Birth- death reporting to be automated
- April 28, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Birth- death reporting to be automated
Subject: Polity
Section: Msc
Context: Centre plans revamp of the Civil Registration System that is linked to National Population Register
Background:
- Union government is planning to revamp the Civil Registration System (CRS) to enable the registration of birth and death in real-time with minimum human intervention and independent of location.
- Government has decided to introduce transformational changes in the Civil Registration System of the country through an IT [information technology]-enabled backbone leading to registration of birth and death.
- The changes would be sustainable, scalable and independent of the location.
- The RGI that functions under the Home Ministry has proposed amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 that will enable it to “maintain the database of registered birth and deaths at the national level”.
- The registration of birth and death is mandatory under the Act and the Chief Registrar is mandated to publish a statistical report on the registered births and deaths during the year.
- RGI is empowered under Section 3(3) of the 1969 Act to take steps to coordinate and unify the activities of the Chief Registrars of births and deaths of all States.
- According to the proposed amendments, the database may be used to update the population register, electoral register, Aadhaar, ration card, passport and driving licence databases.
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