Indiatimes

Civil Registration System: India recorded 4.75 lakh additional deaths in 2020

Around 4.75 lakh additional “all-cause” deaths were registered in India in 2020 — the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, as compared to 2019, according to Civil Registration System (CRS) data. The ...
The Hindu

Inadequacies of the Civil Registration System

The World Health Organization (WHO)’s estimate of excess deaths due to COVID-19 in India triggered several responses. Among them was the response of several State Health Ministers, who slammed the WHO ...
The New Indian Express

Hyderabad to adopt new birth, death registration system

HYDERABAD: As part of efforts to implement a uniform system for birth and death registration across the country, Hyderabad is set to adopt the new Civil Registration System (CRS), also known as the ...
Hindustan Times

Slight dip in registration of births, marginal rise in deaths in ’23: CRS data

New Delhi: Over 200,000 fewer births were registered in 2023 in India than in 2022, a decline of around a percent. While a marginal decline, this was the third time in the five years up to 2023 that ...

Probe: Citywide birth record violations, suspend 3rd officer

Mumbai: Amid a crackdown on fake birth certificates allegedly issued to illegal migrants in the city, a sweeping internal probe by BMC has uncovered violations in birth and death registration system, ...