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Part II—Section 1

Notifications or Orders of specific character or of particular interest to the public

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

CONTENTS

AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT Pages.

Redesignation of the post of Assistant Director of Agriculture (Quality Control Cell) as Assistant Director of Agriculture (Information and Quality Control) under the Fertilizer (Control) Order, 1985. 98 CO-OPERATION FOOD AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPARTMENT

Mandating use of Aadhaar Authentication by the benefi ciaries under the scheme of Public Distribution System as per the provisions of Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefi ts and Services) Act, 2016. .. .. .. .. 99-100

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DTP—II-1 (52)98 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE [Part II—Sec. 1

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT

Redesignation of the post of Assistant Director of Agriculture (Quality Control Cell) as Assistant Director of

Agriculture (Information and Quality Control) under the Fertilizer (Control) Order, 1985.

[G.O. Ms. No. 287, Agriculture (AP3), 4th December 2020, கார்த்திகை 19, சார்வரி, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2051.] No. II(1)/AG/26/2020.—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause 27 of the Fertilizer (Control) Order, 1985, the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following amendments to the Agriculture Department Notification No.II(1)/AG/8/2011, published at page 12 ofPart II—Section 1 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated the 2nd March, 2011.

A(cid:3477)(cid:3469)(cid:3478)(cid:3468)(cid:3477)(cid:3469)(cid:3478)(cid:3484)(cid:3483).

In the said Notifi cation, in the TABLE, under the heading 'Offi cers' in column (1) :-

(1) for the expression, "8. Assistant Director of Agriculture (Quality Control Cell)", the expression, "8. Assistant Director of Agriculture (Information and Quality Control)" shall be substituted;

(2) for the expression, "9. Assistant Director of Agriculture (Quality Control Cell), Thiruvallur", the expression, "9. Assistant Director of Agriculture (Information and Quality Control), Thiruvallur" shall be substituted.

NOTIFICATION-II

[G.O. Ms. No. 287, Agriculture (AP3), 4th December 2020, கார்த்திகை 19, சார்வரி, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2051.] No. II(1)/AG/27/2020.—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause 26A of the Fertilizer (Control) Order, 1985, the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following amendment to the Agriculture Department Notifi cation No. II(1)/AG/10/2011, published at page 13 of Part II—Section 1 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated the 2nd March, 2011.

A(cid:3477)(cid:3469)(cid:3478)(cid:3468)(cid:3477)(cid:3469)(cid:3478)(cid:3484).

In the said Notifi cation, for the expression, "Assistant Director of Agriculture (Quality Control Cell)", the expression, "Assistant Director of Agriculture (Information and Quality Control)" shall be substituted.

NOTIFICATION-III

[G.O. Ms. No. 287, Agriculture (AP3), 4th December 2020, கார்த்திகை 19, சார்வரி, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2051.] No. II(1)/AG/28/2020.—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause 32A of the Fertilizer (Control) Order, 1985, the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following amendment to the Agriculture Department Notifi cation No. II(1)/AG/11/2011, published at page 13 of Part II-Section 1 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated the 2nd March, 2011.

A(cid:3477)(cid:3469)(cid:3478)(cid:3468)(cid:3477)(cid:3469)(cid:3478)(cid:3484).

In the said Notifi cation, for the expression, "Assistant Director of Agriculture (Quality Control Cell)", the expression, "Assistant Director of Agriculture (Information and Quality Control)" shall be substituted.

GAGANDEEP SINGH BEDI,

Agricultural Production Commissioner and

Principal Secretary to Government.

CO-OPERATION FOOD AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPARTMENT

Mandating use of Aadhaar Authentication by the beneficiaries under the scheme of Public Distribution System as

per the provisions of Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and

Services) Act, 2016.

[G.O. Ms. No. 131, Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection (F2), 5th November 2020, ஐப்பசி 20, சார்வரி, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2051.]

No. II(1)/CFCP/29/2020.—WHEREAS, the use of Aadhaar as an identity document for delivery of services or benefi ts or subsidies simplifi es the Government delivery processes, brings in transparency and effi ciency, and enables benefi ciaries 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 Civil Supplies anal Consumer Protection Department (hereinafter referred to as the Department), is administering the Public Distribution System (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) to provide the essential commodities to eligible family cardholders, which is being implemented through the Commissioner of Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department (hereinafter referred to as the Implementing Agency);

AND WHEREAS, under the Scheme, the essential commodities (hereinafter referred to as the benefi t) is given to every eligible family cardholder (hereinafter referred to as the benefi ciaries), by the Implementing Agency as per the extant Scheme guidelines;

AND WHEREAS, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund of India or the Consolidated Fund of the State of Tamil Nadu.

NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefi ts and Services) Act, 2016 (Central Act 18 of 2016) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Government of Tamil Nadu hereby notifi es the following, namely:-

1. (1) An individual eligible for receiving the benefi ts 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 benefi ts 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 section 3 of the said Act, and such individuals shall visit any Aadhaar enrolment centre (list available at the Unique Identifi cation 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 benefi ciaries 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, benefi ts under the Scheme shall be given to such individual, subject to the production of the following documents in original, namely:-

(a) if he/she has enrolled, his/her Aadhaar Enrolment Identifi cation slip; and

(b) any one of the following documents, namely:-

(i) Bank or Post Offi ce Passbook with Photo; or

(ii) Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card; or

(iii) Passport; or

(iv) Voter Identity Card; or

(v) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Card; or

(vi) Kisan Photo Passbook; or

(vii) Driving license issued by the Licensing Authority under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988); or (viii) Certifi cate of identity having photo of such person issued by a Gazetted Offi cer or a Tehsildar on an offi cial letter head; or100 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE [Part II—Sec. 1 (ix) Government Photo ID Card PSU Photo ID Card

Provided further that the above documents may be checked by an offi cer specifi cally designated by the Department for that purpose.

2. In order to provide benefi ts to the benefi ciaries 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 benefi ciaries to make them aware of the said requirement.

3. In all cases, where Aadhaar authentication fails due to poor biometrics of the benefi ciaries or due to any other reason, the following remedial mechanisms shall be adopted, namely:-

(a) in case the biometric authentication through fi ngerprints 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; and

(b) in all other cases where biometric or Aadhaar One Time Password or Time- based One-Time Password authentication is not possible, benefi ts under the Scheme may be given on the basis of physical Aadhaar letter whose authenticity can be verifi ed through the Quick Response code printed on the Aadhaar Card in original and necessary arrangement of Quick Response code reader shall be provided at the convenient locations by the Department through its Implementing Agency.

4. In addition to the above, in order to ensure that no bonafi de benefi ciary under the Scheme is deprived of his due benefi ts, the Department through its Implementing Agency shall follow the exception handling mechanism as outlined in the Offi ce Memorandum of DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India dated 19th December 2017.

DAYANAND KATARIA, Additional Chief Secretary to Government. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU