This story is from June 6, 2020

Banks, schools object to JMC digital birth & death papers

Banks, schools object to JMC digital birth & death papers
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JAIPUR: The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) is receiving continuous complaints from people who are claiming that digital birth and death certificates printed on plain paper were not being accepted by banks, LIC and schools.
After the outbreak of coronavirus, birth and death registrations were made online to prevent overcrowding on JMC premises. People are required to register documents for birth/death certificate online to obtain a certificate with a digital signature.
But, banks and other institutions are raising objection saying these digital certificates are not printed on the official paper issued by JMC.
Officials in JMC said, “We are getting complaints from people that these certificates are not being accepted in banks, LIC and even by some private schools since the documents are not printed on official paper. But this should not be an issue as the certificates can be printed on any paper.”
Explaining how to identify whether a certificate is authentic or not, a senior JMC official said, “All the government institutions should be made to understand the value of digitally generated certificates. The banks or LIC officers having doubts about the certificates can log on to Pehchaan website where the details of birth/death certificate are uploaded. The officers can put the certificate number on the website. If the birth/death certificate is authentic, its number would be found there. But for that, the officials need to be made aware by the government.”
The JMC officials have written to State Registrar of Birth and Death, Rajasthan, to write a letter to all the government institutions- asking them to accept the certificates as authentic and explain them the process to verify their authenticity.
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