India, Oct. 9 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) public health department is developing a dedicated mobile application to simplify the process of issuing and downloading birth and death certificates.

The app, being built by the IT department, is in its final stages, and a trial version may be launched by December, a senior municipal official said. "The remaining work will be complete in the next one to two months. The IT department is developing an app to enable citizens to download birth and death certificates from their mobile phones, without the need for a laptop or computer. They will also be able to apply for new certificates for incidents that occur at homes," the official said, requesting anonymity.

For hospital births...