G.O.(Ms) No.77, State Level Advisory Board Re-designated as Unique Identification Implementation Committee, 2015

What the government changed

The Tamil Nadu Revenue [DM-I(2)] Department re-designated the State Level Advisory Board as the Unique Identification Implementation Committee. The earlier board had been constituted to coordinate activities relating to the Unique Identification Authority of India.

The Unique Identification Implementation Committee is responsible for reviewing the use of Aadhaar linked incentivisation grants. The change followed a proposal from the Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner of Revenue Administration.

Committee membership

The Unique Identification Implementation Committee is chaired by the Chief Secretary to Government. Its members are:

• Chief Electoral Officer.
• Principal Secretary to Government, Home Department.
• Principal Secretary and Commissioner of Revenue Administration.
• Principal Secretary to Government, Finance Department.
• Principal Secretary to Government, Co-operation, Food and Consumer Protection Department.
• Secretary to Government, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department.
• Secretary to Government, Information Technology Department.
• Deputy Director General, National Informatic Centre, Chennai.
• Deputy Director General, Unique Identification Authority of India, Bangalore.

The Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, is the Member Secretary. The Revenue Secretary was chosen because the proposed post of State Unique Identification Commissioner had not been created in Tamil Nadu. A representative of the Unique Identification Authority of India was included to ensure its participation at the state level.

Grant review process

The source describes the following process for Aadhaar linked incentivisation grants:

• States place Aadhaar generation totals and coverage of the Below Poverty Line population before the Unique Identification Implementation Committee.
• The committee makes a recommendation to the Unique Identification Authority of India.
• The Unique Identification Authority of India checks Central ID Data Repository information on Aadhaar numbers issued in the state.
• State data is then forwarded to the Ministry of Finance for release of the grant.

Costs and practical effect

The Unique Identification Implementation Committee may receive the facilities normally allowed to a State Level Implementation Committee, including applicable Travelling Allowance and Daily Allowance. Administrative and miscellaneous expenses are charged to the relevant accounts of the departments to which the officers belong.

G.O.(Ms) No.77 concerns government administration of Aadhaar linked grants. It does not set out requirements for buying, selling, registering, transferring or owning land in Tamil Nadu.