this disability card is wastage of time and money. only dist. medical board
certificate should suffice. I am having medical board certificate of
permanent disability and my disability card expires on march 2020. I don't
know who gave this foolish idea to government. it is my opinion that excess
activism make things more complicated for us.
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From: Kanchan Pamnani
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2019 3:48 PM
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Subject: [AI] disability card
Wait for govt disabilitycard proving endless for lakhs - Times of India
Jul 1, 2019, 05.57 AM IST Printed from The Unique Disability Identity Cards
(UDID) for persons with disabilities, announced in 2015, are proving to be
a long wait often stretching for years for hundreds of applicants. Against
over 61 lakh applications, only about 19 lakh cards have been generated
according to the UDID website. With the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Act 2016 expanding the types of disabilities from 7 to 21, state UDID
departments are struggling with the logistics of identifying and
quantifying disabilities for issuance of the cards. According to the 2011
census, which happened before the expansion in the definition of
disability, there were 2.7 crore disabled. Even without the new law,
organisations of the disabled had argued that there was gross
undercounting. With the new definition, the number could be higher. Though
announced in 2015, the UDID scheme was launched in phases and finally
covered all states just last year. At the current rate of expansion, it
could take more than a decade for all persons with disabilities to get the
UDID, pointed out disability activists while the government claimed that
once the infrastructure was put in place it could be achieved in a few
years. “The pace of the UDID project depends on the interest and drive of
the states. The central government only develops software, trains officials
in using the software and provides financial assistance. In many states,
the health department is not cooperating saying that they are already
overloaded with work. The software will help reduce their workload. MP,
Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Telangana, UP and Gujarat are
doing very well,” said KVS Rao, Director in the Department of the
Empowerment of Persons With Disability under the social justice and
empowerment ministry. Currently, whether for UPSC selection or for
students seeking admission in medical colleges, the UDID is not being
considered. “What is the use of having a so-called universal ID when we are
being forced to undergo a medical assessment again?” asked an MBBS
aspirant. Rao pointed out that UDID only gave the percentage and type of
disability and certified the eligibility of a person for benefits meant for
disabled persons. “Each job has different functional requirements. Hence,
even with a UDID, a person has to undergo functional assessment to be
certified as being competent for a particular job,” he added. “With only a
few designated assessment centres across the country, mostly government
hospitals which are overburdened, applicants have to wait long hours to get
assessed for the UDID. Why can’t things be more streamlined?” asked Dr
Satendra Singh, a disability rights activist who still has not received his
UDID card two years after applying. The idea of a UDID card that replaces
all other documents disabled persons have to carry has been welcomed by the
disabled but getting the certificates revalidated or undergoing disability
assessment, only to have to wait for years for the card has disappointed
many.
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