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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT

(G.O. Ms. No. 11/31523/DRDM/DPA/CENTAC Software/2023/4958,

Puducherry, dated 14th July 2023)

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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And whereas, the Department of Revenue and Disaster Management,

(hereinafter, referred to as the Department) is administering the

software which is being implemented through the Department of

Revenue and Disaster Management (hereinafter, referred to as the

implementing Agency);

Now, therefore, in pursuant to 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 Puducherry hereby notifies the following, namely:-

1. (1) An individual eligible for applying for online Certificates

shall hereby be required to furnish proof of possession of the

Aadhaar Number or undergo Aadhaar authentication.

(2) Any individual desirous of applying for online Certificates,

who does not possess the Aadhaar Number or, has not yet enrolled

for Aadhaar, shall be required to make application for Aadhaar

enrolment before applying for online Certificates 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 (Enrollment and Update)

Regulations, 2016, the Department through its Implementing Agency,

is required to offer Aadhaar enrollment facilitites for the

beneficiaries who are not yet enrolled for Aadhaar and in case there

is no Aadhaar Enrollment 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,

applying for online Certificates shall be given to such individual,

subject to the production of the following documents, namely :-

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(a) If, he has enrolled, his Aadhaar enrollment 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

(iii)

Passport; or

(iv)

Family Ration Card; or

(v)

Voter’s Identity Card; or

(vi)

Driving Licence issued by the Licensing Authority

under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988(59 of 1988); or

(vii)

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 apply for online Certificates 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 applicants to make them aware of the

said requirement.

3. In all cases, where Aadhaar authentication fails due to poor

biometrics of the applicants or due to any other reasons, 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;

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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, Certificates may be issued 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. This notification shall come into effect from the date of its

publication in the Official Gazette.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

E. VALLAVAN, I.A.S.,

Secretary to Government (Revenue).

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