Registrar General of India : Caution To Government And Private Hospitals
The Registrar General of India (RGI) has recently issued a strong caution to both government and private hospitals across the country for failing to comply with legal requirements concerning the timely reporting of births and deaths.
- In 1949, the Government of India established a permanent organisation under the Ministry of Home Affairs, headed by the Registrar General and Ex-Officio Census Commissioner of India.
- This position’s role is mainly to ensure a systematic collection of statistics related to India’s population size, growth, and distribution.
- The RGI is also responsible for implementing the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969.
- The Registrar General is typically a civil servant of Joint Secretary rank.
- The office also conducts demographic and linguistic surveys in addition to the decennial Census.
- The Census of India offers detailed data about the demographic, socio-economic, and geographic characteristics of the population.
- Since its first complete round in 1881, the Census has been conducted 15 times, with the most recent in 2011.
- Post-1949, the Census was conducted under the RGI and Census Commissioner.
- Conducted alongside the decennial Census, this survey provides a comprehensive picture of the linguistic diversity in India.
- It is instrumental for educational and social planning in different States.
- The first Linguistic Survey was completed by George Abraham Grierson in 1928.
- It is a mandatory system for birth and death registration in India.
- It serves as a real-time, continuous population data collection mechanism.
- Hospitals, especially government ones, are expected to act as registration authorities.
