In Hyderabad, they are asking for rail concession certificate, that also latest one with Doctor Name, His/Her registration number, Round seal of the hospital etc. They are not accepting both UDID and Disability Certificate
On Thu, Sep 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA <[email protected]> wrote: > no, you can't get concession ticket on UDID. Either you have to produce > rail concession certificate or card issued by DRM. > > > On 9/4/2025 1:19 PM, Sandesh wrote: > > Absolutely. And I have heard that concessional tickets are allowed (both > online and offline) on UDID basis. > But here, the case is if railways circular speaks that UDID card is > sufficient for issuance of online Railway concession certificate, then the > anomaly of railways not accepting UDID card should be dealt with and > rectified. > All other things like whether doctor name and registration number should > be there on UDID and/or disability certificate is totally different matter, > it may be significant, but that could be discussed in separate thread. > > > Regards > > Vande Mataram > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* RAO KM <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, September 4, 2025 11:23 AM > *Subject:* Re: [AI] Regarding experience of online application for > Railway card > > Yes.We also tried in Hyderabad. The circular from the Railway Board > clearly says that UDID is enough to prove the percentage of disability of > visual impairment. But in their system, they have not updated it. The > portal asks for a Railway Concession Certificate with Doctor Name, > Registration number, round seal etc. The railway Officials will go to the > Hospital and verify the correctness of the certificate. I went personally > to the Rail Nilayam to speak to the officials doing this work and they > expressed their inability to accept UDID in place of Railway Concession > Certificate because the system has not been updated accordingly. > > Here the point is when the UDID card is available which is issued after > proper and authentic verification by competent doctors, there should be no > need again for going for a railway certificate. > > This needs to be taken up at the highest level with the government > officials and railway officials to correct the system so that the visually > impaired need not go again to get the certificate. UDID should be enough > and applicable wherever there is a need to prove their disability. > > K. Madhusudhan Rao > PRO, All India Confederation of the Blind, Hyderabad/Delhi > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM Sandesh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Namaskar all! >> >> Trying to be as brief as possible. >> >> Applied for Rail Divyangjan card through the portal >> divyangjanid.Indianrail.gov.in. >> >> As it is said on user manual available on the portal, list of required >> documents for blind people consists of either railway concession >> certificate or UDID card along with disability certificate and other >> documents. As I do not have Railway certificate, I uploaded UDID card along >> with other required stuff. >> >> Applied on August 14, and got rejection remark on 19th which is really >> praiseworthy as they kept pending status only for 4 days. The reason of >> rejection provided was Railway concession certificate is not uploaded, >> also, passport size photograph and blindness certificate upload. I lodged >> the issue with Railways through twitter and mentioned about the reference >> available on the portal stating either Railway concession certificate or >> UDID card in case of blind people. What is the need of Railway certificate >> then? They checked all the details like user manual etc and agreed with me. >> Also got call from DRM office Bhusawal as our Nashik city comes under that. >> The person was very polite and asked me to attach Railway certificate >> because UDID card does not possess any doctor name or registration number >> which is mandatory to get the card. He again echoed with me that if a blind >> person attaching UDID card instructed by the manual itself should not be >> asked doctor's name and registration number in first place. >> He asked me to withdraw the complaint. After seeing his smile, politeness >> and willingness to assist, also, his inability to process the application >> due to nonavailability of doctor's name and registration number, I also do >> not have any intention of stretching this matter any further. I perhaps >> might go to hospital in next few days as time permits and take the Railway >> certificate and upload the same on the portal. I also asked him to see >> whether any card is issued to any blind person without railway concession >> certificate, only on basis of UDID card. He told me to give some time to >> check the same. >> >> After this long story, I just want to ask here whether anybody >> successfully got the card on basis of disability certificate and UDID card >> only, without railway certificate in picture? I think some got the card on >> basis of UDID. If so, how they tackled mandatory doctor name and >> registration number fields? in my case, I wrote doctor name as medical >> signatory as is on UDID card and doctor registration number >> as first few alphanumeric letters as on UDID card again. >> >> Thanks and regards >> >> Vande Mataram >> >> Sandesh >> 9270056753 >> >> >> -- >> Disclaimer: >> 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of >> the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; >> >> 2. 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