{
  "id": 18280394,
  "title": "Voter ID to replace Aadhaar for welfare payments? Opposition cries foul, links government’s proposal to SIR exclusions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/voter-id-to-replace-aadhaar-for-welfare-payments-opposition-cries",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-05T08:14:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/voter-id-to-replace-aadhaar-for-welfare-payments-opposition-cries-foul-links-government-s-proposal-to-sir-exclusions-11793865498273.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh said welfare payments would rely on biometrics and voter ID numbers instead of Aadhaar. Congress leader Pawan Khera and the CPI(M) warned the change could deny benefits to people removed from electoral rolls and create barriers for rural residents.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}