India, March 13 -- The Nagaland government has constituted a 13-member Inter-Departmental Coordination Committee (IDCC) on registration of births and deaths, with the chief secretary as its chairperson, to monitor, review, and suggest measures to achieve 100% registration of births and deaths within the prescribed 21-day limit.

The Economics and Statistics Department, in a notification on Friday, said the committee has been set up in pursuance of the provisions of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, and in compliance with the instructions issued by the office of the Registrar General of India regarding strengthening coordination for effective implementation of the Civil Registration System (CRS).

The committee has been task...