Free medical tests ordered by Delhi govt dispensaries, Mohalla clinics, others are possible only with these documents

Delhi govt notifies the list of mandatory documents for availing free medical laboratory tests ordered by AamAadmiMohalla clinics, delhi govt dispensaries, others
Synopsis The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi has updated document requirements for free medical lab tests, effective May 20, 2025. Individuals must provide Aadhaar proof or enroll for it. Alternatives are available for those without Aadhaar, including specific documents for children and adults, ensuring access to free medical lab tests funded by the Delhi NCT government. The Lieutenant Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi has made changes to the list of documents required for availing free of cost medical laboratory tests. The updated list of documents has been mentioned in an official gazette notification on May 20, 2025.
ADVERTISEMENT To give you a brief background, under this scheme the laboratory tests are outsourced to another company and the tests are ordered by government hospitals, polyclinics, Delhi government dispensaries, AamAadmiMohalla Clinics in Delhi for the patient's health investigation purposes. Consumers are not charged any money for availing this free of cost laboratory tests under this scheme since the money for these tests are paid from the consolidated fund of the government of NCT of Delhi.
Read below to know the details of the changes made by the Delhi government.
According to the official e-gazette notification dated May 20, 2025, here are the details of the documents: An individual desirous of availing the benefit under the above-mentioned Schemes shall hereby be required to furnish proof of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication. Any individual desirous of availing the benefit under the above mentioned Schemes, who does not possess the Aadhaar number or, has not yet enrolled for Aadhaar, shall be required to make application for Aadhaar enrolment subject to the consent of his parents or guardians (in case of child beneficiaries), provided that he is entitled to obtain Aadhaar as per section 3 of the said Act and such children/person shall visit any Aadhaar enrolment centre (list available at the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) website www.uidai.gov.in) to get enrolled for Aadhaar.
ADVERTISEMENT Henceforth, the benefit under the above-mentioned Schemes shall be given to individuals subject to production of the following documents, namely: In case individual/beneficiary possesses Aadhaar number: proof of possession of the Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication
In case individual/beneficiary does not possess Aadhaar number: For children (a) Aadhaar Enrolment Identification slip, or of bio-metric update identification slip; and any one of the following documents, namely: -
ADVERTISEMENT 1. Birth Certificate; or Record of birth issued by the appropriate authority; or 2. School identity card, duly signed by the principal of the school, containing parents' names; and3. Any one of the following documents as proof of relationship of the beneficiary with the parent or legal guardian as per the extant Scheme guidelines, namely: –
ADVERTISEMENT Birth Certificate; or Record of birth issued by the appropriate authority; or Ration Card; or Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) Card; or Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Card; or Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) Card; or Pension Card; or Army Canteen Card; or Any Government Family Entitlement Card. For other than children (a) Aadhaar Enrolment Identification slip; and (b) any one of the following documents, namely:- Bank or Post office Passbook with Photo; or Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card; or Passport; or Ration Card; or Voter Identity Card; or Kisan Photo passbook; or Driving license issued by the Licensing Authority under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988). 'Provided further that the above documents shall be checked by an officer specifically designated by the Department for that purpose,' the notification read as follows.
ADVERTISEMENT According to the notification dated May 20, 2025, in all cases, where Aadhaar authentication fails due to poor biometrics of the beneficiaries or due to any other reason, the following remedial mechanisms shall be adopted, namely: - 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 Timebased One-Time Password with limited time validity, as the case may be, 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 code printed on the Aadhaar letter and the necessary arrangement of Quick Response code reader shall be provided at the convenient locations by the Department through its Implementing Agency. With inputs from Ira Alok Puranik.
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