Now Aadhaar card compulsory for income certificate, LG approved the proposal of Delhi government

Aadhaar will now be mandatory for income certificate in Delhi. Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena approved the government’s proposal. This certificate determines the eligibility of financial benefits received under government schemes. The purpose of this step is to prevent rigging and irregularities. Only real and eligible beneficiaries will get the benefit of government schemes. Transparency and accountability will be ensured from the scheme.

What was said in the order?

• It has been said in the order that the income certificate determines the eligibility of a person to get financial benefits under government schemes. The Lieutenant Governor has approved the proposal to notify the service of ‘issuing income certificate’ under Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016.
• Under this section, the central or state government can make Aadhaar-based verification mandatory to establish the identity of a person, so that subsidy, profit or service that can be received from the accumulated fund or the accumulated fund of India can be obtained.
• According to the order, this proposal, supported by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, states that the income certificate issued by the revenue department of Delhi Government is used to determine the eligibility of the beneficiaries for various schemes and subsidies, such as compensation of tuition fees for Scheduled Caste/Tribe/Other Backward Class students, pension, financial assistance under Delhi Health Fund etc.
  For this purpose, it should be made mandatory to submit proof of Aadhaar.
• The Revenue Department said that using Aadhaar as a identification document to provide services, benefits or subsidies as the process of service distribution makes it easier and increases transparency. With this, the beneficiaries get the benefit of their rights directly, convenient and uninterrupted.
• Apart from this, the need to submit several documents to prove identity from Aadhaar verification also ends. UIDAI, Government of India, through a circular of 25.11.2019, had empowered the state governments to make Aadhaar verification mandatory for the beneficiaries under Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, if the schemes were funded from the accumulated funds of the state.
• According to the notification, if a person does not have an Aadhaar number and wants to get benefits under the schemes, then he will have to apply for Aadhaar enrollment. If the person/beneficiary is a minor and does not have an Aadhaar number, he can give Aadhaar enrollment identification slip or biometric update identification slip, a birth certificate or school identity card, which has a parent’s name and signed by the school’s principal.
• All other beneficiaries (except children), those who do not have an Aadhaar number, can submit a bank or post office passbook, PAN card, passport, farmer photo passbook, or driving license with Aadhaar enrollment identity slip.
• The Lieutenant Governor has also advised the Revenue Department that this decision should be widely publicized so that people are aware of the requirements of Aadhaar for these schemes and it should be ensured that no real beneficiary has to be deprived of the benefits received under these schemes.