New Delhi : , Dec 14, 2017 : .A draft amending the Registration of Birth & Death Act (RBD Act) 1969 has been in public domain for nearly two months.
This was disclosed to Parliament on Tuesday. “Following consultations with the concerned union Ministries/Departments and all the state governments/Union Territories, a draft amendment to the Registration of Birth & Death Act, 1969 was placed in the public domain from October 18, 2021 to December 2, 2021 for comments,” Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
The government invited the public to suggest amendments for the Act which, at 50 years old, had never been changed.
The government published a notice on November 16 that stated, “Various sections of this Act will be proposed to amend to make them people-friendly” and to reflect changes in society over the past five decades.
Rakesh Singh (BJP member) had asked for clarification from the government regarding whether any amendments have been made to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act.
Rai said the registration of birth and death is mandatory under the Act and the Chief Registrar is mandated to publish a statistical report on the registered births and deaths during the year.
“The draft amendment includes a provision for maintaining a unified database of civil registration records at state level and for integration with the database at the national level,” he said.
However, he said there was no proposal to include the data of earlier census to make the proposal or the exercise more effective.
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