Pondicherry : A scheme of the Pondicherry Government to issue computerized birth and death certificates was recently inaugurated by the Local Administration Minister Mr.C.Jayakumar at the Municipal Office. The Software used in the computerization process has been developed by NIC in a period of six months. In this scheme, the computerized particulars of children born after January 1, 1990 and deaths during the same period have been readily made available. However, the particulars of births and deaths between January 1, 1979 and 1990 are still being fed into the computers and verification of the same is going on. The records of births and deaths that took place between 1880 and 1979 (which were in French) would also be made available through photo images. The computerization would enable the authorities to effectively meet the heavy requirement of certificates (around 1,200 to 1,500 per day) during the school admission period, even if all the particulars of the students are not known.