Rajya Sabha clears birth, death regn bill without any discussion

SP president Akhilesh Yadav, party MPs Dimple Yadav, Dharmendra Yadav and others protest the misappropriation of donations at Ram Temple, in the Parliament complex in New Delhi TuesdayNEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha Tuesday passed Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill amid din, with MoS for home Nityanand Rai sayin

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The bill seeks to amend provisions of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 to tighten the existing norms, mandating an order from a judicial magistrate (first class) for birth and death registrations made more than two years after the event.

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