From getting a gas cylinder connection to donating blood, Aadhaar card is the sole proof of identification that counts, and now it's important for getting a birth certificate issued as well. While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has kept it optional, Hinduja Healthcare Hospital in Khar, however, is quite insistent on getting the Aadhaar details of parents of newborn babies to issue birth certificates. If they can't, then they are asked to sign a declaration form that they do not have the identification card, and if the declaration turns out to be false, it is treated as an offence under the provisions of Aadhaar Act 2016 and The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969.

Unfair rule

Parents who don't wish to give out their Aadhaar details consider this rule to be unfair. Similar was the case of Candice Martins, who delivered a baby girl last week. Her whole experience at the hospital ended on a sour note when the administration insisted that the parents of the child should provide their Aadhaar details.