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No. Puducherry Tuesday 3rd January 2023
(13 Pausa 1944)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT
(G.O. Ms. No. 01/SWS/2022-23/5615, Puducherry, dated 2nd January 2023)
NOTIFICATION
Whereas, the use of Aadhaar as 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;
2. And whereas, the Department of Social Welfare, 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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Sl. Name of the Scheme No.
(1)
(2)
1. Grant of Incentive for Marriage between Differently Abled Person
and Normal Person.
2. Grant of Incentive for Marriage between Differently Abled Persons
(Both).
3. Grant of Fuel Subsidy to Differently Abled Persons who are owning
Motorized vehicles.
4. Grant of Financial Assistance to the Differently Abled Persons
5. Grant of Scholarship to Differently Abled Students
6. Incentive for Eye Donors
7. State Award for the Welfare of the Differently Abled Persons
8. The Perunthalaivar Karmaveerar Kamaraj Scheme for financial Assistance towards Funeral Expenses of the Differently Abled Persons.
9. Supply of Invalid Carriages (Motorized Tri-Cycles) to the Persons
with Disabilities.
10. Grant of Transport Allowance to the Differently Abled Persons
11. Grant of Financial Assistance to the meritorious Blind Students who obtain first three ranks in SSLC and HSC Examinations.
12. Free Distribution of Blanket and Footwear to the aged in the Union
territory of Puducherry.
13. Puducherry Grant-in-Aid Rules for Non-Governmental Organizations Running Residential Homes for the Welfare of Children in need of Care and Protection, Aged Persons, Disabled and Vulnerable Persons.
3. And whereas, under the aforesaid Óchemes, the benefits are extended to eligible beneficiaries by the Implementing Agency as per the extant norms/fund availability;
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4. And whereas, the aforesaid Schemes involves 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 Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, hereby notifies the following, namely:—
(i) An individual eligible for receiving the benefits under the aforesaid Schemes 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 aforesaid schemes, 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 Schemes; Provided that he/she is entitled to obtain Aadhaar as per the 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.
(iii) As per Regulation 12 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016, the Department 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 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 Schemes shall be given to such individual, subject to the production of the following documents, namely:—
(a) If, he/she has enrolled his/her 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
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(iii) Passport; or
(iv) Family Ration Card; or
(v) Elector's Photo Identity Card; or
(vi) 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 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.
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, Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) scan or face authentication facility shall be adopted for authentication, thereby the Department through Implementing Agencies shall make provisions for Integrated Risk Information System (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 Integrated Risk Information System (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;
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(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 Quick Response 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/her due benefits, the Department shall follow the exception handling mechanism as outlined in the Office Memorandum of DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, dated 19th December, 2017.
9. This notification shall come into effect from the date of its
publication in the Official Gazette of Puducherry.
C. UDAYA KUMAR, I.A.S., Secretary to Government (Social Welfare).
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