New Delhi: East Delhi residents can now get birth and death certificates issued online, with the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) on Tuesday launching the facility, becoming the "first" among the three municipal corporations in the national capital to do so.
East Delhi lawmaker Maheish Girri inaugurated the online facility at the civic body's headquarters in Patparganj.
"This step would be helpful in minimising the scope of corruption and create transparency in the system. In east Delhi more than 10,000 people per month come to get birth and death certificates issued. This initiative is a positive step toward e-governance and 'Digital India'," he said.
EDMC said it is planning to start online services for issuing of health trade licence, factory licence and general trade licence also.
North Delhi Municipal Corporation and South Delhi Municipal Corporation were also planning to start issuing birth and death certificates online, but EDMC has become the first to implement it, an EDMC official said.
East Delhi Mayor Satya Sharma has hailed the service as an important step.
EDMC's Standing Committee Chairman Jitender Choudhary said more than 40 lakh citizens reside in east Delhi and the corporation is bound to provide better in class civic service to them.
Three US Mayors--Ms Linda Holmes (Mayor of Cobleskill, New York), Mr Freddie Odom (Mayor of Bluffton, Georgia) and Mr Matthew Avitabile (Mayor of Middleburgh, New York)--and actor Mr Arjan Bajwa were also present on the occasion.
East Delhi lawmaker Maheish Girri inaugurated the online facility at the civic body's headquarters in Patparganj.
"This step would be helpful in minimising the scope of corruption and create transparency in the system. In east Delhi more than 10,000 people per month come to get birth and death certificates issued. This initiative is a positive step toward e-governance and 'Digital India'," he said.
North Delhi Municipal Corporation and South Delhi Municipal Corporation were also planning to start issuing birth and death certificates online, but EDMC has become the first to implement it, an EDMC official said.
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EDMC's Standing Committee Chairman Jitender Choudhary said more than 40 lakh citizens reside in east Delhi and the corporation is bound to provide better in class civic service to them.
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