March 17 ko Registrar General of India (RGI) ne private aur government hospitals ko 21 din ke andar births aur deaths report karne ki warning di, jaise ki The Hindu ne report kiya. Yeh circular Vital Statistics division ne jari kiya hai, jo ki Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) ke under kaam karta hai. Yeh step isliye liya gaya kyunki kai medical institutions kanoon ko ignore kar rahe the.

March 17 ke Circular mein kya tha?

Circular mein bataya gaya ki lagbhag 10% births aur deaths India mein register nahi ho rahe hain. Halanki 90% events register ho rahe hain aur universal registration kaafi progress kar chuki hai, lekin 100% registration ka target abhi poora nahi hua hai.

RGI ke report ke hisaab se, 2011 mein birth registration 82.4% aur death registration 66.4% thi. Registration of Birth and Death Act, 1969, jo 2023 mein amend hua, uske tehat sabhi births aur deaths ko register karna mandatory hai. Section 23(2) ke mutabik agar registrar registration mein negligence karta hai to usse fine lag sakta hai, jo ab ₹50 se badhakar ₹1,000 kar diya gaya hai.

Kaun kar sakta hai registration?

Civil Registration System (CRS) ke under, government hospitals registrar ka kaam karte hain. Private hospitals apne area mein births aur deaths ki information registrar ko dene ke zimmedar hain taaki certificates issue kiye ja sakein. RGI ko power di gayi hai ki wo state governments ke Chief Registrars ke activities ko coordinate karein.

Alag-alag states mein registration alag departments ke through hoti hai:

• Assam, Chandigarh, Haryana, Lakshadweep, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, aur Andaman & Nicobar Islands mein Health department registration karta hai.
• Kerala mein panchayat department registration karta hai.
• Bihar mein Directorate of Economics and Statistics registration karta hai.

Centralized Digital Registration kyun?

1 October 2023 se, sabhi births aur deaths digital portal Civil Registration System ke through register karna mandatory ho gaya hai. Digital birth certificate ab sirf ek aisa document hai jo date of birth proof ke liye valid hai, jaise school admission, government jobs, marriage registration, etc. Yeh data National Population Register (NPR), ration cards, property registration aur electoral rolls ko update karne ke liye bhi use hota hai.

RGI ke concerns kya hain?

RGI ne notice kiya ki kai hospitals birth/death register karne ke bajay relatives ke aane ka wait karte hain. Kuch private hospitals relatives ko khud registration karne ke liye bolte hain. Kuch registrars registration process ko citizen-friendly nahi banate, jabki birth aur death certificates 7 din ke andar issue karna zaroori hai.

Vital Statistics Report kahan hai?

Vital Statistics of India report, jo infant mortality, still-birth aur deaths ka data deti hai, 2020 ke baad publish nahi hui hai. Yeh report government ke liye socio-economic planning aur public health programs ke liye bahut important hoti hai. Kuch states jaise Mizoram ne 2023 tak report publish ki hai, lekin baaki states abhi peeche hain.

Recent Data Trends

2019 se 2020 ke beech registered births 2.48 crore se girkar 2.42 crore ho gaye, jo 2.4% ki girawat hai. Registered deaths 76.4 lakh se badhkar 81.2 lakh ho gaye.