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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-31012025-260652
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 59]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2025/MAGHA 11, 1946
MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 31st January, 2025
G.S.R. 88(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 53 read with clause (aa) of
sub-section (2) of section 53 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and
Services) Act, 2016 (18 of 2016), the Central Government, hereby makes the following rules, namely:—
1. (1) These rules may be called the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation,
Knowledge) Amendment Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2020
(hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 3,—
(a) in sub-rule (1), the words "in the interest of good governance, preventing leakage of public funds,
promoting ease of living of residents and enabling better access to services for them,” shall be
omitted;
(b) in sub-rule (1), after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
"(aa) promoting ease of living of residents and enabling better access to services for them;"
3. In the said rules, for rule 4, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"4. Preparation of the proposal.—(1) The Ministry or the Department of the Central Government or a State
Government, as the case may be, desirous of utilising Aadhaar authentication for a purpose specified in rule 3
shall prepare a proposal with justification in regard to such purpose for which Aadhaar authentication is
sought and submit the same to the Central Government for making a reference to the Authority.
(2) Any entity other than the Ministry or Department referred to in sub-rule (1), which is desirous of utilising
Aadhaar authentication, shall prepare a proposal with justification in regard to the authentication sought
being for a purpose specified in rule 3 and in the interest of State, and submit the same to the concerned
Ministry or Department of the appropriate Government.
(3) If the Ministry or Department referred to in sub-rule (2) is of the opinion that the proposal submitted
thereunder fulfils a purpose specified in rule 3 and is in the interest of State, it shall forward the proposal,
along with its recommendations, to the Central Government, for making a reference to the Authority.
Explanation. In this rule, “concerned Ministry or Department of the appropriate Government" means such
Ministry or Department of the appropriate Government in which business related to that purpose is transacted
under the rules of business made under article 77 or 166 of the Constitution, as the case may be."
4. In the said rules, for rule 5, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"5. Examination of proposal. On receipt of the proposal under rule 4, if the Authority is satisfied that the
proposal is in accordance with the purposes mentioned in rule 3 and the provisions of the Act, it shall inform
the Central Government that the requesting entity may be allowed to perform Aadhaar authentication and
thereafter, the Ministry or the Department of the Central Government or a State Government, as the case may
be, may be authorised by the Central Government to notify the same accordingly.
[F. No. 13(2)/2023-EG-II]
BHUVNESH KUMAR, Addl. Secy.
Note. The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),
vide notification number G.S.R. 490(E), dated the 5th August, 2020.
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SRIVASTAVA Date: 2005.01.31 18:20:30+0530