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No. Puducherry Tuesday 20th December 2022
(29 Agrahayana 1944)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
CHIEF SECRETARIAT
(HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION)
(G.O. Ms. No. 39, Puducherry, dated 15th December 2022)
NOTIFICATION
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;
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2. And whereas, the Directorate of Higher and Technical Education, Puducherry (hereinafter referred to as the Department/ Implementing Agency), notified the following Schemes (hereinafter referred to as the Schemes), as amended from time to time;
Sl. Name of the Schemes No.
(1)
(2)
1 Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Financial Assistance Scheme
2 Puducherry State Post Matric Scholarship Scheme
3 Financial Assistance to Postgraduate students
4 Award of Fellowship to the Research Scholars for Research Studies
and any subject in Government Arts and Science Colleges.
5 Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship to College and University
students
3. And whereas, under the Schemes, the benefits are extended to eligible beneficiaries by the Implementing Agency as per the extant norms/fund availability;
4. And whereas, the aforesaid Schemes at para 2 above involve recurring expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund of Union territory of Puducherry/the Consolidated Fund of India.
5. 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 Government of Union territory of Puducherry, hereby notifies the following, namely:-
(i) 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.
(ii) 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 1181
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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.
(iii) 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) Anyone of the following documents, namely:-
(i) Bank or Post Office Passbook with Photo; or
(ii) Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card; or
(iii) Passport; or
(iv) Family Ration Card; or
(v) Voter's Identity Card; or
(vi) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act (MGNREGA) Card, or
(vii) Kisan Photo Passbook; or
(viii) Driving Licence, 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 Tahsildar on an official letterhead; or
(x) Any other document as specified by the Department.
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Provided further that the above documents may be checked by
an Officer specifically designated by the Department for that purpose.
6. In order to provide benefits to the beneficiaries under the
Schemes 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.
7. 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 fingerprint 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 8. In addition to the above, in order to ensure that no bona fide of DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, dated 19th
December 2017.
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9. This notification shall come into effect from the date of its
publication in the Official Gazette of Government of Puducherry.
10. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Department
vide their I.D No. 1617/FC/FD/F4/A4/2022-23, dated 15-12-2022.
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
M.V. HIRAN, Under Secretary to Government (Higher and Technical Education).
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