Is India winning the wrong battle on infant mortality?India's infant mortality rate has significantly dropped to 24 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024. This progress is largely due to a surge...
02 Jun, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
India makes significant progress in reducing maternal mortality decline, on course to meet SDG targetIndia's maternal health has seen a remarkable transformation, with maternal deaths having fallen significantly, a global achievement. This ...
29 May, 2026, 10.34 PM IST
Quote of the day by Mahatma Gandhi: 'Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are...' Life lessons on true happiness, human nature and peace by India's the father of the nationQuote of the day by Mahatma Gandhi highlights harmony between thoughts, words, and actions. The message explains how true happiness connect...
16 May, 2026, 01.40 PM IST
India’s invisible workforce gets a new safety net: Key labour reforms for migrant employees decodedIndia's inter-state migrant workers gain significant protections under new labour code rules notified on May 8, 2026. The Occupational Safe...
15 May, 2026, 03.00 PM IST
Birth certificate now sole proof for admissions, jobs in NagalandNagaland now requires birth certificates for school admissions and government jobs. This new rule applies to all official services. The Nag...
21 Jan, 2026, 10.49 PM IST
Birth certificate now mandatory for these passport applicantsFrom October 1, 2023, individuals must provide birth certificates as proof of birth when applying for passports, according to the updated P...
04 Mar, 2025, 11.03 AM IST
Soon, use birth certificate as single document to avail host of servicesA new law in India will allow the use of birth certificates as a single document for various purposes, including admission to educational i...
14 Sep, 2023, 04.21 PM IST
Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill gets President's assentThe law will help create a national and state-level database of registered births and deaths which eventually would ensure efficient and tr...
12 Aug, 2023, 07.31 PM IST
Bill in Lok Sabha to allow use of birth certificate as proof for host of servicesIntroducing the bill on behalf of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the Registration of Births a...
26 Jul, 2023, 11.41 PM IST
Jharkhand launches special drive to achieve 100% registration of births, deathsJharkhand government launched a month-long drive to achieve 100 per cent registration of births and deaths, an official said. State Finance...
14 Jul, 2023, 05.37 PM IST
Government says no plan to use Aadhaar data for censusFurther, the minister said there is is no mechanism to receive the Aadhaar numbers of deceased persons from the Registrars appointed by sta...
05 Apr, 2023, 06.11 PM IST
Beware of fake death, birth papers: Registrar General of IndiaHome ministry officials said the advisory was sent by the RGI to states in the wake of reports of fake birth and death certificates issued ...
06 Oct, 2021, 09.06 AM IST
India close to achieving universal civil registration goalThe report said a higher birth registration rate was seen compared to deaths as 81% births were institutional against 34.5% deaths, with th...
30 Jun, 2021, 04.30 PM IST
Aadhaar no. not needed to register births and deathsThe report, however, said that Uttar Pradesh and Haryana have started Aadhaar-linked birth registrations.Officials said that the move by th...
19 Jun, 2021, 08.16 AM IST
Death data better in 2013 but without medical careAs much as a third of all registered deaths did not precede with medical attention in 2009 at 27 per cent, this reduced to just over a four...
09 Dec, 2015, 10.41 AM IST
India vows to register all births, deaths by 2020"The government has therefore set an ambitious target of achieving (this) by 2020. This mission has been given an appropriate name -- Visio...
27 Nov, 2014, 04.42 PM IST
- Bill to make marriage registration mandatory
A bill aimed at making registration of marriages mandatory on the line of birth and death registration was introduced in the Rajya Sabha.
07 May, 2012, 07.30 PM IST