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RAJASTHAN GAZETTE
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Education Department of Rajasthan
Notification
Jaipur, February 23, 2026
S.O.164 .-Whereas, the use of Aadhaar number and Jan-Aadhaar number to establish
identity enables individuals to receive subsidies, benefits and services in a convenient and
seamless manner, obviates the need for multiplicity of documents to establish identity,
simplifies processes and promotes transparency and efficiency;
And whereas, the Education Department Rajasthan, hereinafter referred to as the said
Department, in the Government of Rajasthan, hereinafter referred to as the said Government,
is administering BARAN JILE KE SAHARIYA KSHETRA KE SAHARIYA JANJATI
VIDHYARTHIYON KO AARTHIK SAHAYATA (Class 6 to Class 12), hereinafter referred
to as the said scheme;
And whereas, Rs. 2500 per year, hereinafter referred to as the said benefit, is given to
eligible students, hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries, under the said scheme and the
instructions and guidelines issued in respect thereof;
And whereas expenditure for the said scheme is incurred from the Consolidated Fund
of the State;
And whereas the said Department is desirous that the said Government, for the
purpose of establishing identity of a beneficiary as a condition for the receipt of the said
benefit, require that such beneficiary undergo authentication, or furnish proof of possession
of Aadhaar number and Jan-Aadhaar number or in the case of an individual to whom no
Aadhaar number and Jan-Aadhaar number has been assigned, make an application for
enrolment;
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the provisions of section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted
Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, hereinafter
referred to as the said Act and section 3, 4 and 14 of the Rajasthan Jan-Aadhar Authority
Act, 2020 (Act No. 3 of 2020), the State Government hereby notifies the following, namely:-
1. (1) An individual desirous of availing of the said benefit under the said scheme shall
be required to undergo authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar
number and Jan-Aadhaar number.
(2) In case such an individual has not been assigned an Aadhaar number and Jan-
Aadhaar number, he shall be required to make an application for enrolment:
Provided that if that individual is a child, such application shall be made only
with the consent of his parent or legal guardian.
(3) In accordance with the provisions of regulation 12 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and
Update) Regulations, 2016, the said Department shall ensure enrolment of such
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beneficiaries who are yet to be enrolled, or update their Aadhaar details through
appropriate measures, including coordination with Registrars and setting up
enrolment centers at convenient locations or providing enrolment facilities by
becoming a Registrar itself:
Provided that till such time an Aadhaar number and Jan-Aadhaar number is
assigned to such beneficiary, he may establish his identity to avail of the said
benefit, by presenting the following documents to which he is entitled and which
are valid at the time of presentation, or, in case the software provided or
authorized by the said Department for such identification supports electronic
obtaining of information evidencing the contents of such documents from the
database of the authorities dealing with the preparation or maintenance thereof, by
giving his consent for so obtaining, namely:-
For a child below 18 years of age to whom an Aadhaar number and Jan-
Aadhaar number has not been assigned:
(a) The acknowledgement of the beneficiary having undergone the process of
enrolment, provided by the operator at the enrolment centre, containing the
Enrolment ID (EID); and
(b) Any one of the following documents to evidence that the beneficiary is a
child below 18 years of age, namely:-
(i)
Certificate of birth given under the Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1969, as extracted from the entry made in the register of
births regarding the birth of the beneficiary;
(ii)
Indian passport;
(iii) Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or
higher secondary or 12th class, issued by a recognised board of
school education;
(iv) In respect of a child in need of care and protection or a child in
conflict with law, who is housed by Child Care Institution registered
as such with the State Government concerned under the rules made
by it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)
Act, 2015, certificate specifying his date of birth issued by the
person-in-charge, superintendent, child welfare officer or probation
officer of such institution; or
(v)
In respect of a foreign national,-
(I)
if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas
Citizen of India Card;
(II)
if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a
Foreigners Regional Registration Office;
(III) if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or
Bhutan;
(IV) if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder,
Tibetan refugee or a national of Nepal or Bhutan, either an
Indian visa along with foreign passport or a Long Term Visa
to India along with currently valid or expired foreign passport;
or
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(c) Any one of the following documents, having the photograph of the
beneficiary, to evidence his relationship with the parent or legal guardian,
namely:-
(i) Ration card;
(ii) Caste certificate or domicile certificate, issued by a Gazetted officer
who is an Executive Magistrate or a revenue officer of the State
Government, not below the rank of Tehsildar;
(iii) Medical or insurance identity card issued by a government entity or
public sector enterprise to a retired or serving public servant or his
family member;
(iv) Indian passport;
(v) Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or
higher secondary or 12th class, issued by a recognised board of
school education;
(vi) In respect of a child in need of care and protection or a child in
conflict with law, who is housed by Child Care Institution registered
as such with the State Government concerned under the rules made
by it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)
Act, 2015, certificate specifying his date of birth issued by the
person-in-charge, superintendent, child welfare officer or probation
officer of such institution; or
(vii) In respect of a foreign national,-
(I)
if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas
Citizen of India Card;
(II) if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a
Foreigners Regional Registration Office;
(III) if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or
Bhutan;
(IV) if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder,
Tibetan refugee or a national of Nepal or Bhutan, either an
Indian visa along with foreign passport or a Long Term
Visa to India along with currently valid or expired foreign
passport; or
(viii) In respect of a beneficiary who has a legal guardian, adoption
order or other document to evidence legal guardianship, which is
issued by a court of law or competent authority under the
Guardians and Wards Act, 1890,the Juvenile Justice (Care and
Protection of Children) Act, 2015, the National Trust for Welfare
of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and
Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 or the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities Act, 2016 and the applicable rules and regulations
made under the said Acts; or
(ix) Any other document as the said Education Department of
Rajasthan may specify.
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For beneficiaries aged 18 years or more to whom an Aadhaar number and
Jan-Aadhaar number has not been assigned:
(a) The acknowledgement of the beneficiary having undergone the process of
enrolment, provided by the operator at the enrolment centre, containing the
EID; and
(b) Any one of the following documents, having the beneficiary’s photograph,
namely:-
(i) Elector’s Photo Identity Card issued by the Election Commission of
India;
(ii) Ration card;
(iii) Caste certificate or domicile certificate, issued by a Gazetted officer
who is an Executive Magistrate or a revenue officer of the State
Government, not below the rank of Tehsildar;
(iv) Medical or insurance identity card issued by a government entity or
public sector enterprise to a retired or serving public servant or his
family member;
(v) Indian passport;
(vi) Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or
higher secondary or 12th class, issued by a recognised board of school
education;
(vii) Identity card or other identity document issued to serving or retired
public servant by a government entity or a public sector enterprise;
(viii) Disability certificate issued by notified medical authority under Rights
of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017, or Unique Disability
Identification
(UDID)
card
issued
by
the
Department
of
Empowerment
of
Persons
with
Disabilities
(Divyangjan),
Government of India;
(ix)
Driving license issued in India:
(x) In respect of a child in need of care and protection or a child in
conflict with law, who is housed by Child Care Institution registered
as such with the State Government concerned under the rules made by
it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act,
2015, certificate specifying his date of birth issued by the person-in-
charge, superintendent, child welfare officer or probation officer of
such institution; or
(xi)
In respect of a foreign national,-
(I)
if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder,
Overseas Citizen of India Card;
(II)
if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued
by a Foreigners Regional Registration Office;
(III)
if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal
or Bhutan;
(IV)
if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India
Cardholder, Tibetan refugee or a national of Nepal or
Bhutan, either an Indian visa along with foreign passport
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or a Long Term Visa to India along with currently valid
or expired foreign passport; or
(xii) In respect of a beneficiary who has a legal guardian, adoption order
or other document to evidence legal guardianship, which is issued
by a court of law or competent authority under the Guardians and
Wards Act, 1890, the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of
Children) Act, 2015, the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with
Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple
Disabilities Act, 1999 or the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act,
2016 and the applicable rules and regulations made under the said
Acts; or
(xiii) Any other document as the said Education Department of Rajasthan
may specify:
(4) An officer designated by the said Department in this behalf shall check in respect
of the documents presented or the information evidencing the contents thereof
under clause (3),-
(a) the status of the enrolment request by submitting the EID on my Aadhaar
portal (https://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/portal) to confirm that the EID is valid
and that the enrolment request does not stand rejected; and
(b) the other documents, and for this purpose, may take the assistance of and
share the information presented with any government entity or an authority
that deals with the preparation or maintenance of the information contained in
such documents.
2. In order to enable beneficiaries to avail of the said benefits conveniently, the Department
shall make all necessary steps to ensure wide publicity through media to make the
beneficiaries aware of the requirement of Aadhaar number and Jan-Aadhaar number
under the said scheme.
3. Where the authentication of the Aadhaar number and Jan-Aadhaar number of a
beneficiary done through any of the biometric-based modes of authentication (namely,
facial image, fingerprints or iris scan based authentication) fails due to any reason, such
as poor quality of biometric information, the following remedial mechanisms shall be
adopted, namely:-
(a) In case any particular biometric-based mode of authentication is not
successful, any other mode of biometric-based authentication or one-time pin
(OTP) based authentication shall, wherever feasible and admissible, be
offered;
(b) In cases where biometric-based or OTP-based modes of authentication are not
possible, benefits under the said scheme may, after establishing the
genuineness of the Aadhaar number and Jan-Aadhaar number by doing offline
verification of the digital signature certificate of UIDAI on the Aadhaar Secure
Quick Response (QR) Code or the Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC
document, as the case may be, be given on the basis of any of the following:-
(i)
An Aadhaar Secure Quick Response (QR) Code containing
Aadhaar card, Aadhaar letter (i.e., the letter issued to an Aadhaar
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number holder on generation of his Aadhaar number)or e-Aadhaar
(i.e., the password-protected electronic copy of Aadhaar letter
downloadable from the website of UIDAI or accessible using its
mAadhaar app), after its genuineness is established through offline
verification by scanning the QR code using the Aadhaar QR
Scanner or mAadhaar apps.
(ii)
Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC document (downloadable from
the website of UIDAI or accessible using its mAadhaar app), after
its genuineness is established through offline verification of the
digital signature certificate of UIDAI on the document through the
application developed by the Ministry or Department or scheme
implementing agency concerned for this purpose, in accordance
with the details given in this regard on the website of UIDAI.
4.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein above,-
(a) benefit under the said scheme shall not be denied to a child-
(i)
in case of failure to establish his identity by undergoing
authentication or to furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number
and Jan-Aadhaar number; or
(ii) in case of production of an application for enrolment where he has
not been assigned an Aadhaar number and Jan-Aadhaar number;
and
(b)
benefit under the said scheme shall be given to such a child by verifying
his identity and establishing his relationship with his parent or legal
guardian in the manner specified in the proviso to clause (3) and
(c)
where benefit is given under clause (b), a record shall be maintained in
respect of the same, which shall be reviewed and audited periodically by
the department.
5.
In order to ensure that bona-fide beneficiaries who are aged 18 years or more are not
deprived of the benefit due to them under the said scheme, the Education Department of
Rajasthan shall follow the exception handling mechanism specified in the Office
Memorandum no. D-26011/04/2017-DBT, dated the 19th December, 2017of the Direct
Benefit Transfer Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India (available on
https://dbtbharat.gov.in).
6.
This notification shall be effective from the date of its publication in the Official
Gazette.
[F. No. Shivira/Madhya/Scholarship/DBT/2024-25-24621/Part file(7)-8052350]
By order of the Governor,
OM PRAKASH VERMA,
Sr. Deputy Secretary to the Government.
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Government Central Press, Jaipur.