ADI DRAVIDAR AND TRIBAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT

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	TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY EXTRAORDINARY

No. 508] CHENNAI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Aippasi 17, 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

AMENDMENTS TO THE NOTIFICATION FOR MANDATING USE OF AADHAAR AUTHENTICATION BY THE BENEFICIARIES (BOTH ADULT AND CHILDREN) UNDER STATE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES AS PER SECTION 7 READ WTH SECTION 3 OF THE AADHAAR (TARGETED DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS AND SERVICES) ACT, 2016

[G.O.Ms.No.102, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare (ADW.3), 3rd November 2022, ஐப்பசி 17, சுபகிருது, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2053.]

No. II(1)/ADTW/40(b)/2022.

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 7 read with Section 3A of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Beneﬁ ts and Services) Act, 2016 (Central Act 18 of 2016), the Government of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following amendments to the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department Notiﬁ cation No. II (1)/ADTW/23(s-1)/2021 published at Pages 1-2 in Part II-Section 1 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary, dated the 1st December, 2021.

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In the said Notiﬁ cation, for paragraph No.1, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:-

"1.(A) Aadhaar Authentication for the Schemes, where beneﬁciaries are other than children:-

(i) 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.

(ii) 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 Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) website www.uidai.gov.in) to get enrolled for Aadhaar.

(iii) 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:

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II-1 Ex. (508)2 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY 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.

(B) Aadhaar Authentication for the Scheme where beneﬁciaries are children:-

(i) A child desirous of availing the beneﬁ t under the scheme shall hereby be required to furnish proof of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar Authentication

(ii) Any child 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 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 3 of the said Act, and such children 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

(iii) 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:

Provided that till the time Aadhaar is assigned to the child, beneﬁ ts under the Scheme shall be given to such children, subject to the production of the following documents in original, namely:-

(a) If the child has enrolled, his Aadhaar Enrolment 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;

(ii) School identity card duly signed by the Pricipal of the school, containing

parents' names.

(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 Contibutory Health Scheme (ECHS) Card; or Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Card; or Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) Card; or

(iv) Pension Card; or

(v) Army Canteen Card; or

(vi) any Government Family Entitlement Card; or

(vii) any other document as speciﬁ ed by the State Government":

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Provid further that the above documents shall be checked by an oﬃ cer speciﬁ cally designated by the Department for that purpose;

(2) after paragraph No.4, the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely;

"4A. Notwithstanding anything contained herein above, no child shall be denied beneﬁ t under the Scheme 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 enrollment. 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(B) 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".

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

ADI DRAVIDAR AND TRIBAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT - Amendments to the Notification for Mandating use of Aadhaar Authentication by the Beneficiaries (Both Adult and Children) under State Scholarship Schemes