For a moment I wonder how informing the name of spouse amount to interfering the personal affairs of an employee while all other inf.like DOB, sex, caste, religion, edu.Qn. (& marks obtained) blood group, full address, Ph.No., prev.employers, including personal ID marks on one's body etc. are on the records. I fail to understand why one should hide info having married and whether the spouse is alive or not that too to the employer. How the heavens happens to fall if the fact is known to colleagues that too living in a society celebrate all sorts of days, like wedding day/anniversary, women's day, BD of self and even pets, mother's & father's day etc. Are we not prone to share finer moments of lives with our colleagues ?. What is the great necessity to keep the name of the spouse very confidential/secret, what for. We neither Sharuk nor Salman or Aiswarya or Priyanka to engage in gossips about ourselves. Moreover this inf. already made available on the voters list of the constituency which is a public document, can be purchased/copied by anyone without restrictions. Where is the secrecy ? Even Aadhaar Card inf. can be had by tipping. In advocating this to be a secretive we blindly tend to follow west without any purpose. But keeping official records updated with crucial inf. only enable smooth administration nothing beyond that. We are seeing such official documents helps one's heirs to claim right to inherited property, age related disputes etc.. Is't not a healthy practice, especially in a country all marriages have to be mandatorily registered with app.authority ?