Government had taken a number of steps for improving the registrations of births and deaths. (Representational Image)
Eighty-five per cent of all births and 70 per cent of deaths in the country are now being registered, the government said on Tuesday.
Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary told the Lok Sabha that the government had taken a number of steps for improving the registrations of births and deaths.
The minister said in a statement that a nationwide data base of medical institutions where births and deaths occur had been prepared.
The government had also developed a web-based application to issue birth and death certificates free of cost, he said.
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