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Universal registration of births and deaths
August 25 , 2025
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- The Registrar General of India (RGI) asked States to take steps towards achieving universal registration of births and deaths.
- Following the directives of the Supreme Court, all government hospitals have been declared ‘registrars’ of births and deaths.
- Hospitals have to report the event within 21 days under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969.
- The RBD Act, 1969, which was amended in 2023, makes online registration of births and deaths compulsory on the RGI portal.
- Earlier, States maintained their own database and shared statistics with the RGI office that functions under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
- The database with the RGI can be used to update electoral rolls, National Population Register), ration cards and property registrations.
- From October 1, 2023, the digital birth certificate is the single document to prove the date of birth for various services such as admission to educational institutions, government jobs and marriage registration among others.
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