Civil Registration System (India)

{{Short description|Indian vital statistics recording system}}

{{Orphan|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox government agency

| name = Civil Registration System

| formed = {{start date and age|1969|df=yes}}

| jurisdiction = Government of India

| chief1_position = Registrar General of India

| parent_department = Ministry of Home Affairs

| website = {{URL|crsorgi.gov.in}}

}}

Civil Registration System or CRS in India is the unified process of continuous, permanent, compulsory and universal recording of the vital events (birth, deaths, stillbirths) and characteristics thereof. The data generated through CRS is essential for socio-economic planning.{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Vijaita |date=2022-04-27 |title=Birth, death reporting to be automated |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/registration-of-birth-death-to-be-real-time-with-minimum-human-interface/article65359979.ece |access-date=2023-03-01 |issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web |last=ANI |date=2022-05-03 |title=Centre releases India's civil registration system report for 2020 |url=https://theprint.in/india/centre-releases-indias-civil-registration-system-report-for-2020/941299/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}

crsorgi.gov.in{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Vijaita |date=2022-07-13 |title=Birth certificates of children born after August 2015 will be available on DigiLocker |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/birth-certificates-of-children-born-after-august-2015-and-issued-through-crs-will-be-available-on-digilocker/article65636578.ece |access-date=2023-03-01 |issn=0971-751X}} is a dedicated website for birth and death recording in India.