The Ministry of Science and Technology on December 01, 2020 has issued a notification for promoting innovations in Individuals, Start-ups, and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (PRISM). This shall provide financial assistance to support projects for developing new ideas and solutions that will directly change and improve the lives of the common people.
The following guidelines have been provided:
• An individual eligible for receiving the benefits under the Scheme shall hereby require furnishing proof of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication.
• Any individual desirous of availing benefits under the Scheme, who does not possess the Aadhaar number or, has not yet enrolled for Aadhaar, shall be required to make application for Aadhaar enrolment before registering for the training programme provided he is entitled to obtain Aadhaar as per section 3 of the said Act, and such individuals shall visit any Aadhaar enrolment centre to get enrolled for Aadhaar.
The following remedial measures shall be adopted if Aadhar authentication fails:
• In case of poor fingerprint quality, iris scan or face authentication facility shall be adopted for authentication, thereby the Department through its Implementing Agency shall make provisions for iris scanners or face authentication along with finger print authentication for delivery of benefits in seamless manner.
• In case the biometric authentication through fingerprints or iris scan or face authentication is not successful, wherever feasible and admissible authentication by Aadhaar One Time Password or Time-based One-Time Password with limited time validity shall be offered.
• In all other cases where biometric or Aadhaar One Time Password or Time-based One-Time Password authentication is not possible, benefits under the Scheme may be given on the basis of physical Aadhaar letter whose authenticity can be verified through the Quick Response (QR) code printed on the Aadhaar letter and the necessary arrangement of QR code reader shall be provided at the convenient locations by the Department through its Implementing Agency.
[Notification No. S.O. 4301(E)]
