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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-22052026-272753
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PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2456] | NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MAY 18, 2026/VAISAKHA 28, 1948
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MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 18th May, 2026
S.O. 2548(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, State Governments and the Union territory Administrations (hereinafter referred to as the
Government body(s)) 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
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM KUSUM) (hereinafter referred to as the Scheme);
And whereas installation of solar agriculture pumps or solarization of grid-connected agriculture pumps on
subsidized rates (hereinafter referred to as the Benefit) is given to the farmers and authorised signatory of cooperatives
or Farmer Producer Organisations or Self Help Groups or cluster irrigation systems or Water User Associations or
Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (hereinafter referred to as Beneficiary) under the 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 States
Governments or Union territory Administrations;
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 Benefit, requires 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;
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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 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, the 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 Government body(s) shall ensure enrolment of Beneficiary who is 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 Government body(s) 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 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 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 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.
(iii) any one of the following documents, having the photograph of 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 Tehsildar;
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(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 recognised 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 child 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 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 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 Tehsildar;
(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 the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities Rules, 2017, or the Unique Disability Identification (UDID) card issued by the
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Government of
India;
(I) Driving licence 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
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2016), certificate specifying his date of birth issued by the person-in-charge, Superintendent,
Child Welfare Officer or Probation Officer of such institution;
(K) In respect of a child 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 2015), 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 Government body(s) 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
myAadhaar 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 Beneficiary to avail of the Benefit conveniently, the Ministry, concerned Department of State
Governments and the Union territory Administrations shall make all necessary steps to ensure wide publicity
through media to make Beneficiary 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 One-Time Pin (OTP) based modes of authentication are not possible, Benefit
under the Scheme may, after establishing the genuineness of the Aadhaar number by doing offline verification
of the digital signature certificate of the 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., letter
issued to an Aadhaar number holder on generation of his Aadhaar number) or e-Aadhaar (i.e.,
password-protected electronic copy of Aadhaar letter [downloadable from the website of the 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 myAadhaar 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
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of the Unique Identification Authority of India (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 the Unique Identification Authority
of India (UIDAI).
4. Notwithstanding anything contained herein above, —
(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, as the case may be, in the manner specified in the proviso to sub-
paragraph (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 Ministry.
5. In order to ensure that a bona fide Beneficiary who is aged 18 years or more is not deprived of the Benefit due to
him under the Scheme, the Ministry shall follow the exception handling mechanism specified in the Office
Memorandum Number 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 come into force from the date of its publication in the official Gazette.
[F. No. 381/1/2024-DBT]
J. RAJESH KUMAR, Economic Adviser
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