State Act

The Arunachal Pradesh Arun Parivar Patra Authority Act, 2025

2. Definitions : (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise 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 (Central Act 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 correctness, or the lack thereof, on the basis of information available with it; (c) “Authority” means the Arunachal Pradesh Arun Parivar Patra Authority established and constituted under Section19; (d) “Biometric information” means photograph, finger print, iris scan, or such other biological attributes of an individual specified by the Central Government; (e) “Central Act” means the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (Central Act No.18 of 2016) ; (f) “Demographic information” includes information relating 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) “family” 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; (j) “Government body” means anybody owned, controlled or substantially finance by the State Government. (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 the 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 family 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. If such head of the family is a male, he can remain so only till an eligible woman member of the family takes his place; (l) “Identity information” in respect of a member of a family includes his Aadhaar number and his demographic information; (m) “Arun Parivar Patra ID” means a unique Arun Parivar Patra ID, for identifying a family issued, under Section 6; (n) “Arun Parivar Patra Platform” means an electronic mechanism of interface 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 Resident Data Repository created under Section 9 of this Act; (p) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (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 individual or a 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) “Registrar” means any entity authorised or recognized by the Authority for the purpose of enrolment under this Act; (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 ID, identity information and photograph (if required) to the Arun Parivar Patra Resident Data Repository for authentication; (v) “Resident”, with all its grammatical variations, means a resident who has resided in a local area of Arunachal 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) “Service” 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 this Act but not defined herein above shall have the same meanings as respectively assigned to them under the Central Act.