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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
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EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 150]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2024/PAUSHA 22, 1945
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 11th January, 2024
S.O. 157(E).-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 Ministry of Labour and Employment (Ministry), is administering National Database of
Unorganised Workers (NDUW) (eShram) (Scheme) to provide registration facility to all unorganised workers along
with ex gratia benefit to registered unorganised workers, which is being implemented through National Informatics
Centre and Common Service Centres (Implementing Agency);
And whereas, unorganised workers (beneficiaries) who registered their names under the Scheme between the
period from 26th August 2021 and 31st March 2022 and met with an accident during the said period shall be entitled
for rupees two lakh in case of accidental death or total irrecoverable disability and rupees one lakh in case of partial
irrecoverable disability (benefits), as per the extant scheme guidelines.
And whereas, the Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund of India;
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 Central
Government 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 individual shall visit any Aadhaar enrolment centre (list available at the Unique Identification Authority of
India website www.uidai.gov.in) to get enrolled for Aadhaar.
(3) as per the regulation 12 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations, 2016, the Ministry 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 Ministry through its Implementing Agency shall provide Aadhaar enrolment facilities at
convenient locations in coordination with the existing Registrars of Unique Identification Authority of India or
by becoming a Unique Identification Authority of India 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 Card; or
(iii) Passport; or
(iv) Ration Card; or
(v) Voter Identity Card; or
(vi) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 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 Ministry:
Provided further that the above documents may be checked by an officer specifically designated by the Ministry for
that purpose.
2. In order to provide benefits to the beneficiaries under the Scheme conveniently, the Ministry 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 requirement of Aadhaar under the Scheme.
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,
and the Ministry 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 code printed on the Aadhaar letter and the
necessary arrangement of Quick Response code reader shall be provided at convenient locations by the
Ministry through its Implementing Agency.
4. In order to ensure that no bonafide beneficiary under the Scheme is deprived of his due benefits, the Ministry
through its Implementing Agency shall follow the exception handling mechanism as specified in the Office
Memorandum of Direct Benefit Transfer Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India No. D-26011/04/2017-
DBT, dated the 19th December 2017 (available on https://dbtbharat.gov.in/).
5. This notification shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette in all the States
and Union territories.
[F. No. M-16018/22/2023-SS-III]
AMIT NIRMAL, Dy. Director General
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