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'e-transfer'of birth certificates begins in City

Tuesday, 11 February 2014 09:09 administrator
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Deccan Herald              11.02.2014

'e-transfer'of birth certificates begins in City

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has introduced 'e-transfer', a first-of-its-kind initiative that hastens issue of birth certificates. Similarly, death certificates can be obtained by blood relatives of the deceased within three days. DHNS

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has introduced ‘e-transfer’, a first-of-its-kind initiative that hastens issue of birth certificates. Similarly, death certificates can be obtained by blood relatives of the deceased within three days.

This move will allow parents to get digitally signed birth certificates at Palike-registered hospitals on the same day of the birth. Around 1,480 private hospitals in the City have already been given passwords and hospital staff are being trained in software handling and data transmission. The certificates will also be available at 90 BangaloreOne centres.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Joint Director for Statistics of Palike, Shankarappa, said: “The online registration system available on the Palike website was earlier limited to the civic agency, but now it has been extended to hospitals. Hospital authorities can access the portal and enter details through the unique password given to them by the Palike. The details entered would be verified by Palike officials and the event is registered immediately at the registration centres.”

He further said centres will take out the first copy print of the certificate and send it to hospitals, through the e-transfer server. The certificates will then be issued to parents before they leave hospitals and clear the bills, he added.

Shankarappa maintained that on a pilot basis, the software was being used at some   hospitals such as Manipal Hospital, MS Ramaiah Hospital, Sagar Apollo, among others for the last one and a half years. Directions have been issued to all the hospitals coming under Palike limits to issue certificates using the new facility. Each certificate is preprinted with a serial number, State and Central governments emblems, 24-digit security code and a BBMP emblem watermark to prevent the misuse of the certificates, he added.

Registration centres

Palike Commissioner M Lakshminarayana who was present at the meet, said: “The BBMP is the first in India to introduce the issue of birth and death certificate with digital signatures at hospitals. There are a total of 27 registration centres in the City. Apart from that, five major hospitals such as Vanivilas Women and Children Hospital, Victoria Hospital, Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, Gosha Hospital and KC General Hospital have been declared registration Centres.”

The commissioner added that even a foreign national staying in the city could avail the facility. “In the BBMP area around 1.6 lakh birth events and around 50,000 deaths events are being registered every year,” he said.

The online registration system will be available to hospitals on the website- http://sasbbmp.com/birthdeath.

 

BBMP Seeks Faster Issuance of Records

Tuesday, 11 February 2014 07:28 administrator
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The New Indian Express            11.02.2014

BBMP Seeks Faster Issuance of Records

Even as the BBMP’s plans to issue birth and death certificates within an hour of the event being recorded may not materialise soon, the civic body is determined to ease the process of obtaining these vital documents.

The BBMP claims to have developed a unique software allowing it to issue birth certificates on the same day and death certificates within three days. Touted as being a pioneering initiative in India, the software allows electronic transfer of data on births and deaths directly from hospitals to BBMP registration centres.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Shankarappa, joint director (Statistics), BBMP, said every year, around 1.6 lakh births and 50,000 deaths occur in BBMP limits. He explained that the e-transfer software had 54 different data fields on cause of death and also recorded the age of the deceased, whether a baby is underweight and the age of the baby’s mother.

Currently, registrations are done at 27 centres of the BBMP and at government/BBMP hospitals. Shankarappa said the registration of births and deaths using the software will be carried out at 1,480 private health institutions, 22 BBMP maternity hospitals and six referral and five major hospitals.

All these hospitals have been given an identity number and password, which will be used by the staff to transfer data to registration centres.

How the New Software Works

  • Details of a birth/death will be recorded at hospitals
  • Data will be transferred from hospitals to BBMP registration centres
  • Staff at registration centre will approve the received data and take a printout
  • The hospital shall collect the printout of birth certificates and hand it over to parents before the baby and mother get discharged
  • Processing time is three days for death certificate
  • Both shall be issued free of cost

Advantages

  • Quick transfer of data
  • Avoids mis-linking of records
  • Citizens can obtain any number of copies (only the first one is free) at registration centres, citizen service centres, BangaloreOne and other offices

Ensure These are in Order

  • Each certificate has pre-printed unique serial number
  • Has State and Central government emblems
  • Contains BBMP emblem watermark
  • The printed certificate comes with a digital security code
  • Has a digital signature In the Pipeline
  • If hospitals fail to issue certificates as prescribed, their trade licences will be cancelled
  • In case of delay or non-issue, penalties will be levied on hospital/ BBMP staff and the sum will be given to parents
 

Birth, death certificates available online

Tuesday, 11 February 2014 06:26 administrator
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The Times of India            11.02.2014

Birth, death certificates available online

BANGALORE: You can now go online to get birth and death certificates from the BBMP. On Monday, the Palike said it would enable procurement of birth certificates signed digitally from hospitals registered with it on the same day a child is born.

"In case of death certificates, the person's relatives can collect it three days after he passes away," Shankarappa, joint director for statistics, BBMP, told reporters here.

Each certificate is pre-printed with a serial number, state and central government emblems, a 24-digit security code and BBMP emblem watermark to prevent misuse.

Stating that online registration available on the BBMP website () was earlier limited to the civic agency, he said it has now been extended to hospitals.

"The hospitals can now access the site and enter the details through the unique password given to them. The details entered are verified and the event is registered immediately at BBMP registration centres," he said, adding that these centres will send the certificates to the hospitals so they can issue it to the family before they leave the hospital.

The BBMP has provided 1,480 private hospitals with the unique password and also trained its staff.

The online registration system was launched on January 1, 2010 using software developed by the National Informatics Centre. Registration of births and deaths done within 21 days of the event is free of cost. From 21 to 30 days after the event, the Medical Officer Health, BBMP will certify it for a fine of Rs 50.

The Palike's announcement comes after some private hospitals like Manipal Hospital, MS Ramaiah Hospital, Sagar used it on a pilot basis.

Palike commissioner M Lakhsminarayana said that from February 1, all hospitals coming under Palike limits will provide certificates using the new facility. "BBMP is the first to introduce birth and death certificates with digital signature. There is a registration centre in each assembly constituency. Five major hospitals --Vanivilas Women and Children Hospital , Victoria hospital, Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, Ghousia Hospital and KC General Hospital -- have also been declared as registration centres," he said, adding that about 1.6 lakh births and 50,000 lakh deaths are registered every year.

 
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