Open AccessImpact of policy initiatives on civil registration system in Haryana
Author(s) -
Pravin Kumar Singh,
Manmeet Kaur,
Nidhi Jaswal,
Rajesh Kumar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.96100
Subject(s) - census , population , medicine , demography , medical emergency , geography , environmental health , sociology
Despite the existence of Registration of Birth and Death Act (1969), Civil Registration System (CRS) in India registered only 68.3% of the births and 63.2% of the deaths. Hence, National Population Policy (2000) emphasized the need to improve registration of vital events. In 2005, Haryana initiated policy changes to enhance registration of vital events. We evaluated the impact of these policy changes on CRS in 2009.