Rajasthan has topped the country in issuing a total of 2,22,422 Universal ID and Disability (UDID) cards, maximum in the country. UDID is a single document of identification and verification for differently-abled persons.
When it’s about streamlining and making government procedure more transparent and evidential, Rajasthan is always considered as the Numero Uno across the country. Yet again, the state has proved it.
Rajasthan Top state in UDID generation
According to the reports of the department of empowerment of persons with disabilities, Rajasthan has dethroned Madhya Pradesh in the category of maximum generation of e-UDID cards.
“Rajasthan has reached the top spot for distributing UDID cards,” Anupama Jorwal, director, specially-abled persons in the department of social justice and Empowerment.
UDID Distribution: Country stats
As for the second and third spot in UDID distribution, Madhya Pradesh has generated 2,18,007 e-cards while Odisha, which lies on the third position with 59,248 e-cards.
“What Madhya Pradesh has been doing for four years, Rajasthan has achieved it in mere eight months,” Dr. Samit Sharma, special secretary, and director of the department of social justice and empowerment.
According to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, the UDID cards are assigned to those with 40% or/and above disability. These cards can be read by a reader. All the details of the differently-abled person are loaded onto the card so there is no need to carry multiple documents or copies. This ensures safety of documents and convenience for the disabled.
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First Phase
To ascertain the exact number, the department held camps in three phases. In the first phase, over nine lakh differently-abled were registered over a period of four months from June to September 2017.
Second Phase
The second phase entailed medical examinations for those who were identified as 40% disabled. On that basis, they were certified. The second phase ran from October to December 2017.
Third Phase
The third phase was held from December-March 2018. In this, cards and aids were distributed to those certified. As many as 2.22 lakh UDID cards and aids were given in this phase.
Updation of Records for delivering maximum benefits
The Rajasthan government is also updating the records of Divyang so that the government gets information about how government welfare schemes are benefitting them. The Centre revealed an estimated figure 15,63,694 people with disabilities in the 2011 Census.
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