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SERIES I No. 40

Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2024-2026

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

Panaji, 3rd January, 2025 (Pausa 13, 1946)

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Civil Supplies and

Consumer Affairs

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Notification

DCS/S/AAY-LPG Scheme/2024-25/2796

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 Department of Civil

Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Panaji-Goa

(hereinafter referred to as the Department) is

administering “The Chief Minister’s Financial

Assistance for refilling of LPG Cylinder

Scheme, 2023” (hereinafter referred to as the

Scheme) to provide relief to the lower income

group of families i.e. AAY Beneficiaries by

providing compensation towards cost of 3

refills of LPG per annum in the State of Goa

which is being implemented through the

Department of Civil Supplies and Consumer

Affairs, Panaji-Goa (hereinafter referred to as

the Implementing Agency);

And whereas, under the Scheme, financial

assistance of an amount of Rs. 275 per month

will be provided to the beneficiaries by cash

transfer directly to the beneficiary Head of

Family as compensation towards the cost of

3 refills of LPG per annum (hereinafter

referred to as benefit) of the Antyodaya Anna

Yojana (AAY) ration card holders (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 the Government of

Goa.

Now, therefore, in pursuance of Section 7

of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial

and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services)

Act, 2016 (18 to 2016) (hereinafter referred

to as the said Act), the Government of Goa

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

Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: dir–[email protected]

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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

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 incase

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

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:

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

fails due to poor biometrics of the

beneficiaries or due to any other reason, the

following mechanisms shall be adopted,

namely:—

(a) in case of poor fingerprint quality,

Integrated Risk Information System scan

or face authentication facility shall be

adopted for authentication, thereby the

Department through its implementing

Agency shall make provisions for

Integrated Risk Information System

scanners or face authentication along with

fingerprint authentication for delivery or

benefits in seamless manner;

(b) in case the biometric authentication

through fingerprints or Integrated Risk

Information

System

scan

face

authentication is not successful, wherever

feasible and admissible authentication by

Aadhaar One Time Password or Time-based

Password with limited time validity, as the

case may be, shall be offered;

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

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through the Quick Response code printed

on the Aadhaar letter and the necessary

arrangement of Quick Response 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

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 dated 19th

December, 2017.

5. This Notification shall come into effect

on the date of its publication in the Official

Gazette.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Jayant G. Tari, Director, Civil Supplies &

Consumer Affairs & ex officio Joint Secretary.

Panaji, 3rd January, 2025.

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