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- The Maharashtra government has issued new guidelines tightening the procedure for correcting or cancelling birth and death records across the state.
- The guidelines, issued on September 4, make documentary verification mandatory and bar registrars from cancelling any birth or death record on their own.
- Suspected fraudulent entries must now be examined at the district level and sent with a detailed report to the Director of Health Services (Primary), Pune, and the Chief Registrar of Births and Deaths for approval.
- Registrars have been specifically cautioned against indiscriminate name changes, with clear rules that later events such as divorce or address shifts do not alter the original record.
- The move matters because it closes loopholes exploited in fraudulent birth registrations, an issue flagged in complaints about delayed registrations in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra.
What to watch next
- Implementation of the guidelines by registrars after communication by district health officers and municipal health officers
- Any follow-up action or findings from the earlier scrutiny of the BMC over alleged irregularities in delayed birth registrations
- Use of the 'alias' practice for name-change requests and whether further central or state circulars follow
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Kirit Somaiya
former BJP MP
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“I have rigorously followed up on the issue as it was observed that in other parts of Maharashtra too such malpractice in birth records was observed. Finally this seems to be reaching the right stage”
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…registrations, following complaints by former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya. Somaiya told TOI that the streamlined guidelines were much awaited and formalised the process of changes to be made leaving no scope for malpractice. “ I have rigorously followed up on the issue as it was observed that in other parts of Maharashtra too such malpractice in birth records was observed. Finally this seems to be reaching the right stage ,” he said. The latest guidelines, issued on September 4 by the Directorate of Health Services and the Chief Registrar of Births and Deaths, Maharashtra, lay down the procedure that registrars across the state must…
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