Availing of Aadhaar related services.

1974 GI/202 4 (1) EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1308] NEW DELH I, FRIDAY , MARCH 1 5, 2024 /PHALGUNA 25, 1945 CG-DL-E-16032024-253094 [फा. सं. VI/401/1/2/2012( भाग-III)] MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 5th March , 2024 S.O. 1374(E).—The Ministry of External Affairs, having been authorised by the Central Government under rule 5 of the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2020 read with sub -clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub -section (4) of section 4 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (18 of 2016), to perform Aadhaar authentication, hereby notifies that the applicants shall be required to perform Aadhaar authentication on voluntary basis for the purpose of issuance of Passport, subject to following conditions, na mely: - i. authentication shall be required in such cases where Aadhaar is used as proof of identity; ii. the beneficiaries may be informed for alternative mechanism of identification for the services; iii. there shall be no denial of service in case of failure of Aa dhaar authentication; iv. use of finger print based biometric authentication may be performed, if required; v. the Aadhaar number shall not be displayed anywhere in the system and only last four digits of Aadhaar number may be used, if required; vi. the preview or display of fingerprint shall not be used. 2. The relevant provisions of the said Act, rules and regulations made thereunder, and other directions issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India shall be complied with. [F. No. VI/401/ 1/2/2012(Part -III)] T. ARMSTRONG CHANGSAN, Jt. Secy. (PSP) & Chief Passport Officer Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Maya puri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.