Aadhaar authentication compulsory for farmers to get benefit under e-NAM scheme

Aadhaar authentication made compulsory for farmers to get benefit under the e-NAM scheme

A farmer desirous of availing of the benefit under the e-NAM scheme shall be required to undergo authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number.

The e-NAM (National Agriculture Market) scheme is a pan-India electronic trading platform launched by the Government of India in 2016, to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. Managed by the Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, it aims to integrate existing Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) mandis (market yards) through an online portal, facilitating transparent price discovery, better market access, and efficient trading for farmers, traders, and buyers

Under the scheme, various benefits are provided to the Farmers and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) (the beneficiaries) in the form of one-time fixed cost subject to the ceiling of ₹ 75.00 lakhs per Mandi for related equipment or infrastructure, initially ₹ 30.00 lakhs per mandi is allotted as one-time fixed grant for computer hardware, internet facility, assaying equipment, while additional ₹ 40.00 lakhs per mandi is sanctioned for creation of facilities such as sorting, grading, cleaning and packaging and for bio composting unit per mandi ₹ 5.00 lakhs.

It has been now decided by the Ministry that 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. In case such an individual has not been assigned an Aadhaar number, he shall be required to make an application for enrolment.

Till Aadhaar number is assigned to the beneficiary, he may establish his identity to avail of the said benefit, by presenting the following documents:

For beneficiaries aged 18 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 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 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, certificate specifying his date of birth issued by the person-incharge, superintendent, child welfare officer or probation officer of such institution; or

(xi) In respect of a foreign national,—

(I) if he is an Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Overseas Citizen of India Card;

(II) if he is a Tibetan refugee, registration certificate issued by a Foreigners Regional Registration Office;

(III) if he is a national of Nepal or Bhutan, passport of Nepal or Bhutan;

(IV) if he is other than a Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder, Tibetan refugee or a national of Nepal or Bhutan, either an Indian visa along with foreign passport or a Long Term Visa to India along with currently valid or expired foreign passport; or

(xii) In respect of a beneficiary who has a legal guardian, adoption order or other document to evidence legal guardianship, which is issued by a court of law or competent authority under the Guardians and Wards Act, 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 or the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and the applicable rules and regulations made under the said Acts; or

(xiii) Any other document as the said Ministry may specify.

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, 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 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.

(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.

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