Dehradun: Chief Secretary Smt Radha Raturi has given instructions to take strict action in cases of fake certificates. CS has given instructions to make the process of birth-death registration very simple for the public so that the people do not have to suffer for the certificates. Smt. Radha Raturi instructed the officials that birth-death certificate is an important document for various schemes of the Government of India and the State Government such as getting admission in school, getting widow pension, receiving life insurance amount etc. To obtain which, sometimes families fall into the trap of fraudsters and get fake certificates in exchange for a huge amount and later they have to face difficulties.Apart from this, many cases of fake websites similar to the official website of the Government of India for birth and death registration have also come to light.
Chief Secretary Smt. Radha Raturi has also appealed to the public to be cautious of such fraudsters and contact the registrar of their area only for getting the certificate made. She said that a new portal (dc. crsorgi.gov.in) has been launched by the Government of India to prevent fake cases of birth-death registration and to simplify and strengthen the registration process for the general public. Through this, any member of the family can apply for registration of birth or death in the family by creating his ID on the portal from home. For this, he will only need an email and a mobile number. After applying, the applicant can also check the status of his application at any time. The application is accepted and a digital certificate is issued when the concerned registrar is satisfied with the documents attached with the application. A copy of this digital certificate issued is also immediately available on the email ID given by the applicant, which he can download and use at any time. The Chief Secretary emphasized that since this is for the general public, its proper publicity among the public is necessary, for which the concerned department was instructed to take necessary action.
On Monday, Chief Secretary Smt. Radha Raturi reviewed the birth-death registration work going on in the state with all the concerned departments at the Secretariat.
Principal Secretary, Secretary Health and Family Welfare, Census Director, Additional Secretary Health and Family Welfare and officials of Health Directorate, Panchayati Raj, Revenue Department, Urban Development, Uttarakhand Medical Council, Directorate of Economics and Statistics and Directorate of Census Work, Government of India etc. were also present in the meeting.
