Aadhaar Authentication

5929DG/2023 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33002/99 REGD. No. D. L. -33002/99 EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY PART IV GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI vf/klwpuk दिल्ली , 18 flrEcj] 2023 No. 285] DELHI, MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 18, 2023/ BHADRA 27, 1945 [N. C. T. D. No. 227 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA SG-DL-E-19092023-248818 2 DELHI GAZET TE : EXTRAORDINARY PART IV] DIRECTORATE OF VIGILANCE NOTIFICATION Delhi, the 18th September, 2023 F. No. 01/15/DOV/Admn/2022/Pt. File ./10746 .—Section 4(4) (b) (ii) of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (hereina fter referred to as “the said Act”), allows perform ing authentication on voluntary basis, for such purpose, as the Centra l Government in consultation with the Authority, and in the interest of State , may prescribe . Whereas for such purpose Gover nment of I ndia has framed the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2020 wherein the State Government can seek permission under the said rules to use Aadhaar on voluntary b asis. Whereas Government of India vide Authorization Letter of e -File No. 13(4)/2020 -EG-II(Vol -9) dated 22nd June 2023 has conveyed the authoriz ation by the Central Government for the Government of NCT of Delhi, Directorate of Vigilance, to notify under rule 5 of the Aadhaar Authentication for Goo d Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2020 read with sub -clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub -section (4) of section 4 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (“Act”), performan ce of Aadhaar authentication, on a voluntary basis, for verifying the identity of the complainants, using Yes/No or/and e - KYC authentication facility, at the time of registration on the online portal for filing vig ilance as well as anti - corruption trap complaints . Now, therefore, the Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi hereby notifies that for Vigilance Complaint Information Management System (VCIMS) Portal , National Informatic s Centre can seek Aadha ar Authentication on voluntary basis, for the purpose of identification as per rule 5 of the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2020, subject to the following conditions : (i) The instant approval is for bo th ‘Yes/No authentication or/and e -KYC aut hentication ’ faciliti es. Aadhaar Services Division , NIC shall be the AUA/KUA for the above purpose and DOV shall be the Sub-AUA/ Sub-KUA . (ii) The informed consent of the complainant shall be obtained for the purpose of authentication in terms of Section 29 of t he said Act. The purpose for which the Aadhaar number and related information is being sought must be communicated clearly to the complainant. Specifically, the manner in which the Aadha ar number will be collected, stored and used shall be clearly communic ated to the complainant . (iii) Provisions related to exception handling shall be implemented strictly in accordance with Aadhaar Act, 2016 and its associated regulations. (iv) The complainant sha ll be informed of alternate me chanism of identification or verification as the instant usage of Aadhaar Authentication is permitted purely on voluntary basis. (v) There shall not be denial of any service or benefit to complainant on account of failure of Aadh aar based authentication as the complainant has also been provided altern ate modes of authentication . (vi) There shall not be display of Aadhaar number anywhere in system and wherever required only last four digits of Aadhaar number may be displayed. (vii) Complete details of the e -KYC information of the complainant shall not be displayed on the screen instead only necessary demographic details such as first name, date of birth, etc , may be displayed. (viii) Aadhaar numbers , if need to be stored, shall be stored securely in Aadhaar Data Vault. (ix) Information Technology Department , GNCTD shall get th is application audited by DeGS empanelled Auditor and submit the report to DOV and NIC. The DOV and NIC after examination shall submit the report to UIDA I. Any subsequent suggestions made by DOV and NIC/ UIDAI may also be complied with. (x) DOV shall comply with all the relevant provisions of the Aadhaar Act, its associated regulations and other instruction issued by UIDAI from time -to-time. By Order and in the Name of Lt. Governor of the National Capital Territory o f Delhi , SUDHIR KUMAR , Secy.-cum-Director Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publication s, Delhi -110054.