No, it was government bureaucracy that was serious enough to only issue papers for the date on which you appeared.. but not serious enough to have staff distri

No, it was government bureaucracy that was serious enough to only issue papers for the date on which you appeared.. but not serious enough to have staff distributed across the rural areas to actually be accessible to people outside the big cities.. It's easy to mandate things that are easily enforceable (date=today only legal birth cert). Doesn't mean its a useful mandate.