KISHTWAR, NOVEMBER 29: A Day-long training program on registration of births and deaths on the civil registration system was today organised here for the Registration Functionaries of stakeholder departments in Kishtwar District.
The event was presided over by the District Development Commissioner Kishtwar Dr Devansh Yadav.
Among others who remained present on the occasion were Joint Director Planning Mohd Iqbal, SDM Marwah Dr Mohsin Raza, DPO Sunil Bhutyal, District Statistics & Evaluation Officer Akhil Thakur, CMO Kishtwar, Medical Superintendent District Hospital Kishtwar, all Block Development Officers & BMOs, Master Trainers besides field functionaries of Health centres.
At the outset, Assistant Director, Directorate of Census Operations J&K Manmeet Singh informed 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.
During the course of programme, the duties and responsibilities or each of the Registration functionaries was highlighted.
Emphasis was laid on organising public awareness campaign and steps for shifting to online registration through CRS portal.
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.
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.
During the question answer session, all the queries of the registration functionaries were satisfactorily answered by Master trainers.
Pertinent to mention that the major change introduced in the registration process is that Block Development Officers (BDOs) have been designated as registrars in Rural Areas instead of SHOs of Police, whereas CMO of the district and Executive Officers of ULB continue to be the Registration Authorities.
DESO have been authorised to give permission for delayed registrations after 30 days but within 1year.
