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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;

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Name of the Schemes

No.

(1)

(2)

Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Financial Assistance Scheme

Puducherry State Post Matric Scholarship Scheme

Financial Assistance to Postgraduate students

Award of Fellowship to the Research Scholars for Research Studies

and any subject in Government Arts and Science Colleges.

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

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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;

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.

8. 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.

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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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