Fearing fake certificates, Centre orders stricter scrutiny of digitised birth and death records
The Registrar General of India has mandated stricter security protocols for digitizing birth and death records to combat the rise of fraudulent certificates. New measures include mandatory district-level approval and the use of e-signatures to ensure the integrity of the Civil Registration System.
Amid a surge in demand for digitised birth certificates, the office of the Registrar General of India (RGI) is implementing stringent checks to prevent fraudulent digitisation of old records. The RGI informed the States in June that in certain instances, the credentials of registrars have been compromised due to user IDs, passwords, or one-time passwords (OTPs) being shared with unauthorised persons. On July 6, the RGI asked States to identify “Registration Units showing unexplained spikes in registrations”.
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