Chhattisgarh Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services and Protection of Information) Act,2018
No: 13 Dated: Jul, 27 2018
CHHATIISGARH ACT (No. 13 of 2018)
CHHATIISGARH AADHAAR (TARGETED DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS AND SERVICES AND PROTECTION OF INFORMATION) ACT, 2018
An Act to provide for, as good governance, efficient, transparent, and targeted delivery of subsidies; benefits and services, the expenditure for which is incurred from the Consolidated Fund of State or any other fund set up by any Agency of the State Government, to individuals residing in the State of Chhattisgarh using Aadhaar number as proof of establishing identity of an individuar and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto
Be it enacted by the Chhattisgarh Legislature in the Sixty- ninth Year of the Republic of India, as follows :-
1. (1) This Act may be called Chhattisgarh Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery ofFinancial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services and Protection of Information) Act,2018.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Chhattisgarh.
(3) It shall come into force on such date, as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that provision.
2. (1) In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,-
(a) "Aadhaar number" means an identification number issued to an indiyidual under sub-section (3) ofSecdon 3 of the Central Act;
(b) "Agency of the State Government" means any authority or body established or constituted by any Central or State law in the State of Chhattisgarh including the local bodies, and any other body owned and controlled by the State Government and includes the bodies whose composition and administration are predominantly controlled by the State Government;
(c) "authentication" means the process by which the Aadhaar number along with demographic information or biometric information of an individual is submitted to the Central identities Data Repository for its verification and such Repository verifies the correctness, or the lack thereof, on the basis of information available with it;
(d) "benefit" means any advantage, gift, reward, relief or payment, in cash or kind, provided to an individual or group of individuals and includes such other benefits as may be notified by the State Govemment,from time to time;
( e) "biometric information" means photograph, finger print, lris scan, or such other biological attributes of an individual specified by the Central Act;
(f) "Central Act" means the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financ-ial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (Central Act No . .18of2016)
(g) "Central Identities Data Repository" means a centralized database in one or more locations containing all Aadhaar numbers issued to Aadhaar number holders along with the corresponding demographic information and biometric information of such individuals and other information related thereto;
(h) "Consolidated Fund of State" means a Consolidated Fund of the State of Chhattisgarh;