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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SUPPLIES AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS

(G.O. Ms. No. 5, Puducherry, dated 25th 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 Civil Supplies and Consumer

Affairs, Puducherry (hereinafter referred to as the Department/

Implementing Agency), is administering the Chief Minister’s Scheme for

Grant of Subsidy for LPG Cylinder Scheme (hereinafter referred to as

the Scheme), as amended from time to time.

3. And whereas, under the Scheme Chief Minister’s Scheme for

Grant of Subsidy for LPG Cylinder, gas subsidy/benefits are given to

the eligible Ration Card Holders of the Union territory of Puducherry

(hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries), by the Implementing Agency

as per the extant Scheme Guidelines;

4. And whereas, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring

expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund of Union territory of

Puducherry.

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

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

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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) 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)

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 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

Scheme 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 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.

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

publication in the Official Gazette of Government of Puducherry.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

S. SATHIYAMOORTHY,

Director,

(Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs).

online publication at “https://styandptg.py.gov.in”

Published by The Director, Government Press, Puducherry.