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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-29122025-268871
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2025/PAUSHA 2, 1947
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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
(DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd December, 2025
S.O. 5957(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 Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, in the Government of India
(hereinafter referred to as the said Ministry) is administering National Mission on Natural Farming
(hereinafter referred to as the said scheme);
And whereas, the State Government and Union territory Administration (hereinafter referred to as
the implementing agency) is implementing the said scheme under the purview of the said Ministry in the
Government of India.
And whereas, the financial assistance as Output Based incentive to trained enrolled farmers at the
rate of Four Thousand Rupees per acre per year for two years (hereinafter referred to as the said benefit) is
given to the enrolled farmers practicing Natural Farming (hereinafter 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, 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, (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 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, the Ministry through its Implementation Agencies 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 implementing agencies 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) 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 the 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 (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 beneficiary who has a legal guardian, adoption order or
other document to establish 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,
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
(xii) any other document as the implementing agencies may specify.
(4) An officer designated by the implementing agencies in this behalf shall verify the documents
presented under sub-paragraph (3) or the information establishing the contents thereof,
including the status of the enrolment request by submitting the EID on my Aadhaar portal
(https://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/portal) to confirm that the EID is valid and that the enrolment
request does not stand rejected; and may take the assistance and share the information 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 the beneficiaries to avail of the said benefits conveniently, the said Ministry
through its implementing agencies 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 UIDAI on the
Aadhaar Secure Quick Response (QR) Code or the Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC
document, as the case may 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., 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; or
(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. In order to ensure that bonafide beneficiaries who are aged eighteen years or above are not
deprived of the said benefit due to them under the said scheme, the implementing agencies 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 come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette in all
the States and Union territories, except the State of Sikkim, Union territories of Lakshadweep and
Chandigarh.
[F.No.2-3/2025-NMNF]
FRANKLIN L. KHOBUNG, Jt. Secy.
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