The Economic and Statistic (E&S) department said it has taken note of certain agencies and institutions not accepting birth and death certificates issued manually for provision of services to the public.
The department has reiterated that as per Section 17 (3) of the Registration of Births & Deaths Act 1969 (Amended in 2023), birth certificates issued electronically or otherwise would be the only document used to prove the date and place of birth of a person for the purposes of admission to an education institution, issuance of a driving licence, preparation of voter list, registration of marriage, appointment to a government post, issuance of a passport, issuance of an Aadhaar number and any other purpose as determined by the central government.
To facilitate access to birth and death certificates through online modes, the department said it had launched the online registration of births & deaths in 2022.
At present, the department said the service was available only in 12 district headquarters (Kohima, Dimapur, Chümoukedima, Wokha, Zunheboto, Tuensang, Mon, Mokokchung, Kiphire, Longleng, Peren and Phek) for the urban jurisdictions.
The department informed that efforts were being made to extend the online registration of births and deaths to both the urban and rural registration units in the state, in a phased manner.
Therefore, the department has informed that the certificates issued manually by the registrars of births and deaths would continue to be recognized as legal documents along with the computer-generated certificates to prove the date and place of birth of a person.
Sunday, July 27, 2025