Related to Aadhaar authentication for the VB G RAM G under section 7 of the Aadhaar.
The Gazette of India
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EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4215] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2026/SHRAVAN 16, 1948
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(Department of Rural Development)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 7th August, 2026
S.O. 4393(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 Rural Development (hereinafter referred to as the said Ministry) in the
Government of India (hereinafter referred to as the Government) is administering the Viksit Bharat—
Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB–G RAM G (विकवित भारत—जी राम जी) Scheme
(hereinafter referred to as the said Scheme) under the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika
Mission (Gramin): VB–G RAM G (विकवित भारत—जी राम जी) Act, 2025 (Act No. 36 of 2025);
And whereas, a statutory guarantee of one hundred and twenty-five days of wage employment in
every financial year (hereinafter referred to as the said benefit) is given to the every rural household whose
adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work, to promote empowerment, growth,
convergence and saturation for a prosperous and resilient rural Bharat and for matters connected therewith
or incidental thereto (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 Department of Rural Development is desirous that the Government, for the purpose
of establishing identity of a beneficiary as a condition for the receipt of the said benefit, requires 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 registered or seeking registration under the VB–G RAM G (विकवित भारत – जी राम जी)
Scheme for 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 registered or seeking registration under the said scheme who 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 Department of Rural Development or such department designated by the State
Government or Union territory Administration 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 centers 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 authorized by the said
Department of Rural Development or such department designated by the State Government or Union
territory Administration 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 not 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 Identification
Number (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) issued by the Department
of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Government of India;
(ix) driving license issued in India;
(x) any other document as the Department of Rural Development or such department designated
by the State Government or Union territory Administration may specify:
(4) An officer designated by the Department of Rural Development or such department designated by the
State Government or Union territory Administration 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 Identification Number (EID), on
my Aadhaar portal (https://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/portal) to confirm that the Enrolment Identification
Number (EID), 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 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 biometricbased 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 the 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 (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 the 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 the 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 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 the 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 Department of Rural Development shall follow the
exception handling mechanism specified in the Office Memorandum no, D-26011/04/2017-DBT, dated the
19″ 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 with effect from the date of its publication in the Official
Gazettee.
[F. No. J-11060/18/2026/RE-VI]
ROHINI R. BHAJIBHAKARE, Jt. Secy.
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