TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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BACKWARD CLASSES, MOST BACKWARD CLASSES AND MINORITIES WELFARE DEPARTMENT

SOCIAL JUSTICE HOSTELS – HOSTEL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM – SOFTWARE – STUDENT

APPLICATION MODULE - USE OF AADHAAR AUTHENTICATION FOR THE BENEFICIARIES -  AS PER

THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 7 OF AADHAAR (TARGETED DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER

SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS AND SERVICES) ACT, 2016

G.O.Ms.No. 31, Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare [BCI(2)], 10th June 2026,

வைைகாாசி 27, பராாபவ, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2057.]

No. II(1)/BCMBCMW/7(t)/2026.

WHEREAS, the use of Aadhaar number 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, Directorate of Backward Classes Welfare, Directorate of Most Backward Classes and

Denotified Communities and Directorate of Minorities Welfare (hereinafter referred to as the Departments), is

administering Hostels and implementing the Hostels Management Information System Software through student

application module while applying for hostels admission.

AND WHEREAS, under the Scheme, the Welfare Assistance (hereinafter referred to as the benefit) is given

to every eligible registered students on Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes / Denotified Communities and

Minorities Welfare hostels (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries) by the implementing the Scheme guidelines

and those staff working in the Hostels are also covered under this scheme.

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 be required to furnish proof

of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication.

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CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10,  2026

Vaikasi 27, Parabhava, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2057

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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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(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 Departments

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 in original, namely:-

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

(b) 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 letterhead; or

(vii) Any other document as specified by the State Government

  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. In all cases, where Aadhaar authentication (facial/finger prints) 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 the biometric authentication through facial or fingerprints is not successful, wherever feasible

and admissible, authentication shall by Aadhaar One Time Password or Time -Based One-Time Password with

limited time validity, as the case may be, should be offered and

(b) 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 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

Departments 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 due benefits, the Departments 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.

V. DAKSHINAMOORTHY,

Secretary to Government.

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