A Civil Registration System of recording vital events such as Births and Deaths is a legal requirement of the City municipality. Registration of Birth/Death provides to citizens a gateway to social status and individual benefits. The system provides the individual with a unique identity (his/her name), records parental relationships, and provides a statement of place of birth of the child and usually of one or both parents, which are the basic grounds on which nationality can be established depending on the law of each country.

     The birth registration record is required for establishing proof of age for school entry, employment, obtaining a driving license, entering into legal contracts, marriage, etc. The death registration record may be required for settlement of inheritance, insurance claims, claiming family allowances and other social security benefits.

   The eGovernments Foundation worked with the Registrar General of India to standardize the process of Birth/Death through computerization. After more than 16months of work the first version standards document was presented by Srikanth Nadhamuni in Jan 2005 at the National Conference for Birth/Death in Delhi to all the Chief Registrar's of all the states. After getting inputs from all the states the standards document was further enhanced. This Birth/Death standard is the basis for the eGov Birth/Death software application that is being developed for 57 city Karnataka - Nirmala Nagara project.

   The eGov Birth/Death will allow registration of birth via the internet from Hospitals (off course the paper forms will also be supported). Citizens will be able to order their Birth Certificates online. We are also planning on accepting credit card payment so that citizens can order their birth certificate and have it couriered to their address for a extra fee.

   This Birth/Death system will go online in your city around Feb/Mar 2006 timeframe. Currently the historical birth records of your city birth registers are being data entered so that they will be available in the computer system. Please send your inputs, feedback and comments to contact@egovernments.org