UP Govt Introduces Automatic Birth Certificates for Newborns in Govt Health Facilities

The latest development is the result of the UP-government's integration of the Maa Navjaat Tracking app (MaNTrA) with the birth registration system, harnessing digital technology to improve convenience for its citizens.

Newborns delivered in government health facilities in Uttar Pradesh will now receive birth registration certificates immediately after birth, eliminating the need for separate applications by parents.

With this, UP becomes the first state to implement automatic birth registration for government health institutions, verified through the Civil Registration System (CRS) portal.

This recent advancement is the result of the integration of the Maa Navjaat Tracking app (MaNTrA) with the birth registration system by the Uttar Pradesh government, utilising digital technology to enhance convenience for citizens.

Collaborating with the Directorate of Census Operations in Lucknow, the Uttar Pradesh National Health Mission (NHM-UP), UNICEF, and the Office of the Registrar General of India in Delhi, the state government is streamlining the process of issuing birth certificates.

Partha Sarthi Sensharma, the Principal Secretary in the Medical Health and Family Welfare Department of Uttar Pradesh, emphasised the importance of this initiative.

He outlined the process, explaining how the Civil Registration System (Office of Registrar General, India) application programming interface (API) extracts data from the MaNTrA app, managed by NHM-UP. This data is then used to create a digital birth certificate, digitally signed by the hospital registrar, and promptly delivered to the newborn's parents.

Sensharma further revealed that the API is now operational in all government health institutions acting as Registrars up to the primary healthcare level, with approximately 2,500 birth certificates already issued.

This initiative has commenced in around 1,000 public health facilities, with plans to expand it to every government facility. The goal is to ensure that automatic birth registration certificates are issued on the spot in every case.

The MaNTrA app, initially developed in UP with UNICEF's support, monitors the quality of services in labour rooms and has been successfully deployed across the state's public health facilities.

The seamless integration of the MaNTrA app with the birth registration system represents a significant step toward enhancing citizens' ease of living through digital technology architecture.

Sensharma reiterated the state government's commitment to simplifying citizens' lives using cutting-edge technology and expressed optimism about the ongoing efforts in this direction.

Notably, last month, the Maa Navjaat Tracking Application (MaNTrA) for Delivery Point Health Facilities, under the National Health Mission, Government of Uttar Pradesh, received the Silver Award in the "Government Process Re-engineering for Digital Transformation" category of the National Awards for e-Governance Scheme 2023.