A Day-long training program on registration of births and deaths on the civil registration system was today organised here for the officials of stakeholder departments.The event was presided over by the District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal.
At the outset, the Additional District Registrar said that Civil Registration System (CRS) is a single platform for documenting vital incidents of birth, death, still-birth as well as their parameters in a continual, permanent, mandatory, and universal manner.
Detailed deliberations on the future roadmap for shifting to online registration through Web Portal of ORGI (Office of the Registrar General of India) for Registration of Births and Deaths and action required to be taken by the line departments for implementation of the Civil Registration System was held during the training program.
Addressing the event, the DDC elucidated the need for implementation of Civil Registration System- Registration of Birth & Death Rules- 2022 in the district and said that the data provided by a thorough and up-to-date CRS is critical for socioeconomic modeling.
He also highlighted the use and purpose of Birth and Death Certificates along with the importance of recording the occurrence and the characteristics of the vital events which is subsequently used to study the demographic profile and other features.
In his address, the DDC underlined the role of local registrars and areas falling within their jurisdiction for issuance of Birth and Death Certificates followed by imparting training to the Master trainers/ participants for switching over to the online Registration of Birth and Death through CRS Portal.
Among the others present during the training program were DSEO, Sandeep Sharma; AD Planning, Mohd Rafi; BDO Siot, Dr Sunil Sharma and trainees.