WELFARE OF DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS DEPARTMENT - Notification of Mandating use of Aadhaar Authentication by the Beneficiaries under the Schemes Implemented by the Welfare of Differently Abled Persons Department

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No. 465] CHENNAI, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 Purattasi 10, 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

WELFARE OF DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION OF MANDATING USE OF AADHAAR AUTHENTICATION BY THE BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE SCHEMES IMPLEMENTED BY THE WELFARE OF DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS DEPARTMENT AS PER SECTION 7 OF THE AADHAAR (TARGETED DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS AND SERVICES) ACT, 2016.

[G.O. Ms. No. 26, Welfare of Differently Abled Persons (DAP-3.2), 26th September 2022,

புரட்டாசி 9, சுபகிருது, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2053.]

No. II(1)/WDAP/38(c-1)/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 Welfare of Differently Abled Persons Department (hereinafter referred to as the Department), is administering the Welfare Schemes specifi ed in the Schedule annexed to this Notifi cation to the Differently Abled Persons residing in the State (hereinafter referred to as the Schemes), which is being implemented through the Commissionerate for Welfare of the Differently Abled (hereinafter referred to as the Implementing Agency);

AND WHEREAS, under the Schemes, the assistances as mentioned in the Schedule annexed to this notifi cation is given to the Differently Abled Persons residing in the State (hereinafter referred to as the benefi ciaries), by the implementing Agency as per the extent Scheme guidelines;

AND WHEREAS, the aforesaid Schemes involve recurring expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund of the State;

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 any of the Scheme shall hereby be required to furnish proof of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication.

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Ex-II-1—(465)2 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY (2) Any individual desirous of availing benefi ts under any of 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 Identification 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/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 Identity Card; or

(vi) MGNREGA 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 Tahsildar on an Offi cial letter head; or

(x) Government Photo ID Card; or

(xi) 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.

2. In order to provide benefi ts to the benefi ciaries under the 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 nger-print quality, iris scan or face authentication facility shall be adopted for authentication. There by the Department through its implementing Agency shall make provisions for iris scanners or face authentications along with fi nger-print authentication for delivery of benefi ts in seamless manner;

(b) 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;

(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 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 Schemes 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 the 19th December 2017.

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

R. ANANDAKUMAR, Secretary to Government.

ANNEXURE

T(cid:3472)(cid:3469) S(cid:3467)(cid:3472)(cid:3469)(cid:3468)(cid:3485)(cid:3476)(cid:3469)

R. ANANDAKUMAR, Secretary to Government.

NOTIFICATION-II

[G.O. Ms. No. 26, Welfare of Differently Abled Persons (DAP-3.2), 26th September 2022,

புரட்டாசி 9, சுபகிருது, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2053.]

No. II(1)/WDAP/38(c-2)/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 Welfare of Differently Abled Persons Departments is administering the Welfare Schemes specifi ed in the Schedule annexed to this Notifi cation to the Differently Abled Children residing in the State (hereinafter referred to as schemes), which is being implemented through the Commissionerate for Welfare of the Differently Abled (hereinafter referred to as the Implementing Agency);

AND WHEREAS, under the Schemes, the assistances as mentioned in the Schedule annexed to this notifi cation is given to the Differently Abled Children residing in the State (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 the State;

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) A child desirous of availing the benefi t under any of the Scheme shall hereby be required to furnish proof of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication.

(2) Any child desirous of availing the benefi t under any of 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 subject to the consent of his parents or guardians, before registering for the Scheme provided that he is entitled to obtain Aadhaar as per Section 35 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY of the said Act and such children shall visit any Aadhaar enrolment centre (list available at the Unique Identifi cation Authority of India (UlDAl) 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 coordination with the existing Registrars of UIDAI or by becoming a UIDAI Registrar themselves:

(4) Provided that till the time Aadhaar is assigned to the child, the benefi t under the Scheme shall be given to such children, subject to production of the following documents, namely:-

(a) If the child has been enrolled after attaining the age of fi ve years (with biometrics collection), his Aadhaar Enrollment identifi cation slip, or of bio-metric update identifi cation slip, and

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

(i) Birth Certifi cate; or Record of Birth issued by the appropriate authority; or (ii) School Identity Card, duly signed by the Principal of the school, containing parents names; and

(c) any one of the following documents as proof of relationship of the benefi ciary with the parent or legal guardian as per the extant Scheme guidelines, namely:-

(i) Birth Certifi cate; or Record of Birth issued by the appropriate authority; or (ii) Ration Card; or

(iii) Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) Card; or Employees, State insurance Corporation (ESIC) Card; or Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) Card; or

(iv) Pension Payment Order; or

(v) Army Canteen Card; or

(vi) Any Government Family Entitlement Card; or

(vii) Any other document as may be 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. ln order to provide benefi ts to the benefi ciaries under the Schemes conveniently, the Department through its Implementing Agency shall make all the required arrangements to ensure that wide publicity through media shall be given to the benefi ciaries to make them aware of the said requirement.

3. ln 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;

(c) In all other cases where biometric or Aadhaar one Time password (OTP) or Time- based One-time password authentication is not possible, benefi ts under the Schemes 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 and the necessary arrangement of QR code reader shall be provided at the convenient locations by the Department through its Implementing Agency.

4. Notwithstanding anything contained herein above, no child shall be denied benefi t under the Schemes in case of failure to establish his identity by undergoing authentication, or furnishing proof of possession of Aadhaar number, or in the case of a child to whom no Aadhaar number has been assigned, producing an application for enrolment. The benefi t shall be given to him by verifying his identity on the basis of other documents as mentioned in clauses (b) and (c) of the proviso to sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 1, and where benefi t is given on the basis of such other documents, a separate register shall be maintained to record the same, which shall be reviewed and audited periodically by the Department through its Implementing Agency.

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

R. ANANDAKUMAR, Secretary to Government.

ANNEXURE

T(cid:3472)(cid:3469) S(cid:3467)(cid:3472)(cid:3469)(cid:3468)(cid:3485)(cid:3476)(cid:3469)

R. ANANDAKUMAR, Secretary to Government. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU