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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-01062026-273054
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2611]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2026/JYAISTHA 8, 1948
MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th May, 2026
S.O. 2704(E).— Whereas the use of Aadhaar number to establish identity enables individuals to receive
subsidies, benefits and services in a convenient and seamless manner, obviates the need for multiplicity of documents
to establish identity, simplifies processes and promotes transparency and efficiency;
And whereas, Programme Implementing Agencies under the Biogas Programme (hereinafter referred to as the
agency), under the administrative purview of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (hereinafter referred to as the
Ministry) in the Government of India (hereinafter referred to as the Government) is administering the Biogas Programme
(hereinafter referred to as the Scheme);
And whereas, Central Financial Assistance (hereinafter referred to as the Benefit) is given to the Beneficiaries,
and Turnkey workers, (hereinafter referred to as the Beneficiaries) under the said Scheme and the instructions and
guidelines issued in respect thereof;
And whereas, expenditure for the said Scheme is incurred from the Consolidated Fund of India;
And whereas the said Ministry is desirous that the Government, for the purpose of establishing identity of a
Beneficiary as a condition for the receipt of the Benefit, require that such Beneficiary have to undergo authentication,
or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number or in the case of an individual to whom no Aadhaar number has been
assigned, make an application for enrolment;
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the provisions of section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and
Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016(18 of 2016), the Government of India hereby notifies the following,
namely: -
1. (1) An individual desirous of availing of the Benefit under the Scheme shall be required to undergo
authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number.
(2) In case an individual has not been assigned an Aadhaar number, he shall be required to make an application
for enrolment:
Provided that if that individual is a child, such application shall be made only with the consent of his
parent or legal guardian.
(3) In accordance with the provisions of regulation 12 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations,
2016, the Ministry shall ensure enrolment of a Beneficiaries who are yet to be enrolled, or update his Aadhaar
details through appropriate measures, including coordination with Registrars and setting up enrolment centres
at convenient locations or providing enrolment facilities by becoming a Registrar itself:
Provided that till such time an Aadhaar number is assigned to a Beneficiary, he may establish his identity
to avail of the Benefit, by presenting the following documents to which he is entitled and which are valid at the
time of presentation, or, in case the software provided or authorised by the Ministry for such identification
supports electronic obtaining of information evidencing the contents of such documents from the database of
the authorities dealing with the preparation or maintenance thereof, by giving his consent for so obtaining,
namely:-
(a) for a Beneficiary below 18 years of age to whom an Aadhaar number has not been assigned:
(i) the acknowledgement of the Beneficiary having undergone the process of enrolment, provided by the
operator at the enrolment centre, containing the Enrolment Identification Number (EID); and
(ii) any one of the following documents to evidence that the Beneficiary is a child below 18 years of
age, namely: -
(A) Certificate of birth given under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (18 of 1969), as
extracted from the entry made in the register of births regarding the birth of the Beneficiary;
(B) Indian passport;
(C) Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or Higher Secondary or 12th
class, issued by a recognised Board of school education;
(D) In respect of a child in need of care and protection or a child in conflict with law, who is housed
by child care institution registered with the State Government concerned under the rules made
by it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (2 of 2016),
certificate specifying his date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, Superintendent, Child
Welfare Officer or Probation Officer of such institution; or
(iii) any one of the following documents, having the photograph of the Beneficiary, to evidence his
relationship with the parent or legal guardian, namely: -
(A) Ration card;
(B) Caste certificate or domicile certificate, issued by a Gazetted officer who is an Executive
Magistrate or a Revenue Officer of the State Government, not below the rank of Tahsildar;
(C) Medical or insurance identity card issued by a government entity or public sector enterprise to
a retired or serving public servant or his family member;
(D) Indian passport;
(E) Certificate or statement of marks of Matriculation or 10th class or Higher Secondary or 12th
class, issued by a 7ecognized Board of school education;
(F) In respect of a child in need of care and protection or a child in conflict with law, who is housed
by child care institution registered with the State Government concerned under the rules made
by it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (2 of 2016),
certificate specifying his date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, Superintendent, Child
Welfare Officer or Probation Officer of such institution;
(G) In respect of a Beneficiary who has a legal guardian, adoption order or other document to
evidence legal guardianship, which is issued by a court of law or competent authority under the
Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (8 of 1890), the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of
Children) Act, 2015 (2 of 2016), the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism,
Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 (44 of 1999), or the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), and the applicable rules and
regulations made under the said Acts; or
(H) Any other document as the said Ministry may specify.
(b) for a Beneficiary aged 18 years or more to whom an Aadhaar number has not been assigned:
(i) the acknowledgement of the Beneficiary having undergone the process of enrolment, provided by the
operator at the enrolment centre, containing the Enrolment Identification number (EID); and
(ii) any one of the following documents, having the photograph of Beneficiary namely: -
(A) Elector's Photo Identity Card issued by the Election Commission of India;
(B) Ration card;
(C) Caste certificate or domicile certificate, issued by a Gazetted officer who is an Executive
Magistrate or a Revenue Officer of the State Government, not below the rank of Tahsildar;
(D) Medical or insurance identity card issued by a government entity or public sector enterprise to a
retired or serving public servant or his family member;
(E) Indian passport;
(F) Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or Higher Secondary or 12th class,
issued by a recognised Board of school education;
(G) Identity card or other identity document issued to serving or retired public servant by a
government entity or a public sector enterprise;
(H) Disability certificate issued by a notified medical authority under Rights of Persons with
Disabilities Rules, 2017, or Unique Disability Identification (UDID) card issued by the
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Government of India;
(I) Driving license issued in India;
(J) In respect of a child in need of care and protection or a child in conflict with law, who is housed
by child care institution registered with the State Government concerned under the rules made by
it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (2 of 2016), certificate
specifying his date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, Superintendent, Child Welfare Officer
or Probation Officer of such institution; or
(K) In respect of a Beneficiary who has a legal guardian, adoption order or other document to evidence
legal guardianship, which is issued by a court of law or competent authority under the Guardians
and Wards Act, 1890 (8 of 1890), the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
(2 of 2016), the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental
Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 (44 of 1999) or the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016) and the applicable rules and regulations made under the said
Acts; or
(L) Any other document as the Ministry may specify;
(4) An officer designated by the said Ministry in this behalf shall check in respect of the documents presented
or the information evidencing the contents thereof under sub-Paragraph (3), —
(a) status of the enrolment request by submitting the Enrolment Identification number (EID) on my Aadhaar
portal (https://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/portal) to confirm that the Enrolment Identification number (EID)
is valid and that the enrolment request does not stand rejected; and
(b) other documents, and for this purpose, he may take the assistance of and share the information presented
with any government entity or an authority that deals with the preparation or maintenance of the
information contained in such documents.
2. In order to enable Beneficiaries to avail of the Benefits conveniently, the Ministry, the Programme
Implementing Agencies shall make all necessary steps to ensure wide publicity through media to make the
Beneficiary aware of the requirement of Aadhaar number under the Scheme.
3. Where the authentication of the Aadhaar number of a Beneficiary is done through any of the biometric-based
modes of authentication (namely, facial image, fingerprints, or iris scan-based authentication) fails due to any
reason, such as poor quality of biometric information, the following remedial mechanisms shall be adopted,
namely: —
(a) in case any particular biometric-based mode of authentication is not successful, any other mode of
biometric-based authentication or One-Time Pin (OTP) based authentication shall, wherever feasible
and admissible, be offered;
(b) in cases where biometric-based or One Time Pin (OTP) based modes of authentication are not possible,
Benefits under the said Scheme may, after establishing the genuineness of the Aadhaar number by
doing offline verification of the digital signature certificate of Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI) on the Aadhaar Secure Quick Response (QR) Code or the Aadhaar Paperless offline
electronic Know Your Customer (e-KYC) document, as the case may be, be given on the basis of any
of the following, namely:-
(i) An Aadhaar Secure Quick Response (QR) Code containing Aadhaar card, Aadhaar letter (i.e., the letter
issued to an Aadhaar number holder on generation of his Aadhaar number) or e-Aadhaar (i.e., the
password-protected electronic copy of Aadhaar letter downloadable from the website of Unique
Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) or accessible using its my Aadhaar app), after its
genuineness is established through offline verification by scanning the Quick Response (QR) code
using the Aadhaar Quick Response (QR) Scanner or my Aadhaar app.
(ii) Aadhaar Paperless Offline electronic Know Your Customer (e-KYC) document (downloadable from
the website of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) or accessible using its my Aadhaar
app), after its genuineness is established through offline verification of the digital signature certificate
of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on the document through the application
developed by the Ministry or Department or agency concerned for this purpose, in accordance with
the details given in this regard on the website of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
4. Notwithstanding anything contained hereinabove,
(a) benefit under the Scheme shall not be denied to a child —
(i) in case of failure to establish his identity by undergoing authentication or to furnish proof of
possession of Aadhaar number; or
(ii) in case of production of an application for enrolment where he has not been assigned an Aadhaar
number; and
(b) benefit under the Scheme shall be given to such a child by verifying his identity and establishing his
relationship with his parent or legal guardian in the manner specified in the proviso to clause (3) of
paragraph 1; and
(c) where benefit is given under sub-Paragraph (b), a record shall be maintained in respect of the same,
which shall be reviewed and audited periodically by the Ministry.
5. In order to ensure that bona fide beneficiaries who are aged 18 years or more are not deprived of the benefit
due to them under the Scheme, the Ministry shall follow the exception handling mechanism specified in the
Office Memorandum No. D-26011/04/2017-DBT, dated the 19th December, 2017 of the Direct Benefit
Transfer Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India (available on https://dbtbharat.gov.in).
6. This notification shall be effective from the date of its publication in the official Gazette.
[F. No. 381/2/2025]
J. RAJESH KUMAR, Economic Adviser
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