By T V RAMAN Deputy Director General Central Statistics Office Ministry of Statistics & Program Implementation Government of India

Introduction & Background Primary sources for Vital Statistics: Civil Registration System (CRS) Demographic Sample Surveys Sample Registration System (SRS) Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD), an integral part of CRS Office of the Registrar General, India (ORGI)- responsible for unification & coordination of Civil Registration activities Primary uses of Vital Statistics in India

Introduction & Background( Contd.) RBD Act, 1969 – performance; registration & infrastructural bottlenecks Remedial Measures taken/proposed SRS – a snapshot view Limitations in utilisation of administrative records for vital statistics in India

Civil Registration System (CRS) Definition Objectives of CRS in India Two fold objectives Providing identity to a child Registration- an essential public utility service provided by the Government Generation of Demographic data by CRS Tools for local level monitoring, population growth & effects of policy interventions

RBD Act 1969 Enactment Unifying & Coordinating role of ORGI Chief Registrars of Births & Deaths Salient Features of the Act

RBD Act 1969 ( Contd.) Statistical Reporting System Annual Reports at National level Determination of Implementation Performance of States Level of reporting from Regn.Centres Level of Regn. (LOR) Statistical Reports Causes of Low Regn. Measures taken to improve CRS

Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) Importance for Public Health Planners Forms prescribed for Reporting by Hospitals & Individuals Current levels of implementation of international recommendations in India Classification of Causes of Deaths, according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD) Review of Status & Functioning of MCCD in States/U Ts and improvement measures

Sample Registration System (SRS) Genesis of SRS in India Objectives of SRS Dual Record System Structure of SRS Baseline Survey Continuous Enumeration Half Yearly Survey Matching

Sample Registration System ( contd.) Field Verification of unmatched & partially matched events Information collected in SRS Baseline Survey Forms Continuous Enumeration Forms Half Yearly Survey Forms Compilation/Tabulation Forms Processing of Forms

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