{"id":143685,"date":"2021-10-28T18:46:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T13:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=143685"},"modified":"2021-10-28T18:46:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T13:16:48","slug":"centre-wants-to-keep-birth-death-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/centre-wants-to-keep-birth-death-database\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre wants to keep birth, death database"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Centre has proposed amendments to a <strong>Registration of Births and Deaths Act (RBD),1969<\/strong> that will enable it to \u201cmaintain the database of registered birth and deaths at the national level\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What are the amendments proposed by the Centre?<\/b><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_143840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143840\" style=\"width: 539px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-143840\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/RBD-Act.png?resize=539%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Registration of Births and Deaths Act\" width=\"539\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/RBD-Act.png?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/RBD-Act.png?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-143840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Hindu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presently, the registration of births and deaths is done by the local registrar appointed by States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the Centre has now proposed to insert Section 3A in the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registration of Births and Deaths Act (RBD), 1969.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per this amendment, the Chief Registrar (appointed by the States) would maintain a unified database <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of births and deaths <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the State level and integrate it with the data at the \u201cnational level\u201d maintained by the <strong>Registrar General of India<\/strong>(RGI). This will imply that the Centre will be a parallel repository of data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The database can then be used by the Registrar General with the approval of the Central government to update the\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Population Register prepared under the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answeredthe-newly-passed-amendment-to-the-citizenship-act-redefines-the-way-migrants-can-become-indian-citizens-in-light-of-this-discuss-various-concerns-related-to-it-why-such-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Citizenship Act, 1955;<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electoral registers or electoral rolls prepared under the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/polity\/important-acts\/#_THE_REPRESENTATION_OF_THE_PEOPLE_ACT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Representation of the People Act, 1951<\/a>;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aadhaar database prepared under the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/parliament-passes-aadhaar-amendment-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aadhaar Act, 2016<\/a>;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ration card database prepared under the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/national-food-security-act2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Food Security Act, 2013<\/a>;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passport database prepared under the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/passport-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Passport Act<\/a> and\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other databases at the national level subject.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>What is the significance of this amendment?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the amendments are implemented, the Centre could use the data to update the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/update-on-national-population-registernpr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Population Register (NPR),<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> first prepared in 2010 and revised through door-to-door enumeration in 2015.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Note: <\/b>As per\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citizenship Rules, 2003, NPR is the first step towards the creation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answereddiscuss-the-need-and-significance-of-a-national-register-for-citizens-in-india-what-are-various-concerns-related-to-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Register of Citizens<\/a> (NRC)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>About the other amendments proposed?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another proposed amendment is the appointment of &#8220;<\/span><b>Special Sub-Registrars<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in the event of a disaster, with any or all of his powers and duties for the on-spot registration of deaths and issuance of extract thereof as may be prescribed&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><b>Centre wants to keep birth, death database<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> PIB <\/b>on <b>25th October 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? The Centre has proposed amendments to a Registration of Births and Deaths Act (RBD),1969 that will enable it to \u201cmaintain the database of registered birth and deaths at the national level\u201d. What are the amendments proposed by the Centre? 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