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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Vijaita Singh

Birth certificates of children born after August 2015 will be available on DigiLocker

Birth certificates of children born after August 2015 that were issued through the Civil Registration System (CRS) portal has been integrated with DigiLocker, a government-run mobile application that acts as a document wallet. Registered users on DigiLocker will be able to access the birth certificates online.

Launched in 2015, DigiLocker is a platform to issue and verify government documents and certificates digitally, eliminating the use of physical documents.

CRS is an online system for registration of births and deaths under the operational control of the Central government. The Registrar General of India (RGI) under the Ministry of Home Affairs operates the system.

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