LABOUR WELFARE AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT - Mandating Aadhaar Authentication of the Beneficiaries for the Assistances Provided under Welfare Schemes of 16 Welfare Boards.

No. 390] CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 Aavani 16, Pilava, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2052

Part II—Section 1

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

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

LABOUR WELFARE AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

MANDATING AADHAAR AUTHENTICATION OF THE BENEFICIARIES FOR THE ASSISTANCES PROVIDED UNDER WELFARE SCHEMES OF 16 WELFARE BOARDS.

[G.O. Ms. No.113, Labour Welfare and Skill Development (I1), 1st September 2021,

ஆவணி 16, பிலவ, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2052]

No. II(1)/LWSD/23(a)/2021.

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 LABOUR WELFARE AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (hereinafter referred to as the Department) is administering the Welfare Schemes to the unorganised workers of Tamil Nadu (hereinafter referred to as the Schemes) which are being implemented through the TAMIL NADU MANUAL WORKERS SOCIAL SECURITY WELFARE BOARD AND 15 OTHER WELFARE BOARDS (hereinafter referred to as the implementing agency);

AND WHEREAS, under the Schemes, the Assistances (hereinafter referred to as the benefi t) is given to the registered unorganised workers (hereinafter referred to as the benefi ciaries), by the implementing agency as per the extant Scheme guidelines;

AND WHEREAS, the aforesaid Schemes involve recurring expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund of Government of Tamil Nadu;

NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of section 7 of 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 said Schemes shall hereby be required to furnish proof of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication.

Provided that he / she 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, the benefi ts under the Welfare Schemes 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) Ration Card; or

(v) Voter Identitiy Card; or

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

(vii) Kisan Photo Passbook; or

(viii) Driving License issued by the Licensing Authority under the Motor Vehicles Act,1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988);

or

(ix) Certifi cate of Identity having photo of such person issued by a Gazetted Offi cer or a Tehsildar on an offi cial letter head; or

(x) any other document as specifi ed by the Department

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 Welfare Schemes 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 of poor fi ngerprint 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 fi nger-print authentication for delivery of benefi ts in seamless manner;

(b) in case the biometric authentication through fi ngerprints or iris scan or face authentication 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

(c) 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 (QR) code printed on the Aadhaar letter in original and the necessary arrangement of Quick Response (QR) 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 Welfare Schemes is deprived of his/her due benefi ts, the Department through its Implementing Agency shall follow the exception handling mechanism as outlined in the Offi ce Memorandum of Direct Benefi t Transfer (DBT) Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India dated the 19th December 2017.

5. This Notifi cation shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.