exercise of the powers conferred by rule 5 of the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social

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CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2025 (CHAITRA 26, 1947 SAKA)

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,

DIRECTORATE OF TREASURIES & ACCOUNTS

NOTIFICATION

The 12th April, 2025

No. 878444:FD-FPPC0MISC/260/2025-3FPPC/72.- In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 5 of the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2020 read with sub clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (4) of section 4 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016 (Central Act No.18 of 2016) and in pursuance of the Government of India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology letter No 13(4)/2020-EG-II (VOL-X) dated 20.03.2025 and all other powers enable him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to notify the Director Treasuries and Accounts (Registering Officers) in the Department of Finance, Treasuries & Accounts, to perform Aadhaar authentication, on a voluntary basis, for the purpose of authentication of intending parties or applicants in various registration offices, using Yes or No authentication facility or/and e-KYC authentication facility, during registration of registerable documents through the Pensioner Sewa Portal.

The consent form to be obtained from the applicants shall be as per form at Annexure "A" to this notification.

Sd/-

KRISHAN KUMAR, IAS

Principal Secretary Finance,

Govt. of Punjab.

CONSENT FORM FORMAT

I .................... holder of Aadhaar No. .................... give my consent to the Department of Treasury & Accounts, Government of Punjab, for fetching/establishing my identity for the purpose of e-KYC through UIDAI using the Aadhaar OTP or Biometric authentication with Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) during the registration of any registerable document on a voluntary basis.

The consent and purpose of collecting Aadhaar has been explained to me in local language. The Department of Treasury and Accounts Government of Punjab has informed me that my Aadhaar shall not be used for any purpose other than mentioned above.

I understand that the Biometrics and/or OTP, I provide for authentication shall be used only for authenticating my identity through the Aadhaar Authentication System for that specific purpose only.

I have been given other alternative means by the Department of Treasury and Accounts, Government of Punjab for KYC purposes including physical KYC by submitting officially valid documents and I have voluntarily chosen Aadhaar based KYC.

Name of the applicant with Aadhaar number.

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