Newskarnataka – Bangalore

Bangalore: In a  first-of-its-kind initiative the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to introduce ‘e-transfer’ for birth certificates. Even  death certificates can be obtained by blood relatives of the deceased within three days.

With an  aim to make procedures hassle free the 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 Joint Director for Statistics of Palike, Shankarappa, addressing the reporters on Monday February 10 stated that the online registration system available on the Palike website was earlier limited to the civic agency, but now it has been extended to hospitals, which will enable them to do the registration on their own.

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.

He also said that directions have been issued to all the hospitals coming under Palike limits to issue certificates using the new facility. Each certificate is pre-printed with a serial number, State and Central governments emblems, 24-digit security code and a BBMP emblem watermark to prevent their misuse.