This document discusses birth registration in India. It begins by defining birth registration as the process of officially recording a child's birth with the government authority, which provides the child's first legal recognition and is required for documents like a birth certificate. It notes that birth registration is important as it provides evidence of the child's existence and access to opportunities like medical care, education, and employment. The document then provides statistics on birth registration in India, noting that about 58% of births are registered, meaning 10 million go unregistered annually, particularly in rural and underdeveloped states. It identifies key challenges as low priority, lack of coordination and awareness, inadequate budgets, and weak demand for vital statistics.

1. BIRTH REGISTRATION
YASHI MALHOTRA
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2. MEANING OF BIRTH REISTRATION
Birth registration is the process by which a child's birth is
recorded in the civil register by the government authority. It
provides the first legal recognition of the child and is
generally required for the child to obtain a birth certificate
and as a result any other legal documents and rights.

3. WHY BIRTH REGISTRATION IS
IMPORTANT?
• It provides permanent, official and visible evidence of a state's legal recognition of
his or her existence as a member of society
• Medical treatment
• Education Facilities
• Prevent Child Exploitation
• Employment
A Birth Certificate is a Passport to Opportunities...

4. CURRENT SCENARIO OF INDIA
• An estimated 26 million births take place in the country every year.
• The current registration level of births in the country is about 58% for births.
• Each year about 42% of births go unregistered, which is about 10 million births.
• There are 5 major low performing states (UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, AP and Madhya
Pradesh) that have problems of low registration ranging from 20% to 57% which is
affecting the overall registration level in the country because these 5 low performing
states also account for approximately 25% of the annual births and are among the
most populous states in the country.
• Registration level in the rural areas is lower when compared to the urban areas.

5. KEY ISSUES & CHALLENGES
• Low priority accorded to registration and general apathy.
• Lack of inter-departmental co-ordination.
• Inadequate budget allocation by the States for Civil Registration work.
• Low levels of knowledge amongst registration functionaries about the processes and
procedures of registration, reporting and management of data.
• Lack of regular monitoring and supervision of civil registration work in the states.
• Lack of awareness about the need and importance of registration.

6. LACK OF DEMAND
• Lack of awareness about the need and importance of registration
• Low utility of registration certificates and the use of alternate
documents for proving the date of birth and claiming benefits.
• Weak demand for vital statistics among planners and administrators

7. A ROUGH SOLUTION !!