Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) “authentication” means the process by which the Parivar Pehchan number alongwith related information is submitted to the Family Information Data Repository for its verification or authentication and such Repository verifies the correctness or the lack thereof, through the process specified in section 4, and the expression “authenticated” with its cognate meanings and grammatical variations shall be construed accordingly; (b) “Authority” means the Haryana Parivar Pehchan Authority established under section 10; (c) “benefit” means any advantage, gift, reward, relief or payment, in cash or kind, provided to an individual or a family by or on behalf of the State Government or any Government agency or local authority and includes such other benefits, as may be notified by the State Government, from time to time; (d) “Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority appointed under sub-section (1) of section 15; (e) “communication” means a message sent on the mobile number of the head of family and an adult member of the family, as the case may be, and if a mobile number is not provided, then by registered post on the address provided alongwith the information under section 3; (f) “Deputy Chairperson” means the Deputy Chairperson of the Authority appointed under sub-section (1) of section 12; (g) “designated portal” means such web portal of the Authority, as may be notified by the Authority; (h) “Executive Committee” means the Executive Committee constituted under section 17; Definitions. 178 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), SEPT. 6, 2021 (BHDR. 15, 1943 SAKA) (i) “Family Information Data Repository” means a centralised database in one or more locations containing all Parivar Pehchan numbers issued to Parivar Pehchan number holders alongwith the corresponding information related thereto; (j) “Fund” means the Fund constituted under section 24 of the Act; (k) “Government agency” means any company or organization owned or controlled by the State Government and includes a board or statutory body or authority established by or under any State law; (l) “information” in respect of a family, includes information of all members of the family and such data fields for the purposes of determining eligibility for or the provision of any scheme, service, subsidy or benefit provided or implemented by or on behalf of the State Government or any Government agency or local authority; (m) “local authority” means a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Municipal Committee, Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad, as the case may be; (n) “member” means the members of the Authority including the Chairperson; (o) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the expression “notified” with its cognate meanings and grammatical variations shall be construed accordingly; (p) “Parivar Pehchan number” means the family identification number issued under section 5; (q) “Parivar Pehchan number holder” means a family including its members thereof who have been issued a Parivar Pehchan number under this Act; (r) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules made under this Act; (s) “regulations” means the regulations made by the Authority under this Act; (t) “resident” means an individual or a family who is residing in the territorial limits of the State of Haryana and includes an employee of the State Government, Government agency or local authority who resides outside the State of Haryana or who has been deputed by the State Government, Government agency or local authority outside the State of Haryana; (u) “services” means any provision, facility, utility or any other assistance provided or implemented in any form by or on behalf of the State Government or any Government agency or local authority to an individual or a family and includes such other services, as may be notified by the State Government, from time to time; (v) “State Government” means the Government of the State of Haryana in the Administrative Department; (w) “subsidy” means any form of aid, support, grant, subvention or appropriation in cash or kind to an individual or a family and includes such other subsidies provided, wholly or partly out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Haryana. Entitlement to obtain Parivar Pehchan number.