Nagaland government forms Inter Departmental Coordination Committee to strengthen Civil Registration System.
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DIMAPUR — The state government has constituted the Inter Departmental Coordination Committee (IDCC) on registration of births and deaths with immediate effect.
According to a DIPR report, the Department of Economics and Statistics informed that the constitution of IDCC was taken in pursuance of the provisions of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 and in compliance with the instructions issued by the Office of the Registrar General of India (ORGI) Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, regarding strengthening coordination for effective implementation of the Civil Registration System (CRS).
The composition of the State Level Coordination Committee (SLCC) includes chief secretary as the chairperson.
The members include home commissioner; development commissioner; administrative heads of departments (AHoDs) of School Education; Health and Family Welfare department; Rural Development; Information, Technology and Communication; Social Welfare department; Information and Public Relation department; Municipal Affairs and Urban Development department; director of Census Operation department; and secretary of Economics and Statistics and chief registrar of Births and Deaths.
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The director of Economics and Statistics and additional chief registrar of Births and Deaths will be the member secretary.
Terms of Reference (ToR) of SLCC
Improvement of coverage and timeliness: To monitor, review, and suggest measures to achieve 100% registration of births and deaths within the prescribed 21-day limit.
Inter-departmental coordination: To facilitate smooth coordination among the Health department, local bodies (municipalities/village councils), Police, Revenue, and Education departments for effective implementation of the Civil Registration System.
Capacity building and training: To organise regular training and workshops for CRS functionaries - including registrars, sub-registrars, and notifiers (ASHAs, Anganwadi workers, ANMs, etc.) to strengthen their understanding of roles and responsibilities.
IEC activities (awareness generation): To create awareness regarding the importance of timely registration of births and deaths for legal, administrative, and educational purposes.
Digitisation monitoring: To facilitate the transition to online registration, ensuring that CRS functionaries have access to computers, internet connectivity, and the online portal provided by the Office of the Registrar General of India (ORGI).
Reporting mechanism: To streamline the flow of information from medical institutions (hospitals/nursing homes) to the Registrar of Births and Deaths and ensure timely submission of reports to the Chief Registrar of the state.
Review of vital statistics: To analyse the annual and monthly reports of vital events, identifying areas with low registration rates.
Addressing bottlenecks: To resolve operational, logistical, and legal bottlenecks in the registration process.
The committee shall meet at least once a year to review progress and achievement of registration works in the state and also deliberate and find out ways and means to overcome various problems and difficulties faced by the registration functionaries at various levels including the Registrars of Births & Deaths at the village level.
The IDCC among other things will formulate policy matters on registration scheme and suggest necessary remedial measures to bring about improvement over various functions of registration officials.