Key Points : Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023
October 1st onwards, Birth Certificate will be considered as single document for availing several crucial services including
- Admission to an educational institution,
- Issuance of a driving licence,
- Preparation of voter list,
- Aadhaar number,
- Registration of marriage,
- Appointment to a government job etc.
Certain persons to report births and deaths to the Registrar.
- The medical officer in charge of a hospital where a baby is born must report the birth. Moreover, the Aadhaar number of the parents and the informant need to be provided.
- The rule also applied to in case of case of births in a jail, a hotel or lodge. Herein, the jailor and the hotel manager need to provide all the relevant information.
- Adoptive parents for non-institutional adoption,
- Biological parents for births through surrogacy,
- The single parent in case of birth of a child to a single parent or unwed mother.