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GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

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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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FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Appointment to the Treasuries & Accounts Department as Sub Authentication User Agency (Sub-AUA) with the Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency (TNeGA) under the regulation 15 of Aadhaar Regulations (Authentication) 2016 .. 90-92

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DTP—II-1—5090 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE [Part II—Sec. 1

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Appointment to the Treasuries & Accounts Department as Sub Authentication User Agency (Sub-AUA)

with the Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency (TNeGA) under the regulation 15 of Aadhaar Regulations

(Authentication) 2016.

[G.O. Ms. No. 355, Finance (T&A-III), 21st November 2022, கார்த்திகை 5, சுபகிருது, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2053.]

APPENDIX-I

Notification for the State Schemes where beneficiaries are other than children

No. II(1)FIN/42/2022.—

WHEREAS, the use of Aadhaar as an identity document for delivery of services or benefits or subsidies simplifies the Government delivery processes, brings in transparency and efficiency, and enables beneficiaries 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 Treasuries and Accounts Department (hereinafter referred to as the Department), is administering the IFHRMS-Integrated Financial and Human Resources Management System (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) to online Payment of bills and payment to beneficiaries through ECS, which is being implemented through the Department of Treasuries and Accounts (hereinafter referred to as the Implementing Agency;

AND WHEREAS, under the Scheme online payment of Salary, Pension and other payments to beneficiaries of various schemes through ECS (hereinafter referred to as the benefit) is given to the Government Employees, Government Pensioners and beneficiaries of various schemes implemented by Tamil Nadu Government through various Departments (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries), by their implementing Agency as per the extant Scheme guidelines;

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

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act. 2016 (Central 18 of 2016) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby notifies the following, namely:

1. (1) An individual eligible for receiving the benefits under the Scheme shall hereby be required to furnish proof of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhar authentication.

(2) Any individual desirous of availing benefits 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/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 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 offer Aadhaar enrolment facilities for the beneficiaries 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, benefits under the Scheme shall be given to such individual, subject to the production of the following documents, namely:-

(a) If he/she has enrolled, his Aadhaar Enrolment Identification slip; and

(b) Anyone of the following documents, namely:-

(i) Bank or Post office Passbook with Photo; or

(ii) Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card; or

(iii) Passport; or

(iv) Ration Card, or

(v) Voter Identity Card; or

(vi) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act [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); orDec. 14, 2022] TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 91 (ix) Certificate of identity having photo of such person issued by the Gazetted Officer or a Tehsildar on an officia letter head; or

(x) Any other document as specified by the Department

Provided further that the above documents may be checked by an officer specifically designated by the Department for that purpose.

2. In order to provide benefits to the beneficiaries 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 beneficiaries to make them aware of the said requirement.

3. ln all cases, where Aadhaar authentication fails due to poor biometrics of the beneficiaries or due to any other reason, the following remedial mechanisms shall be adopted, namely:-

(a) in case of poor fingerprint 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 finger-print authentication for delivery of benefits in seamless manner;

(b) in case biometric authentication through fingerprints 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, benefits under the Scheme may be given on the basis of physical Aadhaar letter whose authenticity can be verified through the Quick Response (QR) code printed on the Aadhaar letter and the necessary arrangement of Quick Response (QR) code reader shall be provided at the convenient locations by Department through its implementing Agency.

4. In addition to the above, in order to ensure that no bonafide beneficiary under the Scheme is deprived of his/her due benefits, the Department through its implementing Agency shall follow the exception handling mechanism as outlined in the Office Memorandum of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India Dated 19th December 2017.

5. This notification shall come into force with effect from the date of its publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Official Gazette.

APPENDIX-II

Notification for the State Schemes where beneficiaries are Children

[G.O. Ms. No. 355, Finance (T&A-III), 21st November 2022, கார்த்திகை 5, சுபகிருது, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2053.] WHEREAS, the use of Aadhaar as an identity document for delivery of services or benefits or subsidies simplifies the Government delivery processes, brings in transparency and efficiency, and enables beneficiaries 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 Treasuries and Accounts Department (hereinafter referred to as the Department) is administering the IFHRMS-Integrated Financial and Human Resources Management System (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) to Online Passing of bills and payment to beneficiaries through ECS which is being implemented through the Department of Treasuries and Accounts (hereinafter referred to as the Implementing Agency);

AND WHEREAS, under the Scheme, the online payment of Salary, Pension and other payments to beneficiaries of various schemes through ECS (hereinafter referred to as the benefit) is given to the Government Employees, Government Pensioners and beneficiaries of various schemes implemented by the Government of Tamil Nadu through various Departments (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries), by their implementing Agency as per the extant Scheme guidelines;

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

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (Central Act 18 of 2016) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby notifies the following, namely:

1. (1) A child desirous of availing the benefit under 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 benefits 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/her parents or guardians, before registering for the Scheme:

provided that he/she is entitled to obtain Aadhaar as per Section 3 of the said Act and such child 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 offer Aadhaar enrolment facilities of the beneficiaries 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 child, the benefits under the Scheme shall be given to such child subject to the production of the following documents, namely:-

(a) if the child has been enrolled after attaining the age of five years with biometrics collection), his/her Aadhaar Enrolment Identification slip, or of bio-metric update identification slip; and

(b) anyone of the following documents, namely:-

(i) Birth certificate; 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) anyone of the following documents as proof of relationship of the beneficiary with the parent or legal guardian as per the extant Scheme guidelines, namely:-

(i) Birth certificate; or Record of birth issued by the appropriate authority; or

(ii) Ration Card; or

(iii) Ex-Serviceman Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS Card, or Employee's 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 specified by the Government:

Provided further that the above documents may be checked by an officer specifically designated any the Department for that purpose.

2. In order to provide benefits to the beneficiaries 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 beneficiaries to make them aware of the said requirement.

3. ln all cases, where Aadhaar authentication fails due to poor biometrics of the beneficiaries or due to any other reason, the following remedial mechanisms shall be adopted, namely:-

(a) in case of poor fingerprint 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 finger- print authentication for delivery of benefits in seamless manner;

(b) in case biometric authentication through fingerprints 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 or Time-based One-Time Password authentication is not possible, benefits under the Scheme may be given on the basis of physical Aadhaar letter whose authenticity can be verified through the Quick Response (QR) code printed on the Aadhaar letter and the necessary arrangement of Quick Response (QR) code reader shall be provided at the convenient locations by Department through its implementing Agency.

4. Notwithstanding anything contained herein above, no child shall be denied benefit under the Scheme in case failure to establish his/her identity by undergoing authentication, or furnishing proof of possession of Aadhaar number, or in the case of a child whom no Aadhaar number has been assigned, producing an application for enrolment. The benefit shall be given to him by verifying his/her identity on the basis of other documents as mentioned in clauses (b) and (c) of the proviso of sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 1, and where benefit 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 notification shall come into force with effect from the date of its publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Official Gazette.

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