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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

[G.O. Ms. No. 10/2023-WCD(SW-IV)/1205,

Puducherry, dated 7th August 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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2. And whereas, the Department of Women and Child

Development, Puducherry (hereinafter referred to as the Department/

Implementing Agency), notified the following State Schemes (hereinafter

referred to as the Schemes), as amended from time to time;

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Name of the Scheme

No.

(1)

(2)

Grant of Monthly Financial Assistance to Women who

are Heads of Families Living Below Poverty Line (BPL)

in the Union territory of Puducherry.

Chief Minister Cares Scheme for the Empowerment of

the New Born Girl Child of the Union territory of

Puducherry.

3. And whereas, under the aforesaid 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 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 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 the 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 Scheme.

(iii) 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.

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(iv) 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 areas of said beneficiaries in the Union territory of

Puducherry, the Department shall provide Aadhaar enrolment facilities

at convenient locations in coordination with the existing Registrars of

UIDAI or by becoming a UIDAI Registrars themselves :

Provided that till the time Aadhaar is assigned to the individual,

benefits under the rules 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

(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 Tahsildar 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.

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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 rules 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/her 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.

9. This Notification shall come into effect from the date of its

publication in the Official Gazette of Puducherry.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

P. MUTHU MEENA,

Under Secretary to Government

(Women and Child Development).

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