The state government on Saturday issued a notification appointing panchayat development officers (PDO) as the marriage registration authority at the gram panchayat level.
With this, gram panchayats will provide registration of birth, death and marriage. This was a promise Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had made in the 2022-23 Budget.
Additional Chief Secretary (rural development & panchayat raj) L K Atheeq said PDOs were earlier empowered to register births and deaths.
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