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Left Owned by Maktoob Media"First strip people of voting rights, then welfare": Union minister's remark on replacing Aadhaar with biometrics, voter IDs for beneficiary payments draws criticism
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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has brought 300 Offline Verification Seeking Entities (OVSEs) onto its platform, enabling paperless Aadhaar verification and strengthening offline verification capabilities. Since the rollout began in January, the onboarding has boosted the adoption of the Aadhaar application among residents, according to a government statement released on Thursday.
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Union Minister Lalan Singh's proposal to replace Aadhaar with voter ID and biometrics for welfare payments has drawn sharp criticism from the Congress and CPI(M), who warn it could push crores of people already deleted from electoral rolls under the SIR out of the welfare system too.
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Union Minister Lalan Singh's proposal to replace Aadhaar with voter ID and biometrics for welfare payments has drawn sharp criticism from the Congress and CPI(M), who warn it could push crores of people already deleted from electoral rolls under the SIR out of the welfare system too.
