Registrar Basic of India cautions hospitals over delay in reporting occasions of delivery, dying

With Census being delayed, the statistics obtained by means of civil registration information allow estimation of inhabitants. File
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The Registrar Basic of India’s (RGI) workplace has cautioned personal and authorities hospitals that they need to report incidents of delivery and dying inside 21 days, after it was discovered that many medical establishments have been flouting the regulation, delaying common registration. As a substitute of instantly reporting births and deaths, many hospitals are ready for family members to request it and even directing family members to report it themselves, the RGI mentioned.

In a March 17, 2025 round, the RGI’s workplace mentioned that 90% of delivery or dying occasions are getting registered in India and important progress has been made in direction of the aim of common registration. Nonetheless, “the goal of 100% registration of births and deaths is but to be achieved.”

“One of many main causes for non-realisation of the aim of common registration is non-reporting of delivery and dying occasions by some hospitals, be it personal or authorities, as per the provisions of RBD,” the round mentioned.

‘Negligence attracts high quality’

The RGI, which comes below the Union Residence Ministry’s authority, mentioned in a communication to all States that, as per Part 23(2) of the Registration of Delivery and Loss of life (RBD) Act, “negligence by the registrar in registering any delivery or dying” is punishable with a high quality. The RBD Act, 1969, which was amended in 2023, mandates the registration of all births and deaths on the Centre’s portal from October 1, 2023.

Beneath the Civil Registration System (CRS), the Centre’s on-line portal, authorities hospitals have been entrusted with the accountability of functioning as registrars.

“It has been noticed that a few of them don’t register the occasions as required below the Act, however look forward to the relative of the kid or the deceased to strategy them and thereafter, they start the method of registration. Situations have additionally been reported that some personal hospitals don’t report delivery and dying occasions to the involved registrar… It has additionally been reported that a number of the personal hospitals deny the reporting of occasions and advise the family members to report it himself/herself on to the involved registrar,” the round mentioned.

The centralised database will probably be used to replace the Nationwide Inhabitants Register (NPR), ration playing cards, property registration, and electoral rolls.

Certificates in seven days

The RGI additionally requested the registrars to problem delivery and dying certificates to residents inside seven days. From October 1, 2023, the digital delivery certificates is the only doc to show the date of delivery for varied companies such admission to instructional establishments authorities jobs, marriage registration, amongst others.

“One other main constraint is that a number of the registrars don’t take satisfactory measures for making registration course of citizen pleasant. On this context, it has been noticed that following the reporting of the occasions by basic public/personal hospitals, some registrars don’t enter the occasions within the on-line portal and register them in time and maintain them pending for a number of days, inflicting inconvenience to most of the people,” the round mentioned.

No very important stats since 2020

The RGI has not launched the ‘Important Statistics of India Primarily based on the Civil Registration System’ and ‘The Report on Medical Certification of Explanation for Loss of life’ since 2020. The final launched stories pertained to the yr 2019.

With the final decadal Census train performed in 2011 and the subsequent Census pending since 2021, the very important statistics obtained by means of civil registration information at completely different administrative ranges allow the estimation of the scale, construction, and geographical distribution of the inhabitants, with out accounting for migration.