Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, December 9

Specially-abled persons can apply for the Unique Disability Identity Card (UDID) at the Sewa Kendras or at the government hospitals at the district/block/ tehsil level or online personally, said Deputy Commissioner Ghanshaym Thori.

The DC said in a major reprieve to the specially-abled persons, the government has decided to issue UDID to them and to get themselves enrolled for the card, the specially-abled people can apply themselves, through Sewa Kendras or government hospitals, by bringing their Aadhaar Card, Voter Card or any proof of age and passport size photograph.

He said for the medical examination, special camps are being organised at the Civil Hospital on Tuesdays and Thursdays and applicants can visit the hospital, where orthopaedics, ENT specialists, psychiatrists, paediatrics and others will physically examine them before issuing the disability certificate.

He said the cards were being issued not only to encourage transparency, efficiency and ease of delivering government benefits to the person with disabilities, but to ensure uniformity.

The DC said cards would also help in streamlining the tracking of physical and financial progress of beneficiary at all levels of hierarchy of implementation – from village level, block level, district level, state level and national level. He said this would be a huge reprieve to the specially-abled persons, as they would not have to visit hospitals again and again to get a medical certificate.

Likewise, he said the UDID would be the only document to extend the benefits of government schemes to specially-abled persons. Nodal officer, UDID scheme, Dr Anu said: “The UDID will have a QR code that will be helpful in ascertaining the credentials of specially-abled persons. It will help in ensuring free travel to visually challenged persons in government buses besides providing 50 per cent concession to other specially-abled persons.”
Source: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/get-disability-id-cards-at-sewa-kendras-now-182102