Aadhaar Card No Longer Acceptable as Proof of Date of Birth: EPFO
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New Delhi: The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will no longer accept Aadhaar Card as proof of date of birth, the retirement fund body announced on Tuesday (January 16).
The decision has been made with the approval of the Central Provident Fund Commissioner (CPFC).
The following documents will be considered as valid 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
Aadhaar is primarily an identity verification tool and not a proof of birth, EPFO said in a circular.
"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 needs to 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," EPFO said.
The move was notified after a directive from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
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