<span style="color: #222222;">Punjab government has notified the process to link Aadhaar number of beneficiaries of the Dependent Children Scheme with their bank accounts to bring more transparency and efficiency in the public delivery system.<br />''<br />''Social Security and Women & Child Development Minister Mrs. Aruna Chaudhary said that the use of Aadhaar as an identity document for delivery of services will avoid multiple documents for identification and simplify the government delivery processes on the one side and it will enable beneficiaries to get their entitlements directly in their accounts in a convenient and seamless manner.<br />''<br />''The Cabinet Minister categorically affirmed that the Social Security and Women & Child Development department would offer Aadhaar enrolment facilities for the beneficiaries, who are not yet enrolled for Aadhaar.<br />''<br />''Under the Dependent Children Scheme, the child below the age of 21 years is given Rs.750 per month, if the mother/father of the child or both have passed away or parents regularly absent from home or physically/mentally incapacitated to look after the family. She said that the state government has provided financial assistance to the tune of 104.12 crore to 1,56,169 dependent children up till November 2020 under the scheme.</span><br />