In a joint initiative to strengthen the civil registration system, Directorate of Census Operations and Directorate of Economics and Statistics held a two-day training programme for the master trainers on August 21 and 22.
The programme was aimed to train the master trainers with all the updates so that they can further educate the officials working at the district headquarters and district planning and statistic offices to help them achieve 100 per cent birth-death registration.
Director of the Census Operations Office, Renu Pillay and the Commissioner of Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Amitabh Panda marked their presence. Pillay stressed on the importance of having master trainers to provide training to all the registrars, assistant registrars and the notified officers, when needed.
She asked all the district registrars to prepare unit-wise check list of all birth-death registrations reported so far and also verify the same. Pillay urged all the employees and officers to fulfill their responsibilities, so that, the goal of 100 per cent registration of birth-death cases can be achieved.
While addressing the gathering, Commissioner of Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Amitabh Panda emphasized on spreading awareness among the people of all walks of life for making compulsory registration of any birth-death cases. He also held a discussion on the importance of having master trainers for this purpose. On the occasion, a day-long training programme was held for the block-level surveyors of Janpad Panchayat for better implementation of birth-death registration system.