The Uttar Pradesh government has directed all departments concerned with the birth-death registration programme to register 100 per cent births and deaths on the Civil Registration System (CRS) software prepared by the Registrar General of India.
UP Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari in his directive said that according to the NITI Aayog Health Index Report-2018, birth registration was found to be 60.70 per cent relative to the total annual birth estimate in the state due to which the health index was adversely affected.
He said the NITI Aayog  and Union Health Ministry were evaluating the states on the basis of registration done in the CRS.
Tiwari said that after January 31, 2020, the parallel system of birth-death registration through e-district portal and e-city service should be completely closed and the CRS portal should be used by all registration units from February1, 2020.
The chief secretary issued this directive to the principal secretaries of Urban Development and Panchayati Raj departments and all district magistrates through a circular on Thursday.
He said the Panchayati Raj and Urban Development departments should be onboard the CRS portal so that the departments concerned could directly register births and deaths on the CRS portal or through hyperlink.
He said for the use of CRS portal for birth-death registration, the departments concerned had been instructed to make necessary changes in the e-district portal and e-city service portal system.
The chief secretary said that alternative arrangements should also be made for permissible fees while applying for registration through the common service centre.
Tiwari said that all private medical institutions registered with the chief medical officer’s office in all districts of the state would serve as information provider on the CRS software. He added that additional district registrar (birth-death)/chief medical officer of the district concerned should provide them user ID and password for the purpose.
He said that the Panchayati Raj and Urban Development departments should coordinate with chief registrar (birth-death)/director general, Medical and Health Services, Uttar Pradesh and ensure training of officers and employees related to birth-death registration work.
Tiwari said that if for some reason the user ID and password related to the CRS software was not available to the registrars and officers concerned of the registration units located in the district, the department concerned should establish co-ordination with the chief registrar (birth-death) and director general, Medical and Health Services.