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EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

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GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, EMPOWERMENT AND MINORITIES

(Welfare Cell Non Plan)

NOTIFICATION

The 27th February, 2021

No.08/09/2019-SA-1/431.-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

(here-in-after referred to as Department) is administering the ‘Ashirwad Scheme for Scheduled Castes/

Christian girls, Backward Classes/Castes, Economically weaker sections girls, daughters of widows of any

caste at the time of their marriage and Scheduled Caste widows/divorcees at the time of their re-marriage’

(here-in-after referred to as the scheme) which is being implemented through Directorate of Social Justice,

Empowerment & Minorities, S.A.S. Nagar, Punjab (here-in-after referred Directorate) by Department.

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. (1)

Any eligible beneficiary for receiving the benefit under theScheme, shall hereby be required to

furnish proof of possession of the Aadhaar authentication.

(2)

Any eligible beneficiary desirous of availing the benefit under the Scheme, who does not possess

the Aadhaar number or, has not yet enrolled for Aadhaar, shall be required to make application for

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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.

(3)

As per regulation 12 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016, the Department

though Directorate 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 directorate 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 eligible beneficiaries', under the Scheme shall

be given to such beneficiary subject to the production of the following documents, namely:-

(a) if she 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

directorate shall make all the required arrangements to ensure that wide publicity through media shall be given

to the beneficiaries to make 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 Agency 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 Agency.

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 directorate 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, IAS,

Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab,

Chandigarh

Department of Social Justice, Empowerment & Minorities,

The 27th Februray, 2021

Chandigarh.

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