For kids born in Yeshwantpur, Malleshwaram, and Mathikere area of Bangalore, one needs to collect the birth certificate from the BBMP Office in Malleshwaram –
It is located across the Chowdiah Memorial Hall. Formal address of the BBMP office –
Just check with the hospital/maternity centre as to which branch of BBMP office you’ll have to go to to get the certificate.
The process entails taking along the slip they give you from the hosptial/maternity centre. At the BBMP office you need to fill out some forms (bc-1 and bc-2).
They give upto 4 copies of the birth certificate. However, there’s lack of clarity on the exact number owing to the whims and fancies of the official at the desk on a given day. You can get more eventually.
As of 1st December, 2016, it costs Rs.80 (~ $1.2) to obtain 4-copies of a birth certificate per kid.
Will update the post with relevant details shortly, but I did get birth certificate from here and WITHOUT PAYING BRIBE!
The BBMP Office in Malleshwaram. For Birth Certificate, go all the way towards the end along the parking lot and turn right. You’ll then see signs indicating to the birth certificate office.
Once the paperwork etc is submitted at the BBMP office, the birth certificate typically arrives in a weeks time. One can pick up the originals then.
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