Biometrics, voter IDs for beneficiary payments, not Aadhaar: Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh

Learn the reported action together with its current status. Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, alias Lalan Singh, has said payments to beneficiaries on the basis of their Aadhaar numbers will soon be replaced by a system processing payments using their biometrics and voter ID (EPIC) numbers.

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Distinguish the reported action from any further step explicitly stated in the report. Instead, payments to beneficiaries will be processed using their biometrics and their voter ID (EPIC) number),” he said without elaborating on the schemes for which the EPIC number will be used.

• Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, alias Lalan Singh, has said payments to beneficiaries on the basis of their Aadhaar numbers will soon be replaced by a system processing payments using their biometrics and voter ID (EPIC) numbers. • Instead, payments to beneficiaries will be processed using their biometrics and their voter ID (EPIC) number),” he said without elaborating on the schemes for which the EPIC number will be used.