Civil Registration System (CRS) Portal:
The centralised Civil Registration System (CRS) portal, responsible for registering births and deaths across India, has been facing significant technical issues, leading to widespread disruptions in the issuance of certificates.
- According to the 2023 Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, all births and deaths in India from 1st October 2023 will be digitally registered through the CRS portal.
- The digital birth certificates will serve as proof of date of birth for various services.
- The centralised database will update the National Population Register (NPR), ration cards, property registration and electoral rolls.
- The NPR, collected in 2010 and updated in 2015, has a database of 119 crore residents.
- So far, 23 States and six union territories have migrated to the new portal. States such as Tamil Nadu which have their own portals send the data compulsorily to the Centre in a real-time basis as mandated by the 2023 amendment.
- States have flagged issues in the CRS portal, such as slow performance, frequent error messages, and data syncing problems.
- These issues have caused delays in issuing certificates.
