 A
Civil Registration System of recording vital events such as Births
and Deaths is a legal requirement of the City municipality. Registration of Birth/Death provides to citizens a gateway to social
status and individual benefits. The system provides the individual with
a unique identity (his/her name), records parental relationships, and
provides a statement of place of birth of the child and usually of one
or both parents, which are the basic grounds on which nationality can be
established depending on the law of each country.
The birth registration record is required for
establishing proof of age for school entry, employment, obtaining a
driving license, entering into legal contracts, marriage, etc. The death
registration record may be required for settlement of inheritance,
insurance claims, claiming family allowances and other social security
benefits.
 The
eGovernments Foundation worked with the Registrar General of India to
standardize the process of Birth/Death through computerization. After
more than 16months of work the first version standards document was
presented by Srikanth Nadhamuni in Jan 2005 at the National Conference
for Birth/Death in Delhi to all the Chief Registrar's of all the states.
After getting inputs from all the states the standards document was
further enhanced. This Birth/Death standard is the basis for the eGov
Birth/Death software application that is being developed for 57 city
Karnataka - Nirmala Nagara project.
The eGov Birth/Death will
allow registration of birth via the internet from Hospitals (off course
the paper forms will also be supported). Citizens will be able to order
their Birth Certificates online. We are also planning on accepting
credit card payment so that citizens can order their birth certificate
and have it couriered to their address for a extra fee.
This Birth/Death system will go online in your
city around Feb/Mar 2006 timeframe. Currently the historical birth
records of your city birth registers are being data entered so that they
will be available in the computer system. Please send your inputs,
feedback and comments to
contact@egovernments.org |
