The Hindu                          23.02.2013 

Adults can apply for their birth certificates

Special Correspondent 

Here’s another chance for persons above 15 years of age and not having their names in the official records to get it registered and take a birth certificate with the name.

The government has issued orders on Friday giving time till December 31, 2014 permitting entering the names in the municipal records provided the birth is registered.

The Principal Secretary of the Medical and Health Department, Ajay Sawhney, in the orders issued has stated that it would be a one time opportunity given by the government following representations from the GHMC that several citizens were seeking such an extension. As per the Births and Registration Act of 1969, births should be registered by 21 days (60 days for NRIs). This will be the second such relaxation given by the government as the previous one for two years was given from 2009-2011 when close to 30,000 birth certificates with names were issued in GHMC alone, officials add.