Dear avinash, nice info. keep posting such things. thank you. On 10/6/14, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > Inching closer to the ambitious project of issuing Unique Disability > Identification Card for Persons with Disabilities, the Department of > Disability Affairs has released the draft Detailed Project Report for > this purpose. > http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/draft-report-on-id-card-for-persons-with-disabilities-complete-114100500217_1.html > The initiative by the department, functioning under the Ministry of > Social Justice and Empowerment, would eliminate the hassles of > differently-abled people to carry their disability certificates for > different purposes, as details about the type of disabilities that > they suffer would be made available in a smart card. > > The smart card would also have data like disability percentage, > personal details, identity, employment details, education details and > bank account number of the person. > > This is a huge relief for physically challenged people in the light of > paucity of authorised persons, who are required to issue disability > certificates in different parts of the country. > > "The number of disability certificate issuing authorities is not > adequate as compared to number of physically challenged persons in the > country which affects in issuing of disability certificate. Currently > only 20-30 per cent of disabled persons have disability certificates," > the draft says. > > It is also proposed that the UDID card be accepted as the Disability > Certificate. > > "As a result, the Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) will not need to > make multiple copies of documents/ maintain/ carry multiple documents > as the UDID card will capture all the necessary details which can be > decoded with the help of a reader. Hence, the UDID card will be the > single document of identification, verification of the disabled for > availing various benefits in future," the report stated. > > As per the Census 2011, around 26.8 million people, which is about > 2.22 per cent of the total population, suffer from various > disabilities in India. > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. >
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