Statutory Notifications and Orders issued by Heads of Departments. TAMIL NADU CORPORATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN (TNCDW)--Authorization accorded by MEITY, Gol for performing of Aadhaar authentication under the provision of Aadhaar - Notification No. SRO C-7/2024.--(Roc. No.1807/H1/2017)

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TAMIL NADU CORPORATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN (TNCDW) Pages Authorization accorded by MEITY, Gol for performing of Aadhaar authentication under the provision of Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefi ts and Services) Act, 2016 .. .. .. .. .. 26-27

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DTP—III-2 (20)26 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE [Part III—Sec. 2

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TAMIL NADU CORPORATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN (TNCDW)

Authorization accorded by MEITY, Gol for performing of Aadhaar authentication under the provision of

Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016.

(Roc. No.1807/H1/2017)

No. SRO C-7/2024.—

Whereas sub clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (4) of Section 4 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"), allows performing authentication on voluntary basis, for such purpose, as the Central Government in consultation with the Unique Identifi cation Authority of India and in the interest of State, may prescribe;

AND WHEREAS, for such purpose the Government of India framed the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2020 wherein the State Government can seek permission under the said rules to use Aadhaar on Voluntary basis.

AND WHEREAS, the Government of India vide Offi ce Memorandum eF. No. 13(6)/2021-EG.II, dated 23.05.2023 has conveyed the approval of the competent authority to allow the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women, Government of Tamil Nadu to use Aadhaar authentication services on voluntary basis, in seeding Aadhaar Numbers of SHG members / Poor Households in computerized records in terms of rule 5 of the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation Knowledge) Rules, 2020 read with sub clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (4) of Section 4 of the said Act;

NOW, THEREFORE the Government of Tamil Nadu hereby notifi es that the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RD&PR), Government of Tamil Nadu can seek Aadhaar authentication services on voluntary basis, for seeding Aadhaar Humbers of SHG Members/households in computerized records, in terms of rule 5 of the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2020 read with sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (4) of section 4 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefi ts and Services) Act, 2016 ("Act"), performance of Aadhaar authentication, on a voluntary basis, by Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women, for authentication of Self Help Groups members for implementing Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihoods Mission in rural and Tamil Nadu Urban Livelihoods Mission in urban areas, by enabling poor households to engage in gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment through livelihood interventions and facilitating access to fi nancial and other services, using Yes/No or/and eKYC authentication facility., subject to the following conditions namely:-

1. The informed consent of the SHG Members / Poor Households shall be obtained for the purpose of authentication in terms of the said Act. The purposes for which the Aadhaar number and related information is being sought must be communicated clearly to the households. Specifi cally, the manner in which the Aadhaar number will be collected, stored and used shall be clearly communicated to the households. Specifi cally, the manner in which the Aadhaar number will be collected, stored and used shall be clearly communicated to the Households.

2. There shall not be denial of any service/benefi t to households on account of failure of Aadhaar based authentication.

3. The SHG members/ poor households shall be informed of alternate mechanism of identifi cation/verifi cation as the instant usage of Aadhaar authentication is permitted purely on voluntary basis.

4. There shall not be display of Aadhaar number anywhere in system and wherever required only last 4 digits of Aadhaar number may be displayed.

5. Aadhaar number shall be stored securely in Aadhaar Data Vault and in accordance with directions provided vide Unique Identifi cation Authority of India (UIDAI) Circular dated 25-07-2017 in this regard. Any sharing of Aadhaar number shall be done in an encrypted and secured manner and only in accordance with provisions of Section 29 of the said Act.

6. Complete details of the e-KYC information of the resident shall not be displayed on the screen, instead only necessary demographic details such as fi rst name, year of birth etc, may be displayed.

7. Bio-metric"authentication of benefi ciaries shall be performed only by the persons / agencies authorized for this purpose by the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women, RD&PR Government of Tamil Nadu.

8. The Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women, RD&PR Government of Tamil Nadu shall get its software applications used for this purpose audited by a CERT-IN empanelled I Auditor and submit the report to the UIDAI. Any subsequent suggestion made by the UIDAI may also be complied with.

9. The Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women, RD&PR Government of Tamil Nadu may encourage use of Iris-based biometric authentication, wherever required, considering that it is more accurate, contactless and safe.

10. The Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women, RD&PR Government of Tamil Nadu shall comply with all the relevant provisions of the said Act, its associated regulations and other instructions issued by UIDAI from time-to-time.

11. The Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women, RD&PR Government of Tamil Nadu shall separately notify the alternate methods of identifi cation in case any of the SHG Members / Poor Households does not intend to authenticate using his Aadhaar.

The consent form to be collected from the claimants is specifi ed in schedule "A"

S(cid:3467)(cid:3472)(cid:3469)(cid:3468)(cid:3485)(cid:3476)(cid:3469) "A"

Consent Form Format

I —————————————————(Aadhaar holder) hereby consent for the use of my Aadhaar Number on voluntary basis to use for yes/no demographic authentication OR for fetching my identity and other information for purpose of e-KYC through Unique Identifi cation Authority of India (UIDAI), using the Aadhaar OTP or Biometric authentication with UIDAI and to use it in computerized records and seed the details in the TNCDW database.

The consent and purpose of collecting Aadhaar has been explained to me in local language. The Department has informed me that my Aadhaar shall not be used for any purpose other than mentioned above.

I have been given other alternative means by the department for KYC purposes including physical KYC by submitting offi cially valid documents and I have voluntarily chosen Aadhaar based KYC.

I understand that the Biometrics and/or OTP I provide for authentication shall be used only for authenticating my identity through the Aadhaar authentication system for TNCDW Schemes and for no other purposes.

S. DIVYADHARSHINI, Chennai-34, 10th May 2024.

Managing Director

(TNCDW).

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