How to apply for the birth certificate of my 5 months old son born in Indore, MP?

Birth event, information on which is given to the Registrar after 30 days but within one year of its occurrence, shall be registered only with the written permission of the prescribed authority and on the production of an affidavit made before a notary public or any other officer authorized in this behalf by the State Government and payment of a late fee of Rupees Five.

Birth Certificate is to be provided by the Registrar. Responsibility of registrar has been assigned to several differently designated officers/officials 

At local level, Registrar can be Health officer/Executive officer of MC/Nagar Palika/In-charge PHC/CHC/Block Development Officer/Panchayat official/Gram Sevak.

Sub-registrar can be Medical Officer Dist. Hospital/CHC/ PHC/Teacher/Village level worker/Panchayat Officials/Computer/Registration Clerk, etc.

Submit the following documents to the registrar to register the birth of your child.

• Non Availability Certificate (Form 10): Get Non-Availability Certificate from the Registrars office. The Non-Availability Certificate is an acknowledgement or endorsement from the authorities stating that the certificate is not available with them. Applicants have to fill a form and submit it to the Registrar, who will then verify the data and issue the acknowledgement
• Affidavit/Declaration by Informant - An Informant is the individual who has been designated to report within the prescribed time period, the fact of occurrence of a birth or still birth along with certain of its characteristics to the Registrar for the purpose of registering the birth. This information is to be provided to the Registrar, either orally or in Form 1: Birth Report Form. Birth can occur at many places such as
  • House [Residential or Non-residential], or
  • Institution [Medical / Non-medical](Hospital / Jail / Hostel /Dharamshala, etc.), or
  • Other places (Public / Any other place).

Details of who should inform the Registrar in these cases are mentioned below. 

• Information in prescribed proforma (i.e. Form 1)
• Delayed Fees of INR 5.
• Permission from the competent authority.