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RAJASTHAN GAZETTE

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Education Department of Rajasthan

Notification

Jaipur, February 23, 2026

S.O.167 .-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 Free Textbook Distribution Scheme, hereinafter referred to as the said

scheme;

And whereas, Free Textbook, hereinafter referred to as the said benefit, is given to the

eligible 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 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

beneficiaries who are yet to be enrolled, or update their Aadhaar details through

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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 10^thclass or

higher secondary or 12^th 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;

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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 10^thclass or

higher secondary or 12^th 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 10^thclass or

higher secondary or 12^th 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

the

Department

Empowerment

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 Education

Department of Rajasthan 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.

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

of the same, which shall be reviewed and audited periodically by the

department.

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 19^th December, 2017of the Direct

Benefit Transfer Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India (available on

https://dbtbharat.gov.in).

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.