As per the 2020-21 annual report of the Union Home Ministry, the Government is planning to revamp the Civil Registration System (CRS).
Objective
- The move is aimed to enable the registration of birth and death in real-time with minimum human intervention and independent of location.
Proposed changes
- The changes would be in terms of automating the process delivery points so that the service delivery was time-bound, uniform and free from discretion.
- The RGI, which functions under the Union Home Ministry has proposed amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969.
- The amendment will enable RGI to maintain the database of registered birth and deaths at the national level.
About Civil Registration System (CRS)
- The CRS is run by the Registrar-General of India (RGI).
- It is linked to the National Population Register (NPR).
- The registration of birth and death is mandatory under the the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969.
- The Chief Registrar is mandated to publish a statistical report on the registered births and deaths during the year.
- The 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.
(Source: The Hindu)
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