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EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

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GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

SOCIAL SECURITY BRANCH

NOTIFICATION

The 22nd January, 2021

No. 4/4/17-2WCD(3 WCD)229.-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 Security and Women & Child Development , is administering

the Financial Assistance to Widow and Destitute Women Scheme to Widow & Destitute below 58 years of

age and for Unmarried women above the age of 30 years. Total annual Income should not be more than

Rs.60,000/- including business or rental or interest income which is being implemented through the Department

of Social Security and Women & Child Development (Social Security branch).

And whereas, under the Scheme, Rs.750 per month financial assistance is given to the widow &

destitute beneficiaries by the Implementing Agency 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)

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.

(2)

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

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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 (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 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)

Voter Identity Card; or

(ii)

Voter List,or

(iii)

Birth Certificate, or

(iv)

Matriculation Certificate

(v)

Proof of husband’s Death Certificate.

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 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.

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:-

(d)

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 finger-print authentication for delivery of benefits

in seamless manner;

(e)

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;

(f)

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 Agency.

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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.

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

RAJI P. SHRIVASTAVA,

Principal Secretary to the Govt. of Punjab,

Chandigarh

Department of Social Security and Women &

The 18th January, 2021

Child Development.

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