Registration department has set benchmark in transparency, says CM

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan connected Sunday (January 4, 2026) said the State Registration section has emerged arsenic a exemplary for transparent, corruption-free and people-friendly governance, portion inaugurating the State-level Registration Day celebrations and presenting awards to the best-performing offices astatine Anjarakandy.

Highlighting the department’s relation beyond gross generation, the Chief Minister said it safeguards citizens’ spot rights and ineligible security, making it a captious pillar successful the state’s improvement process. He noted that hosting the lawsuit astatine Anjarakandy, location to Kerala’s archetypal Sub-Registrar Office, added historical value to the celebrations.

Tracing the department’s origins, Mr. Vijayan recalled that the archetypal government-approved Sub-Registrar Office began functioning connected February 1, 1865, astatine the bungalow of British planter Murdoch Brown. The Anjarakandy office, housed successful a practice gathering constructed successful 1876, continues to run successful the aforesaid premises. Since the archetypal papers was registered determination connected January 4, 1867, the time has been observed annually arsenic Registration Day.

The Chief Minister said the authorities had succeeded successful dismantling entrenched corrupt practices and middlemen exploitation that erstwhile plagued spot registration. With a steadfast argumentation of zero tolerance towards corruption, the section has ensured speed, ratio and transparency successful its services, helium added.

Major reforms see the ‘Anywhere Registration’ facility, enabling deed registration astatine immoderate Sub-Registrar Office wrong a district, and the instauration of e-stamping to destruct stamp insubstantial shortages and achromatic marketing. Integration with the Revenue section has besides enabled online processing of mutation procedures, marking a important integer leap.

Mr. Vijayan said Sub-Registrar Offices crossed the State were being transformed into smart, citizen-friendly offices with modern facilities and congratulated the award-winning offices for their performance.

The authorities has besides simplified matrimony registration procedures, ensured greater inclusion of marginalised and transgender persons, and enabled online notices nether the Special Marriage Act. Stamp work concessions for the mediocre and streamlined registrations nether the LIFE Mission lodging strategy were cited arsenic examples of the department’s societal commitment.

Referring to aboriginal plans, the Chief Minister said the authorities is considering the usage of blockchain exertion to heighten the information of onshore transactions and forestall fake documents and duplicate registrations. “The purpose is to present maximum services to citizens without requiring them to sojourn offices successful person,” helium added.

Congratulating the grant recipients, Mr. Vijayan said the designation should reenforce their work to uphold a civilian work civilization rooted successful humility, ratio and nationalist trust, and helium formally declared the Registration Day celebrations open.