New Birth Registration Rules: What Competitive Exam Aspirants Need to Know

Birth registration process changes:

• Parents now required to separately record religion of both father and mother.
• Model Rules drafted by Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Changes to be adopted and notified by State governments.

Details of the new "Form No.1-Birth Report":

• Expansion of column for child's religion to include religion of father and mother.
• Applicable to parents of adopted child as well.

• Implementation of Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023:
  • Birth and death database to be maintained at national level.
  • Database may be used to update various records like NPR, electoral rolls, Aadhaar, etc.
  • Digital registration through Centre's portal (crsorgi.gov.in) effective since October 1, last year.

• Serve as single document for proving date of birth for various services.
• Including admission to educational institutions.

• Proposed changes by Registrar General of India (RGI):
  • Substituting existing forms related to registration of births, deaths, etc.
  • Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) to include history of illness.
  • Legal and statistical information to be maintained in birth register.

• Inclusion of Aadhaar numbers, mobile, and e-mail IDs of both parents.
• More descriptive address box.

• Obligations regarding national database:
  • RGI to maintain database of registered births and deaths at national level.
  • Chief Registrars and Registrars to share data with national database.
  • Coordination and unification of activities of Chief Registrars by RGI.

• Compilation of 'Vital Statistics of India Based On The Civil Registration System' report.
• Data used for socio-economic planning and evaluating effectiveness of social sector programs.
• Important for public health system.

Q1. What new requirement will parents need to fulfill when registering the birth of a child, according to the Model Rules drafted by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs?


Explanation: Parents will now need to separately record the religion of both the child's father and mother when registering the birth of a child.


Q2. When did the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023, come into effect?


Explanation: The law became effective on October 1 last year, referring to the year 2023.


Q3. What is the purpose of the Civil Registration System (CRS) data?

Explanation: CRS data is used for socio-economic planning, evaluating the effectiveness of social sector programs, and compiling vital statistics reports.

Sun Apr 7, 2024