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Regd. No. NW/CH-22

Regd. No. CHD/0092/2018-2020

EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER4, 2020 (AGRAHAYANA 13, 1942SAKA)

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GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, EMPOWERMENT AND MINORITIES

(WELFARE CELL NON-PLAN)

NOTIFICATION

The 4th December, 2020

No. 08/09/2019-SA1/3157.–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;

And whereas, the Department of Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Punjab, Chandigarh

(hereinafter referred to as the Department) is administering the ‘Dr. B.R. Ambedkar SC Post Matric Scholarship

scheme’ (hereinafter referred to as the scheme) to give the scholarship and maintenance allowance to SC

students of those families having less than 4.00 lakh annual income and are domicile of Punjab for all the Post

Matric courses which is being implemented through the line departments (hereinafter referred to as the

Implementing Agencies) by Department.

And whereas, under the Scheme, scholarship and maintenance allowance is given to the eligible SC

students, who are studying in various courses, by the Department through Implementing Agencies as per the

extant scheme guidelines.

And whereas, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund

of Punjab.

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 Punjab hereby notifies the following, namely:-

(1)

Any student eligible for receiving the benefit under the Scheme, shall hereby be required to furnish

proof of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication.

(2) Any student desirous of availing the benefit under the Scheme, who does not possess the Aadhaar

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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 students 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 (Enrolment and Update ) Regulations, 2016, the Department

though its Implementing Agencies, is required to offer Aadhaar enrolment facilities for the beneficiaries

who are not yet enrolled for Aadhaar and in case there is not Aadhaar enrolment centre located in

the respective Block or Taluka or Tehsil, the Department through its Implementing Agencies 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 student , benefits under the Scheme shall

be given to such student, 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)

Ration Card; or

(v)

Voter Identity Card; or

(vi)

MGNREGA card ; or

(vii) Kisan Photo passbook ; or

(viii) Driving license 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.

In order to provide benefits to the beneficiaries under the Scheme conveniently, the Department through

its Implementing Agencies shall make all the required arrangements to ensure that wide publicity through media

shall be given to the beneficiaries to make them aware of the said requirement.

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 Agencies shall make provisions for

iris scanners or face authentication along with finger-print authentication for delivery of benefits in

seamless manner;

(b)

in case the biometric authentication through fingerprints or iris scan or face authentication is not

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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;

(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 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 Agencies.

In addition to the above, in order to ensure that no bonafide students under the Scheme is deprived of his

due benefits, the Department through its Implementing Agencies shall follow the exception handling mechanism

as outlined in the Office Memorandum of DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India dated 19th

December 2017.

This notification shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

JASPAL SINGH, IAS

Chandigarh

Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab,

The 4th December, 2020

Department of Social Justice, Empowerment and

Minorities, Chandigarh.

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