Notification for making Aadhar mandatory for Residential Care for Adult

1814 GI/202 4 (1) EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1207] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY , MARCH 1 2, 2024 /PHALGUNA 22, 1945 CG-DL-E-13032024-252934 MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (divyangjan) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 29th February, 2024 S.O. 1269 (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 National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, and Multiple Disabilities, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, (hereinafter referred as the Department) in the Government of India is administering the Residential Scheme (Samarth - Respite Care, Gharaunda - Group Home for Adults and Samarth cum Gharaunda Scheme) (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme) as a Central Sector Scheme, which is being implemented through its Registered Organisations across the country (hereinafter referred to as th e Implementing Agency); And whereas, under the Scheme, the National Trust is providing various services like respite home services for orphans or abandoned, families in crisis and for Divyangjan from Below Poverty Line and Lower Income Group families inclu ding destitute and group home services to Adults Divyangjans etc. (hereinafter referred to as the benefits) is given to persons with disabilities covered under the National Trust Act (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries) as per the Scheme and ext end guidelines issued their under; And whereas, the implementation of the Scheme involves recurring expenditure incurred from the Consolidated Fund of India; Now, therefore, in pursuance of the provisions of section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of F inancial 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. (a) an individual eligible for receiving the benefits under the Sche me shall be required to furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication; (b) any individual desirous of availing benefits under the Scheme, who does not possess the Aadhaar number, or has not yet enrolled for Aadhaar, sha ll 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 t he Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) website www.uidai.gov.in) to get enrolled for Aadhaar; (c) 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 provid e Aadhaar enrolment facilities at convenient locations in coordination with the existing Registrars of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) or by becoming UIDAI Registrar themselves: Provided that till the time Aadhaar is assigned to the indivi dual, 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 po st 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 card; or (vii) Kisan photo passbook; or (viii) Driving license issued by the L icensing 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 t he Department for that purpose. 2. In order to provide benefits to the beneficiaries under the Scheme conveniently, the Department through its Implem enting 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 requirement of Aadhaar under the Scheme. 3. In all cases, where Aadhaar authentication f ails 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, an d 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 code pri nted on the Aadhaar letter and the necessary arrangement of Quick Response code reader shall be provided at convenient locations by the Department through its Implementing Agency. 4. In order to ensure that no bonafide beneficiary under the Scheme is de prived of his due benefits, the Department, 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 -26011/04/20 17- 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. P -13013/24/2 023-UDID/IT/STATISTICS] RAJEEV SHARMA, Jt Sec y. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.