Lok Sabha passes bill that will enable digital birth certificates
The Lok Sabha on August 1 passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2023 that paves the way for digital birth certificates which will be a single document to be used for admission to educational institutions, applications for driving licences, government jobs, passports, voter enrolment, and registration of marriage, among others. The Bill mandates all births and deaths to be registered on a centralised portal. The digital birth certificate will be a single document used to prove a person’s date and place of birth in the country. CHIP welcomes this digitalization which will facilitate birth registration and allow more people to access their rights.
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