While the UIDAI is making some processes easier for Aadhaar holders, others are being tightened. Till now, the date of birth in the Aadhaar database could be changed multiple times by simply visiting an enrolment centre, FE reports. Now, people will be allowed to update it at enrolment centres only once. For subsequent changes, they'll have to visit the regional UIDAI office.

Lakhs of employees, especially workers in the informal sector, are being forced to forgo their hard-earned Provident Fund because of anomalies in their Date of Birth (DoB). An estimated Rs 50,000 crore of PF is lying unclaimed with the PF authorities. While a part of this money is unclaimed owing to contributors being either dead or just forgetting about it.

Madras-High-Court has rejected a plea to change it in the 10th and 12th school certificates on the ground that parents had given the wrong date of birth during admission to Class-1. If the date-of-birth is altered, the entire qualifications possessed by the petitioner would become invalid as she would not have had the required age eligibility to join Class 1 with the altered date-of-birth.