New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- Over 200,000 fewer births were registered in 2023 in India than in 2022, a decline of around a percent. While a marginal decline, this was the third time in the five years up to 2023 that birth registrations declined in India, the other two years being 2020 and 2021. On the other hand, registration of deaths in the year increased by just 9,749 over 2022 or 0.1%, as waves of Covid-19 pandemic came to an end. These numbers were published on Friday by the Office of the Registrar General of India (ORGI), which works under the ministry of home affairs, in the Vital Statistics of India based on the Civil Registration System (CRS) report for 2023. The CRS report records all registered births and deaths in the country. While n...