Instructions for the issuance of Income Certificates by the
Revenue Department: The Government have issued instructions time to time
outlining instructions for the issuance of Income Certificates by the
Revenue Department to ascertain the Below Poverty Line (BPL)
status of applicants for purposes such as school admissions,
scholarships, welfare schemes, fee exemptions, etc.
Revenue Department
G . O . Ms . N O . 484 Dated : 10.10.2023
Read the following:
- G.O.Ms.No.186, Revenue (Ser.II) Dept, dated 26.05.2015
- G.O.Ms.No.229, Revenue (Ser.II) Dept, dated.23.06.2017
- Minutes of the meeting on income certificates held on 10.05.2022
4.Proposals of the CCLA, A.P., Guntur received through their office E-file
computer no.2132883.
ORDER:
The Government have issued instructions time to time
outlining instructions for the issuance of Income Certificates by the
Revenue Department to ascertain the Below Poverty Line (BPL)
status of applicants for purposes such as school admissions,
scholarships, welfare schemes, fee exemptions, etc.
- An analysis of over 75 lakh Income Certificates issued in the
past two years reveals that they were primarily issued for four
purposes: admission to Educat:ional Institutions, acquiring
scholarships, accessing various benefits from welfare schemes, and
obtaining exemptions from application fees when applying for state
or central government positions. The majority of these certificates
are related to educational activities. - In t:his context, it is widely acknowledged that assessing
individual or family income can be exceptionally challenging and
subjective, particularly in cases where there are no formal sources
of income or where an accurate assessment relies on a multitude of
data from different income sources. With the implementation of the
Six~step validation Process through the Village and Ward
Secretariats, the necessity for a separate certificate to
independently verify an applicant’s income has become less relevant. - Given the aforementioned considerations, a meeting was
convened with all relevant departments and their respective Heads
to address the issues pertaining to the issuance of Income
Certificates and to propose appropriate measures to the
government. Specific recommendations were put forth during this
meeting, as mentioned in the reference 3rd read above. - Consequently, following a thorough examination of the
measures proposed in the meeting and in cont:inuation of the
directives outlined in the reference 2nd read above, the following
orders are hereby issued:
a) The Revenue Department will provide Income certificate to
all school students in Class X and XII in case they are not
issued.
b) All Welfare departments of the state government like Social
Welfare Department, Department for WCDA &SC, BC Welfare,
Tribal Welfare, Minority Welfare departments etc will no
longer require an Income Certificate for administration if any
of their schemes with immediate effect.
The Income Certificate will be replaced with a Six-step
validation Process, which is already in use. These institutions
will collect applications with beneficiaries’ Aadhaar Numbers,
compile the application data, and send it to the GSWS
Department for the Six-step Validation Process. The GSWS
Department will complete the validation process and provide
the eligibility list to the institutions within one day. If any
cases have failed in the six-step validation, such list will be
sent to the Revenue Department by the user Department for
confirmation of income and the Revenue Department in turn
send the income status of each one in the list: to the user
department within a period of three working days. Basing on
the same, user Department shall take necessary action.
c) For scholarships of all kinds, the existing process of the
Six-step Validat:ion will continue. No department will ask for a
separate Income Certificate. The Six-step Validation will occur
right after the admission test and before counselling or the
conclusion of the admission prgcess to determine which
students do not need to pay fees. - d) For post-matriculation scholarship applicants, Income
- Certificates will not be needed, and the Six-step Validation will
- be used to confirm eligibility.
- e) The GSWS Department .will integrate the Six-step
- Validation as a nearly real-time service into its citizen services
- and welfare scheme application processing software. This will
- enable immediate certification of eligibility for requirements
- like exam or job application fee exemptions.
- f) However, for specific cases like EWS Certification for State
- and Central Government jobs, other Central Government-
- related needs, and the Jaganana Videshi Vidya Deewana
- Scheme, the present procedure of issuing Income Certificates
- as mentioned in the reference 2nd read above will continue.
- g) The GSWS Department will adjust their software
- applications to capture the specific Category of Use (such as
- EWS Certification for State or Central Government Jobs) for
- which the Income Certificate is.`being issued. The GSWS
- Department will also ensure that an Income Certificate is only
- issued when the Category of Use is clearly indicated in the
- application form. The Revenue Department will update the
- application form to include this category of Use requirement.
- h) If there arises a disagreement or uncertainty regarding the
- Six-step Validation process, the individuals involved can seek
- resolution by being directed to the GSWS Department.
- In case of any new requirements or exceptions, the
- Department concerned shall take the concurrence of the Revenue
- (Lands) Department.
- In all other respects, the process and conditions as outlined
in the reference 2nd read above shall rerriain applicable. - All the Heads of Departments, Institutions, Societies,
Corporations and other stakeholder organizations shall ensure that
t:he above instructions are scrupulously followed in letter and spirit. - The Special Chief Secretary & Chief Commissioner of Land
Administration, Andhra Pradesh, Mangalagiri, Guntur shall
communicate this order to all the District Collectors and Tahsildars
in the State for wide publicity.
