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The new set of guidelines by the Department of Personnel and Training will no longer make it easy for corrupt bureaucrats and government employees to flee the country.

Government officials claim that this change in the rules reflects a greater degree of trust in the average Indian citizen.

The process incorporates a freshly created national database that will include the offenses of criminals under the Home Ministry’s Crime and Criminal Tracking Networks and Systems (CCTNS) initiative.

The government informed the Parliament this week that Aadhaar or PAN card among a host of documents could be used to establish proof of birth.

To begin with, the service will be available in some post offices in Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, among others.