Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969 (RBD Act)

Subject – Governance

Context – The Central government had invited comments on the proposed amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (RBD Act).

Concept –

Under the RBD Act, it is the responsibility of the States to register births and deaths. State governments have set up facilities for registering births and deaths and keeping records.
A Chief Registrar appointed in every State is the executive authority for implementation of the Act.
A hierarchy of officials at the district and lower levels do the work. The Registrar General of India (RGI), appointed under this Act, is responsible for coordinating and unifying the implementation of the RBD Act.

To know more about the Act, please refer October 2021 DPN.

To know about Civil Registration System, please refer December 2021 DPN.