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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-28072026-274880
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 3818]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2026/ASHADHA 30, 1948
MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
(Department of Youth Affairs)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 13th July, 2026
S.O. 3988(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 Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (hereinafter referred to
as the said Ministry) in the Government of India (hereinafter referred to as the said Government) is administering the
Youth Hostel scheme (hereinafter referred to as the said scheme), a sub-scheme under the Rashtriya Yuva
Sashaktikaran Karyakram (RYSK);
And whereas benefits is given to the Managers or Wardens or other authorised personnel receiving
honorarium or remuneration under the scheme; and Managers and Wardens appointed or onboarded for management
of Youth Hostels, collectively referred to as the beneficiaries, under the said scheme and the instructions and
guidelines issued in respect thereof;
And whereas expenditure for the said scheme is incurred from the Consolidated Fund of India;
And whereas the said Ministry is desirous that the said Government, for the purpose of establishing identity
of a beneficiary as a condition for the receipt of the said benefit or for such engagement, 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 (18 of 2016) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the
Central Government hereby notifies the following, namely:—
1. (1) An individual desirous of availing of the said benefit under the said scheme (Being engaged as a Manager
or Warden of a Youth Hostel) 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.
(3) In accordance with the provisions of regulation 12 of the Aadhaar (Enrolment and Update) Regulations,
2016 made under the said Act, 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 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 beneficiaries aged eighteen years or more to whom an Aadhaar number has 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; 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 the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 made under the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), or Unique Disability Identification 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 (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; or
(xi) in respect of a foreign national, —
(a) if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of India
Card;
(b) if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a Foreigners
Regional Registration Office;
(c) if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;
(d) 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 (8 of 1990), 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
(xiii) any other document as the said 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), —
(a) the status of the enrolment request by submitting the Enrolment ID on myAadhaar portal
(https://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/portal) to confirm that the Enrolment ID 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 said 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 said 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 Unique Identification Authority of India 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
(that is, the letter issued to an Aadhaar number holder on generation of his Aadhaar
number) or e-Aadhaar (that is, the password-protected electronic copy of Aadhaar letter
downloadable from the website of Unique Identification Authority of India 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 Unique
Identification Authority of India or accessible using its mAadhaar app), after its
genuineness is established through offline verification of the digital signature certificate of
Unique Identification Authority of India 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 Unique
Identification Authority of India.
4. In order to ensure that bona fide beneficiaries who are aged eighteen years or more are not deprived of the
benefit due to them under the said scheme, the said 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).
5. This notification shall be effective from the date of its publication in the official Gazette.
[F. No. 17011/247/2021-YH (Part(2)]
SHIV RATAN, Jt. Secy.
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