TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 568]

CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2021

Karthigai 15, 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

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GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

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2021

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ADI DRAVIDAR AND TRIBAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION OF MANDATING USE OF AADHAAR AUTHENTICATION BY THE BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE STATE

GOVERNMENT SCHEME FOR SCHEDULED CASTES 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. 99, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare(ADW3), 1st December 2021,

è£˜ˆF¬è 15, Hôõ, F¼õœÀõ˜ Ý‡´&2052.]

No. II(1)/ADTW/ 23(s-1) /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 Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department (hereinafter referred to as the Department), is

administering the State Post Matric Scholarship, Free Education upto Under Graduate level and Free education upto Post

Graduate level (Women) (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) for Scheduled Caste students and Scheduled Caste

students converted to Christianity students which is being implemented through the Commissionerate of Adi Dravidar

Welfare Department (hereafter referred to as the Implementing Agency);

AND WHEREAS, under the Scheme, the scholarship (hereafter referred to as the beneﬁ t) is given to every eligible

Scheduled Caste students and Scheduled Caste students converted to Christianity (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 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:-

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TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

(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 oﬀ er 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 Taluk

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 has enrolled, his 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)

Driving license issued by the Licensing Authority Under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

(Central Act 59 Of 1988); or

(vi) Certiﬁ cate of identity having photo of such person issued by a Gazetted Oﬃ cer or a

Tahsildar on an Oﬃ cial letter head; or

(vii) Any other document speciﬁ ed by the State Government

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

Department for that purpose.

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.

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 oﬀ ered; 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.

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 the 9th

December 2017.

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

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

[G.O. Ms. No. 100, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare(ADW3), 1st December 2021,

è£˜ˆF¬è 15, Hôõ, F¼õœÀõ˜ Ý‡´&2052.]

No. II(1)/ADTW/ 23(s-2)/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 Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department (hereinafter referred to as the Department), is

administering the State Post Matric Scholarship, Free Education upto Under Graduate level and Free education upto

Post Graduate level (Women) (here in after referred to as the Scheme) for Scheduled Tribe students which is being

implemented through the Directorate of Tribal Welfare Department (hereinafter referred to as the Implementing Agency);

AND WHEREAS, under the Scheme, the scholarship is given to every eligible Scheduled Tribe student, by the

Implementing Agency as per the Scheme guidelines;

AND WHEREAS, the aforesaid Schemes involves recurring expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund of the