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The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill was passed on August 11 last year after being approved by both Houses of Parliament. Accordingly, It is now mandatory to state the religion of both the child’s mother and father in the birth register The Ministry of Home Affairs has now informed.
Earlier, only the religion of the family was recorded in the birth register. But now as per some amendments made in Form 1 for birth registration it is advised to mention the religion of both.
While this has drawn criticism, it has been said that the information will only be used for statistical purposes.
In the notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, “All the State Governments shall duly adopt the provisions mentioned therein and publish notification thereof. The above procedure is also applicable to adoptive parents” It is reported that.
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‘Through this, one’s birth and death data will be maintained at the national level. The authority to maintain this national database has been delegated to the Registrar General. Also, this step has been taken to take the birth certificate as the primary document when applying for documents like Aadhaar card, admission to educational institutions, driving license, appointment to government jobs, registration of marriages.
It is also advised to include complete information such as Aadhaar number, mobile number, email, state, district, city or village of residence, ward number of the parents in the birth register. However, it has been said that this will come into effect only if the state governments are notified and accepted by them. The Ministry of Home Affairs has instructed to issue a notification after the state government accepts this.
The Registrar General is empowered to maintain a national database of registered births and deaths.