Chennai: The Tamilnadu government has announced waiver of penalty for late births and deaths registrations in the State in view of the Covid pandemic.
The waiver will be with retrospective effect from January 2020, Chief Minister M K Stalin said, according to an official release.
The government waived the penalty of Rs 100 if births and deaths are registered between 21 and 30 days late, Rs 200 if it is registered between 30 days and one year and Rs 500 beyond that as mandated in The Registration of Births and
Deaths Act, 1969.
The government itself will bear the loss of revenue on account of the waiver, it said, adding, all deaths and births from 1 January, 2020 that have been registered late will be eligible for the penalty waiver.