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PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 862]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2026/MAGHA 29, 1947
MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, 18th February, 2026
1250 GI/2026
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And whereas, the Ministry is desirous that the Government, for the purpose of establishing identity of a
beneficiary as a condition for the receipt of the said benefit, require that such beneficiary 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 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Government of
India hereby notifies the following, namely: -
1. (1) An individual desirous of availing of the said benefit under the Scheme shall be required to undergo
authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number.
(2) In case such 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
said Ministry shall ensure enrolment of such beneficiaries who are yet to be enrolled, or update their 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 such beneficiary, he may establish his identity
to avail of the said 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 said Ministry for such identification
For a child below 18 years of age to whom an Aadhaar number has not been assigned:
(a) The acknowledgement of the beneficiary having undergone the process of enrolment, provided by the
operator at the enrolment centre, containing the Enrolment ID (EID); and
(b) Any one of the following documents to evidence that the beneficiary is a child below 18 years of age,
namely:
(i) Certificate of birth given under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, as extracted from
the entry made in the register of births regarding the birth of the beneficiary;
(ii) Indian passport;
(iii) Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or higher secondary or 12th class,
issued by a recognised board of school education;
(iv) 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 as such with the State Government concerned under the rules made
by it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, certificate specifying
his date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, superintendent, child welfare officer or probation
officer of such institution; or
(v) In respect of a foreign national, —
(I) if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of India Card;
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(II) if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a Foreigners Regional
Registration Office;
(III) if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;
(IV) if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan refugee or a national of
Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa along with foreign passport or a Long Term Visa to
India along with currently valid or expired foreign passport; or
(c) Any one of the following documents, having the photograph of the beneficiary, to evidence his relationship
with the parent or legal guardian, namely:
(i) Ration card;
(ii) 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;
(iii) 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;
(iv) Indian passport;
(v) Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or higher secondary or 12th class,
issued by a recognised board of school education;
(vi) 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 as such with the State Government concerned under the
rules made by it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, certificate
specifying his date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, superintendent, child welfare officer or
probation officer of such institution; or
(vii) In respect of a foreign national,
(I) if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of India Card;
(II) if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a Foreigners Regional
Registration Office;
(III) if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;
(IV) if he is other than an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan refugee or a national
of Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa along with foreign passport or a Long Term Visa
to India along with currently valid or expired foreign passport; or
(viii) 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, the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)
Act, 2015, the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental
Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 or the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Act, 2016 and the applicable rules and regulations made under the said Acts; or
(ix) Any other document as the Ministry may specify.
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For beneficiaries aged 18 years or more to whom an Aadhaar number has not been assigned:
(a) The acknowledgement of the beneficiary having undergone the process of enrolment, provided by
the operator at the enrolment centre, containing the EID; and
(b) Any one of the following documents, having the beneficiary's photograph, namely:
(i) Elector's Photo Identity Card issued by the Election Commission of India;
(ii) Ration card;
(iii) 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;
(iv) 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;
(v) Indian passport;
(vi) Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or higher secondary or 12th class,
issued by a recognised board of school education;
(vii) Identity card or other identity document issued to serving or retired public servant by a
Government entity or a public sector enterprise;
(viii) Disability certificate issued by 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;
(ix) Driving licence issued in India:
(x) 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 as such with the State Government concerned under
the rules made by it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015,
certificate specifying his date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, superintendent, child
welfare officer or probation officer of such institution; or
(xi) In respect of a foreign national, —
(I) if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of India Card;
(II) if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a Foreigners Regional
Registration Office;
(III) if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;
(IV) if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan refugee or a national
of Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa along with foreign passport or a Long Term
Visa to India along with currently valid or expired foreign passport; or
(xii) 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, the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)
Act, 2015, the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental
Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 or the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Act, 2016 and the applicable rules and regulations made under the said Acts; or
(xiii) 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 clause (3),
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(a) the status of the enrolment request by submitting the EID on myAadhaar portal
(https://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/portal) to confirm that the EID is valid and that the enrolment request does
not stand rejected; and
(b) the other documents, and for this purpose, 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 said benefits conveniently, the Ministry shall make all necessary
steps to ensure wide publicity through media to make the beneficiaries aware of the requirement of Aadhaar
number under the Scheme.
3. Where the authentication of the Aadhaar number of a beneficiary 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 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 UIDAI on the Aadhaar Secure Quick Response (QR)
Code or the Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC document, as the case may be, be given on the basis of
any of the following:
(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 UIDAI or accessible using its mAadhaar app), after its genuineness is established
through offline verification by scanning the QR code using the Aadhaar QR Scanner or
mAadhaar apps.
(ii) Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC document (downloadable from the website of UIDAI or
accessible using its mAadhaar app), after its genuineness is established through offline
verification of the digital signature certificate of UIDAI on the document through the application
developed by the Ministry or Department or Scheme implementing agency concerned for this
purpose, in accordance with the details given in this regard on the website of 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 clause (b), a record shall be maintained in respect of the same, which shall
be reviewed and audited periodically by the said Ministry.
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[PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
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 said 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. 381/3/2019-DBT]
J. RAJESH KUMAR, Economic Adviser
MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 18th February, 2026
S.O. 902(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, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (hereinafter referred to as the said Ministry) in the
Government of India (hereinafter referred to as the said Government) is administering the Short-term Training
Programme component under Human Resource Development programme (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme):
And whereas financial assistance (hereinafter referred to as the said benefit) is given to the professionals
working in the Ministry and its attached or autonomous bodies, professionals working with State Nodal Agencies or
Governments on different aspects of technology institutions or NGOs or community based organisations, banking and
financial institutions, academic and research scholars, scientists, uneducated and unemployed youth, ITI passed out
students and technicians working in the areas of renewable energy in India (hereinafter referred to as the
beneficiaries) under the said Scheme and the instructions and guidelines issued in respect thereof:
And whereas expenditure for the Scheme is incurred from the Consolidated Fund of India:
And whereas the Ministry is desirous that the Government, for the purpose of establishing identity of a
beneficiary as a condition for the receipt of the said benefit, require that such beneficiary 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 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Government of
India hereby notifies the following, namely: -
1. (1) An individual desirous of availing of the said benefit under the Scheme shall be required to undergo
authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number.
(2) In case such 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
said Ministry shall ensure enrolment of such beneficiaries who are yet to be enrolled, or update their 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 such beneficiary, he may establish his identity
to avail of the said 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 said Ministry for such identification
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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:—
For a child below 18 years of age to whom an Aadhaar number has not been assigned:
(a) The acknowledgement of the beneficiary having undergone the process of enrolment, provided by the
operator at the enrolment centre, containing the Enrolment ID (EID); and
(b) Any one of the following documents to evidence that the beneficiary is a child below 18 years of age,
namely:
(i) Certificate of birth given under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, as extracted from
the entry made in the register of births regarding the birth of the beneficiary;
(ii) Indian passport;
(iii) Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or higher secondary or 12th class,
issued by a recognised board of school education;
(iv) 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 as such with the State Government concerned under the rules made
by it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, certificate specifying
his date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, superintendent, child welfare officer or probation
officer of such institution; or
(v) In respect of a foreign national, —
(I) if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of India Card;
(II) if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a Foreigners Regional
Registration Office;
(III) if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;
(IV) if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan refugee or a national of
Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa along with foreign passport or a Long Term Visa to
India along with currently valid or expired foreign passport; or
(c) Any one of the following documents, having the photograph of the beneficiary, to evidence his relationship
with the parent or legal guardian, namely:
(i) Ration card;
(ii) 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;
(iii) 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;
(iv) Indian passport;
(v) Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or higher secondary or 12th class,
issued by a recognised board of school education;
(vi) 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 as such with the State Government concerned under the
rules made by it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, certificate
specifying his date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, superintendent, child welfare officer or
probation officer of such institution; or
(vii) In respect of a foreign national, —
(I) if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of India Card;
(II) if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a Foreigners Regional
Registration Office;
(III) if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;
(IV) if he is other than an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan refugee or a
national of Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa along with foreign passport or a
Long Term Visa to India along with currently valid or expired foreign passport; or
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(viii) 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, the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)
Act, 2015, the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental
Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 or the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Act, 2016 and the applicable rules and regulations made under the said Acts; or
(ix) Any other document as the Ministry may specify.
For beneficiaries aged 18 years or more to whom an Aadhaar number has not been assigned:
(a) The acknowledgement of the beneficiary having undergone the process of enrolment, provided by
the operator at the enrolment centre, containing the EID; and
(b) Any one of the following documents, having the beneficiary's photograph, namely:
(i) Elector's Photo Identity Card issued by the Election Commission of India;
(ii) Ration card;
(iii) 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;
(iv) 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;
(v) Indian passport;
(vi) Certificate or statement of marks of matriculation or 10th class or higher secondary or 12th class,
issued by a recognised board of school education;
(vii) Identity card or other identity document issued to serving or retired public servant by a
Government entity or a public sector enterprise;
(viii) Disability certificate issued by 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;
(ix) Driving licence issued in India:
(x) 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 as such with the State Government concerned under
the rules made by it under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015,
certificate specifying his date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, superintendent, child
welfare officer or probation officer of such institution; or
(xi) In respect of a foreign national, —
(I) if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of India Card;
(II) if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a Foreigners Regional
Registration Office;
(III) if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;
(IV) if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan refugee or a national
of Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa along with foreign passport or a Long Term
Visa to India along with currently valid or expired foreign passport; or
(xii) 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, the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)
Act, 2015, the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental
Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 or the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Act, 2016 and the applicable rules and regulations made under the said Acts; or
(xiii) 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 clause (3),
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(a) the status of the enrolment request by submitting the EID on myAadhaar portal
(https://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/portal) to confirm that the EID is valid and that the enrolment request does
not stand rejected; and
(b) the other documents, and for this purpose, 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 said benefits conveniently, the Ministry shall make all necessary
steps to ensure wide publicity through media to make the beneficiaries aware of the requirement of Aadhaar
number under the Scheme.
3. Where the authentication of the Aadhaar number of a beneficiary 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 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 UIDAI on the Aadhaar Secure Quick Response (QR)
Code or the Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC document, as the case may be, be given on the basis of
any of the following:
(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 UIDAI or accessible using its mAadhaar app), after its genuineness is established
through offline verification by scanning the QR code using the Aadhaar QR Scanner or
mAadhaar apps.
(ii) Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC document (downloadable from the website of UIDAI or
accessible using its mAadhaar app), after its genuineness is established through offline
verification of the digital signature certificate of UIDAI on the document through the application
developed by the Ministry or Department or Scheme implementing agency concerned for this
purpose, in accordance with the details given in this regard on the website of 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 clause (b), a record shall be maintained in respect of the same, which shall
be reviewed and audited periodically by the said 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 said 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. 381/4/2019-DBT]
J. RAJESH KUMAR, Economic Adviser
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