Originally Posted by
LuvAirFrance
OK, so maybe the issue wasn't the presence of a certificate but just that the bureaucrats made little effort to make them accurate. I mean here in the US, creating one of those is one of the first things that happens in the hospital. I have my original with my newboard footprints on it. Maybe an attempt to remedy baby switches, people taking home the wrong one. I'd guess that when a woman gives birth in her hut or remote village, the time and date aren't dutifully recorded to make the eventual certificate dead accurate.
Who said the bureaucrats are generally responsible for the lack of accuracy when it comes to Indian records related to births? The responsibility for the inaccuracy of records marking births generally rests with the parent(s) who often decide to even get the season and/or year off.
In the US, there are still many Americans who have been born without being issued a birth certificate, and this is still the way it is in some places for some people. I wonder what the Indian government is going to do about such persons who may apply for a visa.
The Indian government should be aware that it's not like birth certificates across the entire US are "secure" documents and free of all inaccuracies and misuse. If anything, identity theft using birth certificates to get a passport is much easier in the US than in India, even as money speaks in much the same way in both places.