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No. 38] CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 Purattasi 4, Subakiruthu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2053
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
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CO-OPERATION, FOOD AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPARTMENT
Notifi cation for the use of Aadhaar Number to establish the identity for the receipt of Minimum Support Price and incentives to farmers as per the provisions of Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefi ts and Services), Act 2016. .. .. .. .. 78-79
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DTP—II-1—3878 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE [Part II—Sec. 1
NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT
CO-OPERATION, FOOD AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPARTMENT
Notification for the use of Aadhaar Number to establish the identity for the receipt of Minimum Support Price
and incentives to farmers 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. 101, Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection (B1), 12th September 2022,
ஆவணி 27, சுபகிருது, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு்-2053.]
No.II(1)/CFCP/38/2022—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 Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection Department (hereinafter referred to as the Department), is administering the procurement of paddy under Decentralized Procurement System of the Government of India during Kharif Marketing Season and Rabi Marketing Season (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) to provide Minimum Support Price and incentives for the Paddy procured from the farmers, which is being implemented through Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the implementing Agency) ;
AND WHEREAS, under the Scheme, the Minimum Support Price and incentives (hereinafter referred to as the benefi t) is given to the farmers (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 Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby notifi es the following, namely :-
1. (1) A farmer 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 farmer 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 farmer 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 Taluk or Tehsil, the Department through its Implementing Agency shall provide Aadhaar enrolment facilities at convenient locations in co-ordination with the existing Registrars of UIDAI or by becoming a UIDAI Registrar themselves :
Provided that till the time Aadhaar is assigned to the farmer, benefi ts under the Scheme shall be given to such individual, subject to production of the following documents, namely:–
(a) If he/she has enrolled, his/her Aadhaar Enrolment Identifi cation Slip; and
(b) anyone 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 licence issued by the Licensing Authority under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988); orSep. 21, 2022] TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 79 (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 Department:
Provided further that the above documents shall 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 case 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 letter 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 Direct Benefi t Transfer Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, dated 19th December 2017.
5. This Notifi cation shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
J. RADHAKRISHNAN, Principal Secretary to Government. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU