The Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has announced that the Aadhaar card will no longer be accepted as proof of date of birth, following a directive from the UIDAI.
Provident Fund: The EPFO removed Aadhaar from the list of acceptable documents for correcting the date of birth soon after receivng directive from the UIDAI.
Cases of Aadhaar data misuse for the purpose of illicitly extracting money have been reported. Aadhaar cardholders now have the option to lock their biometric data for enhanced security against cyber threats.