All reported births, deaths to be digitally registered from Oct. 1

Source: The post is based on the article “All reported births, deaths to be digitally registered from Oct. 1”  published in The Hindu on 15th September 2023

What is the News?

The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023 will come into effect from October 1,2023.

This means from October 1st, birth certificates will become a single-point document for citizens to avail a host of services including admission to educational institutions, marriage registration, issuance of drivers’ license, appointment to a government job among other purposes.

What is the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023?

The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023 amends the 1969 Act.

The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 provides for the regulation and registration of births and deaths.

The registration of births and deaths falls under the Concurrent List, giving powers to both Parliament and state legislatures to make laws on the subject.

Key Provisions of the Act:

The act introduces the concept of digital birth certificates.This will be a single document to be used for admission to educational institutions, applications for driving license, government jobs, passports or Aadhaar, voter enrolment and registration of marriage and others.

The act makes it compulsory for the States to register births and deaths on the Centre’s Civil Registration System (CRS) portal and share data with the RGI which functions under the Union Home Ministry. 

The Act authorizes the government to collect Aadhaar numbers of parents and informants, if available, in case of birth registration.

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