TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

[Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2025

[Price: Rs. 1.60 Paise.

No. 114]

CHENNAI, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2025

Maasi 27, Kurothi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2056

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II-1 Ex. (114)

BACKWARD CLASSES, MOST BACKWARD CLASSES AND MINORITIES

WELFARE DEPARTMENT

ULEMA AND EMPLOYEES WELFARE BOARD UNDER SECTION 7 OF AADHAAR (TARGETED DELIVERY OF

FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS AND SERVICES) ACT, 2016 (CENTRAL ACT 18 OF 2016)

[G.O. Ms. No. 14, Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare (S1), 11th March 2025,

மாசி 27, குரோோதி, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2056.]

No. II(1)/BCMBCMW/7(c)/2025.

Notification of mandating use of Aadhaar Authentication by the beneficiaries under the scheme of Ulema and

Employees Welfare Board for Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department as per the

provisions of Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits, and Services) Act,

2016 (Central Act of 2016).

The Ulemas and Employees Welfare Board Government of Tamil Nadu is implementing the following welfare schemes

for educational and economical advancement of Aalims, Pesh-Imams, Arabic Teachers, Mothinars, Bilal, Mujavars and other

employees working in Mosques, Darghas, Burial grounds, Thaikas, Ashurkhanas, Muslim Orphanages and Madarasas in

the State, who are registered in this board.

Accidental Insurance

ii.

Natural Death

iii.

Funeral Expenses

iv.

Scholarship

Marriage assistance

vi.

Maternity Assistance

vii. Abortion

viii. Reimbursement for cost of Spectacle

ix.

Old Age Pension

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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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, Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department of Tamil Nadu

(hereinafter referred to as the Department), is administering the Post Matric Scholarship, Fee Education Scholarship to

Degree Level, Free Education Scholarship to Polytechnic Level, Free Education Scholarship to Professional Level for

Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities students (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme)

which is being implemented through the Directorate of Backward Classes Welfare and Directorate of Most Backward

Classes and Denotified Communities Welfare Departments (hereinafter referred to as the Implementing Agency);

AND WHEREAS, under the Scheme, the scholarship (hereinafter referred to as the benefit) is given to every

eligible Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities students (hereinafter referred to as the

beneficiaries) by the implementing Agency as per the extent Scheme guidelines.

AND WHEREAS, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from 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,

Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (Central Act 18 of 2016) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Government of

Tamil Nadu hereby notifies the following, namely:-

(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 Aadhaar 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 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 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, benefits under, the scheme shall be given to such

individual, subject to the production of the following documents, namely:-

If he has enrolled, his Aadhaar Enrolment Identification Slip; and

any one 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)

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)

Certificate of identity having a photo of such person issued by a Gazetted Officer or a Tahsildar on

an Official letter head; or

(vii) 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.

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3. In all cases, where Aadhaar authentication fails due to poor bio-metrics of the beneficiaries or due to any other

reason, the following remedial mechanisms shall be adopted, namely,-

(a) in case of poor finger print quality, iris scan or face authentication facility shall be adopted for authentication,

the 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 the 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

remitted time validity, as the case may be, shall be offered;

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 QR code reader shall be provided at the convenient locations by the implementing Agency.

4. In addition to the above in order to ensure that no bonafide beneficiary under the Scheme is deprived of his due

benefits, the Department through its Implementing Agency shall follow the exception-handling mechanism as outlined

in the Office Memorandum of Direct Benefit Transfer Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, dated the

19th of December 2017.

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

Extraordinary.

C.VIJAYARAJ KUMAR,

Principal Secretary to Government.

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