Pension fund body EPFO has removed Aadhaar from the documents that act as date of birth proof. Announced through a circular on January 16, the move by the Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) comes after the Aadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI issued a letter.
“In this connection, a letter has been received from UIDAI (copy attached), wherein it has been stated that the use of an Aadhaar, as proof of DoB, must be deleted from the list of acceptable documents. Accordingly, the Aadhaar is being removed from the list of acceptable documents for correction in date of birth as mentioned in Table-B of Annexure -1 of the JD SOP under reference,” the EPFO said.
In a letter issued on December 12, 2023, the UIDAI said that an Aadhaar number can be used for establishing the identity of an individual subject to authentication and thereby, per se, is not a proof of date of birth, citing an office memorandum issued by the information technology ministry in 2018.
Read the EPFO circular here.
Read the UIDAI circular here.
Which documents can be used as date of birth proof with EPFO?
One of the following documents can be used as proof of date of birth by the EPFO:
- Marksheet issued by any recognised government board or university
- School leaving certificate (SLC)/school transfer certificate (TC)/SSC certificate with name and date of birth
- Certificate based on the service records
- PAN card
- Central/State Pension Payment Order
- Domicile certificate issued by the government
- Passport
- Government pension
- Medical certificate issued by the civil surgeon
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