Oefinitions : — (Received the assent of the Governor on 4th April, 2025) THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH ARUN PARIVAR PATRA AUTHORITY A…

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Oefinitions : ('l ) ln this Act, unless the contelit otheMise requires () : (a) "Aadhaar number" means an identification number isSued to an individual under sub-section(3) of Section 3 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services)Act, 2016 (CentralAct No. 18 of 2016); (b) "Authentication" means the process by which the Aadhaar number along with demographic information and biometric information of an individual is submitted to the Arun Parivar Patra Resident Data Repository for its verification and such Repository verifies the conectness, orthe lack thereof, on the basis of information available \,vith it: (c) "Authority" means the Arunachal Pradesh Arun Parivar Patra Authority established and constituted under Sectionl9; (d) "Biomekic ,nformation" means photograph, finger print, iris scan, or such other bioiogical attributes of an individual specified by the Central Govemment; (e) "Central Act" means the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits end Services)Act, 2016 (CentralAct No.18 of 2016) ; (f) "Demographic information" includes information relatjng to the name, date of birth, address, tribe, records of entitlement, income, medical history and other relevant information of an individual. (g)'Enrolment" means enrolment of a family under Section 6 of this Act; (h) "famaly" means a group of members related to each other by blood, marriage or adoption and normally residing together and sharing meals; (i) " Fund" means the Fund of the Authority established under Section 28; "Government body" means anybody owned, controlled or substantially finance by (k) "Head of the family" means a woman member of the family of the age of eighteen years or above, declared by the family members in the prescribed manner as head of the family: Provided that in case a family has no woman member of the age of eighteen years or above at lhe time of enrolment, any male member of the family of the age of twenty one years or above may be declared to be the head of the family till an eligible woman member of the family takes his place; or in case a fiamily has no male member of the age of twenty one years or above at the time of enrolment, any eldest member of the family of any gender, may be declared as head of the family by the family members. lf such head of the family is a male, he can remain so only till an elagible woman member of the family takes his place; (l) "ldentity information" in respect of a memberof a family includes hisAadhaar number and his demographic information; (m) "Arun Perivar Patra lD" means a unique Arun Parivar Patra lD, for identifying a famjly issued, under Section 6; (n) 'Arun Parivar Patra Platform" means an electronb mechanism of interhce between the resident and the Government department or Government body created under the provisions of this Act; (o) "Arun Parivar Patra Resident Data Repository' means the Arun Parivar Patra Resideot Data Repository created under Section 9 of this Act; (p) "Prescribed' means prescribed by rules made underthisAct; (q) "Public welfare benefits" means any advantage, gift, reward, relief, aid, subsidy or any payment, whether in cash or kind, provided by the State Government directly or through a Government body to an individualora family and includes such other benefits as may be notified by the State Government from time to time; (r) "Records of entitlement" means records of public welfare benefits and services under any programme or scheme for which any family or any of its members is entitled to; (s) "Registra/' means any entity authorised or recognized by the Authority for the purpose of enrolment under thisAct; (t) "Regulations" means the regulations made by the Authority under this Act; (u) "Requesting entity" means a Government Department or a Government body that submits the Arun Parivar Patra lD, identity information and photograph (if required) to theArun Parivar Patra Resident Data Repository for authentication; (v) "Resident", with all its grammatical variations, means a resident who has resided in a local area ofArunachal Pradesh for the past six months or more or a person who intends to reside in that area for the next six months or more; (w) "Rules" means the rules made by the State Government under this Act; (x) "Servlce" means any provision, facility, utility or any other assistance provided in any form to a family or an individual and includes such other services as may be notified by the State Government from time to time; (y) "Verification" means the process of verifying the correctness of the identity information submitted by the Head of the Family or any adult member at the time of enrolment. (2)Words and expressions used in thisAct but not defined herein above shall have the same meanings as respectively assigned to them under the Central Act. CHAPTER. II Authentica$on Authenticatlon and Proof of Aadhaar and/or Arun Parivar Patra necesaary for receipt of Publlc Welfare Benefits and services: The State Govemment may, for the purpose of establishing identity ofan individualas a condition for receipt of public welfare benefits and services for which the expenditure is incurred from the Consolidated Fund of the State, reguire thatsuch individual undergo authentication, orfurnish proof of possession ofAadhaar number and/orArun Parivar Patra lD or in the Gase ofan individualto whom no Aadhaar number and no Arun Parivar patra lD has b€en assigned, such individual makes an application for enrolment: 3 Provided that till such time an Aadhaar number and/orArun parivar patra lD is not assigned idiidl g to an individual, the individual shall be offered alternate and viable means of identification tbr delivery of public welfare benefits and services. Notifying schemes by the State Government: The State Government shall, from time to time, notify public welfare benefits and services for which such authentication or proof as required as per Section 3. Application of Chapter lll of Central Act: The provisions of Chapter lll of the CentralAct shall mutatis mutand,S apply to authentication under this Act. CHAPTER-III Arun Parivar Patra Card