"The child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to name, the right to acquire a nationality and as far as possible, the right to know & be cared for by his or her parents."

Article 7 of the 1989 U.N. Convention on the Right of the Child (CRC)

 BIRTH CERTIFICATE is the vital record that documents the birth of a child. A birth certificate usually includes information like birth name , date and time of birth , sex of the child, place or location of birth and name of parents.

Housing & Urban Developement Department of J & K offers Birth Certificate Facilitation service for all eighty four urban local bodies from Jammu & Kashmir.