REQUIREMENT OF AADHAR UNDER SECTION 7 OF AADHAR (TARGETED DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS AND SERVICES) ACT, 2016, FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER ‘KALYANALAKSHMI PATHAKAM’ AND ‘INCENTIVE TO INTER CASTE MARRIAGE COUPLES’ THROUGH SCHEDULED CASTES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

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R.N.I. No. TELMUL/2016/73158.

HSE No. 1051/2020-2022.

THE TELANGANA GAZETTE

PART-I EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 251-A ] HYDERABAD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2022.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

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SCHEDULED CASTES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

( POA )

REQUIREMENT OF AADHAR UNDER SECTION 7 OF AADHAR (TARGETED DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS AND SERVICES) ACT, 2016, FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER 'KALYANALAKSHMI PATHAKAM' AND 'INCENTIVE TO INTER CASTE MARRIAGE COUPLES' THROUGH SCHEDULED CASTES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

[G.O.Ms.No. 20, Scheduled Castes Development (POA), 24th November, 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 Scheduled Castes Development Department, Government of Telangana (herein after referred to as the Department) is administering " the Kalyana Lakshmi Scheme" and " Incentives to Intercaste Marriage Couples " (herein after referred to as the Schemes) in the State, which is being implemented through the Scheduled Castes Development Department as an Implementing Agency at the State (hereinafter referred to as the Implementing Agency (ies);

And whereas, under the Schemes, providing financial assistance, cash award and any other form of assistance (herein after referred as the benefit) to the Unmarried Girl / Bride / Marriage Couples (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries), by the above said Implementing Agency as per the extant Scheme guidelines;

And whereas, the aforesaid Schemes involve expenditure incurred from the Consolidated / Scheduled Caste Sub Plan Funds of Telangana State.

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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 Telangana State hereby notifies the following, namely:-

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

(II) Any individual desirous of availing benefits under the Schemes, 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 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 Schemes shall be given to such individual, subject to the production of the following documents, 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) Ration Card, or

(v) Voter Identity Card, or

(vi) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 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), or

(ix) Certificate of identity having photo of such person issued by a Gazetted Officer or a Tahsildar on an official 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 under the Schemes.

3) In 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 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 limited time validity, as the case may be, shall be offered ;

c) in all other cases where biometric or Aadhaar One Time Password or Timebased One-Time Password authentication is not possible, benefits under the Schemes 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 Department through its Implementing Agency.

4) In addition to the above, in order to ensure that no bonafide beneficiary under the Schemes 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-19th December, 2017.

This notification shall come into effect from the date if its publication in the official Gazette.

RAHUL BOJJA,

Secretary to Government (FAC).

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