NOTIFICATION FOR REQUIREMENT OF AADHAR UNDER SECTION 7 OF AADHAR (TARGETED DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS AND SERVICES) ACT 2016 FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER AASARA PENSION SCHEME FUNDED OUT FROM CONSOLIDATED FUND OF TELANGANA STATE WHERE BENEFICIARIES ARE OTHER THAN CHILDERN– REVISED ORDERS-ISSUED.

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

HSE No. 1051/2020-2022.

THE TELANGANA GAZETTE

PART-VII EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 51] HYDERABAD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2022.

NOTIFICATIONS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF

PANCHAYAT RAJ

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NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

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PANCHAYAT RAJ AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

(SERPT/TSIRD)

NOTIFICATION FOR REQUIREMENT OF AADHAR UNDER SECTION 7 OF AADHAR (TARGETED DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS AND SERVICES) ACT 2016 FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER AASARA PENSION SCHEME FUNDED OUT FROM CONSOLIDATED FUND OF TELANGANA STATE WHERE BENEFICIARIES ARE OTHER THAN CHILDERN– REVISED ORDERS-ISSUED.

[G.O.Ms.No.43, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (SERPT/TSIRD),

15thDecember, 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 Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Government of Telangana (hereinafter referred to as the Department), is administering the Aasara Scheme' (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) to provide Pensions and Financial Assistance to the persons under BPL category, which is being implemented through the Chief Executive Officer, Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) at the state level (hereinafter referred to as the Implementing Agency),

And whereas, under the Scheme, pension amount is released to the Old age/Widows/ Disabled/ Toddy Tappers/ Weavers/ HIV Patients / Filaria Patients and Financial Assistance to Beedi Workers and Single Women (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries), by the Implementing Agency as per the extant Scheme guidelines;

And whereas, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund of

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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 (18 of 2016) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the government of Telangana 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 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 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.

4. 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 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) MGNREGA card; or

(vii) Kisan Photo passbook; or

(viii) Driving license issued by the Licensing Authority under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988);

or

(ix) Certificate of identity having photo of such person issued by a Gazetted Officer or a Tehsildar on an official letter head; or

(x) any other document as specified by the Department:

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

6. 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.

7. 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 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 QR code reader shall be provided at the convenient locations by the Department through its Implementing Agency.

8. In addition to the above, in order to ensure that no bona fide beneficiary underthe 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 DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India No.D-26011/ 04/2017-DBT, dated 19th December 2017 (available on https://dbtbharat.qov.in/).

9. This notification shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

NOTIFICATION FOR REQUIREMENT OF AADHAR UNDER SECTION 7 OF AADHAR (TARGETED DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS AND SERVICES) ACT' 2016 FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER AASARA PENSION SCHEME FUNDED OUT FROM CONSOLIDATED FUND OF TELANGANA STATE WHERE BENEFICIARIES ARE CHILDERN – REVISED ORDERS -ISSIED.

[G.O.Ms.No.44, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (SERPT/TSIRD),

15thDecember, 2022.]

2. 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 Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Government of Telangana (hereinafter referred to as the Department), is administering the 'Aasara Scheme' (hereinafter referred to as the Schemes to provide pensions to the Disabled Children under BPL Category, which is being implemented through the Chief Executive Officer, Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) at the state level (hereinafter referred to as the Implementing Agency);

And whereas, under the Scheme, Pension Amount is given to the Disabled Children (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries), by the Implementing Agency as per the extant Scheme guidelines;

And whereas, the aforesaid Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund of Telangana State.

3. Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (18 of 2016) (hereinafter referred to as the said Acts, the government of Telangana 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 the benefit 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 parents or guardians, before registering for the Scheme provided that he is entitled to obtain Aadhaar as per section 3 of the said Act and such children shall visit any Aadhaar enrolment centre (list available at the Unique identification Authority of India (UIDAI) website www.uidai.qov.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:

4. Provided that till the time Aadhaar is assigned to the child, the benefit under the Scheme shall be given to such children subject to production of the following documents, namely:-

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

(b) any one 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) any one of the following documents as proof of relationship of the beneficiary with the parent or legal guardian as per the extant Schemeguidelines, namely:-

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

(ii) Ration Card; or

(iii) Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) Card; or Employees' 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 Department:

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

6. 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 media shall be given to the beneficiaries to make them aware of the said requirement.

7. 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 fingerprint 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 (OTP) 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 QR code reader shall be provided at the convenient locations by the Department through its Implementing Agency.

8. Notwithstanding anything contained herein above, no child shall be denied benefit under the Scheme in case of failure to establish his identity by undergoing authentication, or furnishing proof of possession of Aadhaar number, or in the case of a child to whom no Aadhaar number has been assigned, producing an application for enrolment. The benefit shall be given to him by verifying his identity on the basisof 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.

9. This notification shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

SANDEEP KUMAR SULTANIA, Secretary to Government Printed and Published by the Commissioner of Printing, Govt. of Telangana, at Govt. Central Press, Chanchalguda, Hyderabad.