture UT-Ladakh is administering the "Special Development Package scheme" (SDP) with detailed description of scheme as which involves implementation of sub-schemes such as "Construction of Poly Trench Green House (30ft Length x 10ft Width and 5ft below ground)"; "Creation of water/ resource/conservation-drip irrigation, Sprinkle irrigation water harvesting system"; "Small Nursery under private sector"; "Distribution of Machinery and Equipment's power tiller, diesel hall, grass cutter, brush cutter, chainsaw"; which is being implemented through the Department of Agriculture, Leh and "Incentive to farmersLADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 2

(members of SHGs for 6 & above members) Rs 10000/ SHG incentive/ Inputs"; "Distribution of Different kinds of cereals/ pulses/ fodders seeds, etc on 50% subsidy"; "Distribution of Power Tiller/ Weeder on 50% subsidy, Rs 60000 max"; "Distribution of Brush Cutter/ Reaper on 50% subsidy, Rs 60000 max"; "Distribution of Tubular Structure with U V Film to SHGs on 100 % Subsidy on community/ SHG level @Rs 25500/-max"; "Distribution of vending cart/ Wheel Barrow on 50% subsidy Rs 4000/ Max"per cart as per the MIDH guidelines; "Incentives for enhancement of Black Zeera Production @ Rs. 6000/ Kanal"; "Incentives for enhancement of Buck wheat Production @ Rs 3000/ Kanal"; "Distribution of Improved Agriculture Tools on 75 % Subsidy"; "Incentives / Distribution of Solarized Light Trap on 75% Subsidy"; "Incentives / Distribution of water delivery pipe 0.75 inch on 75% subsidy (100 feet each beneficiary)"; "Incentives / Distribution of Mulching (Black plastic/ Biodegradable/ Environmental friendly) on 75% subsidy (Farmers having less than 5 kanal of land)"; "Incentives / Distribution of Plastic Tarpaulin (biodegradable/ Environment Friendly) for threshing on 75% subsidy"; "Packaging/Processing and marketing of local produces 75% subsidy of 12.30 lacs per unit"; "Distribution of Prefabricated Poly Low Tunnel Structure with UV Film Kargil (20X6 feet) on 75% Subsidy on 7200 per Unit Max."; "Distribution / Procurement of inputs /Bio-pesticites @ Rs 2000 Max. /"; which is being implemented through the Department of Agriculture, Kargil and "Vermi compost unit"; "Construction of Ladakh Green House (60'x24') and (32'x18')"; which is being implemented through the Department of Agriculture, Leh & Kargil.

And whereas, under the Scheme,

1. Under "Construction of Poly Trench Green House (30ft Length x 10ft Width and 5ft below ground)" -

Polycarbonate sheets and truss frame (kind) is given to the individual farmers of Leh district

2. Under "Vermi compost unit" – Cash & Kind is given to the individual farmers of Leh and Kargil district. 3. Under "Creation of water/ resource/conservation-drip irrigation, Sprinkle irrigation water harvesting system" - Cash is given to the individual farmers of Leh district

4. Under "Small Nursery under private sector" - Cash is given to the individual farmers of Leh district 5. Under "Distribution of Machinery and Equipment's power tiller, diesel hall, grass cutter, brush cutter, chainsaw" - Cash is given to the individual farmers of Leh district

6. Under "Construction of Ladakh Green House (60'x24') and (32'x18')" - Polycarbonate Sheets and truss frame (Cash & Kind) is given to the individual farmers of Leh and Kargil district, by the implementing Agency as per the extant Scheme guidelines;

7. Under "Incentive to farmers (members of SHGs for 6 & above members) Rs 10000/ SHG incentive/ Inputs"- Cash & Kind

is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district.

8. Under "Distribution of Different kinds of cereals/ pulses/ fodders seeds, etc on 50% subsidy"- Cash & Kind is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district.

9. Under "Distribution of Power Tiller/ Weeder on 50% subsidy, Rs 60000 max"- Cash is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district.

10. Under "Distribution of Brush Cutter/ Reaper on 50% subsidy, Rs 60000 max"- Cash is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district

11. Under "Distribution of Tubular Structure with U V Film to SHGs on 100 % Subsidy on community/ SHG level @Rs 25500/-

max" - Cash & Kind is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district.

12. Under "Distribution of vending cart/ Wheel Barrow on 50% subsidy Rs 4000/ Max" per cart as per the MIDH guidelines" -

Cash & Kind is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district.

13. Under "Incentives for enhancement of Black Zeera Production @ Rs. 6000/ Kanal"- Cash is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district.

14. Under "Incentives for enhancement of Buck wheat Production @ Rs 3000/ Kanal" - Cash is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district.

15. Under "Distribution of Improved Agriculture Tools on 75 % Subsidy"- Cash & Kind is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district.

16. Under "Incentives / Distribution of Solarized Light Trap on 75% Subsidy"- Cash & Kind is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district.

17. Under "Incentives / Distribution of water delivery pipe 0.75 inch on 75% subsidy (100 feet each beneficiary)"- Cash & Kind

is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district.

18. Under "Incentives / Distribution of Mulching (Black plastic/ Biodegradable/ Environmental friendly) on 75% subsidy

(Farmers having less than 5 kanal of land)"- Cash & Kind is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district.

19. Under "Incentives / Distribution of Plastic Tarpaulin (biodegradable/ Environment Friendly) for threshing on 75% subsidy"-

Cash & Kind is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district.

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20. Under "Packaging/Processing and marketing of local produces 75% subsidy of 12.30 lacs per unit"- Cash & Kind is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district.

21. Under "Distribution of Prefabricated Poly Low Tunnel Structure with UV Film Kargil (20X6 feet) on 75% Subsidy on 7200

per Unit Max." Cash & Kind is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district.

22. Under "Distribution / Procurement of inputs /Bio-pesticites @ Rs 2000 Max. - Cash & Kind is given to the individual farmers of Kargil district.

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; or (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. 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:-

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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

कृ षि विभाग/Agriculture 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. Joint Director, Agriculture Department, UT of Ladakh.

6. 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.

9. Office Record.

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Cite this issue. Ladakh Gazette, Ladakh Administration, 28 April 2025. Indian Gazettes, https://egazette.servantsofknowledge.in/details/in.gazette.ladakh.2025-04-28.1507/. Archive identifier in.gazette.ladakh.2025-04-28.1507.