Bhubaneswar, Dec. 28 -- A tightening of rules governing changes to dates of birth (DOB) on Aadhaar cards has left many citizens in Odisha facing prolonged difficulties, with repeated visits to Jana Seva Kendras yielding little resolution.

The revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has restricted the scope for corrections, affecting those whose DOB details do not match across official documents.

Residents report running from one Jana Seva Kendra to another without success. The problem is particularly acute for people who have differing dates of birth recorded on Aadhaar and voter ID cards. Despite multiple attempts, errors remain uncorrected, leading to inconvenience in a...