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The government has announced that starting from October 1, all births and deaths in the country will be registered digitally on the Centre's portal.

Facts About:

• Digital birth certificates are set to become a single, versatile document thanks to the 2023 Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act.
• This document will serve various purposes such as admission to schools, applying for driver's licenses, government jobs, passports, Aadhaar, voter registration, and even marriage registration.
• The central database will also keep the National Population Register (NPR), ration cards, property records, and electoral rolls up to date.
• All states will be required to use the Centre's Civil Registration System (CRS) portal to register births and deaths and share this data with the Registrar General of India (RGI).