{"id":31884,"date":"2025-06-27T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T06:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31884"},"modified":"2025-06-27T14:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:36:12","slug":"registrar-general-of-india-rgi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/registrar-general-of-india-rgi\/","title":{"rendered":"Registrar General of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Registrar General of India<\/b> <b>Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Registrar General of India (RGI) has asked all States to ensure that birth certificates are issued to mothers of new-born children before they are discharged from hospitals, particularly government run-hospitals. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Registrar General of India<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>In 1949<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Government of India established a permanent organisation under the Ministry of Home Affairs, headed by the <\/span><b>Registrar General and Ex-Officio Census Commissioner of India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This position\u2019s role is mainly to ensure a <\/span><b>systematic collection of statistics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> related to India\u2019s <\/span><b>population size, growth, and distribution.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The RGI is also responsible for implementing the <\/span><b>Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Registrar General is typically a civil servant of <\/span><b>Joint Secretary rank.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The office also conducts <\/span><b>demographic and linguistic surveys<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in addition to the <\/span><b>decennial Census.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Functions of the RGI<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conducting the Census of India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The Census of India offers detailed data about the demographic, socio-economic, and geographic characteristics of the population.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Linguistic Survey of India (LSI):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Conducted alongside the <\/span><b>decennial Census<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this survey provides a comprehensive picture of the linguistic diversity in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first Linguistic Survey was completed by George Abraham Grierson in 1928.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Civil Registration System (CRS):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a mandatory system for birth and death registration in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It serves as a real-time, continuous population data collection mechanism.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A birth certificate is issued by the registrar in accordance with Section 12 of the <\/span><b>Registration of Births and Deaths (RBD) Act, 1969<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The RBD Act, 1969 which was amended in 2023, mandates registration of all births and deaths on the Centre\u2019s portal from October 1, 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/ensure-birth-certificate-of-new-born-issued-to-mother-before-discharge-from-hospital-registrar-general-of-india\/article69740497.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registrar General of India systematically collects statistics on the country&#8217;s population size, growth, and distribution for informed policy and planning. 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