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Kerala High Court Directs Department Of Empowerment Of PwD Not To Reject Scholarship Plea Of 75% Visually Impaired Law Student
1 month, 1 week ago

Kerala High Court Directs Department Of Empowerment Of PwD Not To Reject Scholarship Plea Of 75% Visually Impaired Law Student

Live Law  

In an interim order passed on Friday the Kerala High Court directed the Department Of Empowerment Of Persons With Disabilities not to reject a scholarship application of a 75 percent visually impaired first-year law student on account of non submission of Unique Disability ID details. Justice V G Arun directed the Central Government Counsel to get instructions in the matter …

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Ludhiana: Officials asked to expedite disability ID issuance
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ludhiana: Officials asked to expedite disability ID issuance

Hindustan Times  

A meeting, led by assistant commissioner Kritika Goel, was held at Bachhat Bhavan on Wednesday to discuss the progress of the issuance of Unique Disability ID cards to differently abled individuals in Ludhiana. As per the data shared, Ludhiana district has received 61,913 applications for UDID cards, of which 37,893 cards have been issued. Civil surgeon Dr Pardeep Kumar, district …

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Odisha districts struggle with high UDID card application backlog
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Odisha districts struggle with high UDID card application backlog

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Ten districts in the state have the highest number of applications pending when it comes to generating unique disability identity card for persons with disabilities. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment’s department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities is implementing the ‘Unique ID for Persons with Disabilities’ project to create a national database for PwDs and issue UDID card …

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Calcutta High Court Directs Authorities To Consider NEET Candidate's Disability Percentage In UDID Card For Eligibility Under PwD Category
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Directs Authorities To Consider NEET Candidate's Disability Percentage In UDID Card For Eligibility Under PwD Category

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has directed the authorities to consider re-assessing a candidate who appeared for the NEET 2024 exam, and sought to be eligible under the PwD category.A single bench of Justice Jay Sengupta heard the candidate's plea to set aside the disability certificate issued by the Designated Disability NEET Screening Centre, IPGME&R, Kolkata which assessed the. A single …

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The government’s proposed amendments to the disability certification process are unlikely to fix the systemic issues
3 months, 4 weeks ago

The government’s proposed amendments to the disability certification process are unlikely to fix the systemic issues

Hindustan Times  

The government of India has recently proposed amendments to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, ostensibly to tighten the norms related to disability certification. The proposed amendments, while well-intentioned, come as a knee-jerk reaction, that is unlikely to contribute to fixing the systemic issues, at best; and at worst, will result in an already cumbersome certification process for persons …

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Unique Disability Identity Card: registration of 29,000 persons completed in Kozhikode
4 months, 1 week ago

Unique Disability Identity Card: registration of 29,000 persons completed in Kozhikode

The Hindu  

Responding positively to the Kozhikode district administration’s ‘Sahamitra’ special drive, around 29,000 persons have registered their names to secure the Unique Disability Identity Card. The aim of the ongoing campaign supervised by District Collector Snehil Kumar Singh is to make Kozhikode the first district in the State where all differently abled people hold UDIDs to claim Central and State government …

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Centre plans stricter norms for disability certificates; activists fear fresh hurdles
5 months, 1 week ago

Centre plans stricter norms for disability certificates; activists fear fresh hurdles

The Hindu  

In a bid to tighten the requirements for obtaining a disability certificate, the Union government on Wednesday published draft amendments to the Rules of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act of 2016. The draft amendments propose that only medical authorities be considered competent to receive and process applications for disability certificates, further suggesting that the time taken to process …

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CAG report highlights absence of ramps, handrails, disabled-friendly toilets in schools
5 months, 2 weeks ago

CAG report highlights absence of ramps, handrails, disabled-friendly toilets in schools

The Hindu  

More than 20,000 regular schools have no ramps for persons with disabilities, 28,843 schools have no handrails, and over 52,000 schools are without toilets for children with special needs in Karnataka, said a Comptroller and Auditor General of India report. The report said that out of 51,464 regular schools in the State, 20,366 have no ramps for easy movement of …

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Ludhiana: DC reviews issues related to pending UDID cards
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Ludhiana: DC reviews issues related to pending UDID cards

Hindustan Times  

Deputy commissioner Sakshi Sawhney on Thursday reviewed the status of pending Unique Disability Identity cards. The meeting was attended by ADCs Anmol Singh Dhaliwal and Rupinder Pal Singh, additional municipal commissioner Paramdeep Singh, civil surgeon Dr Jasvir Singh Aulakh, Dr Neelam Sodhi besides others. The meeting was attended by additional deputy commissioners Anmol Singh Dhaliwal and Rupinder Pal Singh, additional …

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In Bihar's Darbhanga, Camps In Five Blocks To Issue UDID Cards
10 months, 2 weeks ago

In Bihar's Darbhanga, Camps In Five Blocks To Issue UDID Cards

News 18  

If you reside in Bihar’s Darbhanga district and need access to a UDID card, then this piece of news is for you. Camps are being organised by the government in five blocks of Darbhanga district, and you can get your UDID card by visiting these camps. According to DM Rajeev Roshan, camps will be held on February 28 and 29 …

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Government mandates Aadhaar for disability IDs; activists say mechanism inaccurate
1 year, 3 months ago

Government mandates Aadhaar for disability IDs; activists say mechanism inaccurate

The Hindu  

Despite being pulled up by a House panel on the inability of the government’s UDID programme to accurately record the number of Persons with Disabilities in the country in real-time, the Union government has gone on to issue gazette notifications mandating each UDID applicant to either produce an Aadhaar card or show proof of having applied for one — irrespective …

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Centre publishes disability database stripped of socio-economic figures
1 year, 3 months ago

Centre publishes disability database stripped of socio-economic figures

The Hindu  

The Union government is shelving whatever socio-economic data it had collected, while registering about 94 lakh Persons with Disabilities across the country for Unique Disability ID cards in the last six years, The Hindu has learnt. Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities of the Social Justice Ministry said, “The data are not being released because of …

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5.86 lakh differently-abled persons in Karnataka given UDID cards: Minister
2 years, 1 month ago

5.86 lakh differently-abled persons in Karnataka given UDID cards: Minister

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Tuesday said that the state has achieved a milestone by distributing 5.86 lakh Unique Disability Identification Cards. The UDID cards are issued by the government to disabled people to allow them to avail of several benefits given by the government to disabled people. READ | Karnataka to issue one crore Ayushman cards by …

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Draft policy calls for linking national database of PwD with services, schemes
3 years, 2 months ago

Draft policy calls for linking national database of PwD with services, schemes

The Hindu  

A national database of persons with disabilities linking their Unique Disability Identity numbers with welfare schemes and education and health services was among the proposals of the draft National Policy for PwD, 2021, which, officials said, was likely to be published next month. Disability disaggregated data “The Socio Economic Caste Census database, which is used for implementation of poverty alleviation …

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UDID Card Included in List of Documents Required for Covid-19 Vaccination: Govt
3 years, 7 months ago

UDID Card Included in List of Documents Required for Covid-19 Vaccination: Govt

News 18  

To further facilitate access to vaccination for persons with disability, the government has decided to include the UDID card in the list of prescribed photo ID documents for Covid-19 vaccination and the necessary provisions for the same are being made and would be available in Co-WIN shortly, the health ministry said on Monday. The ministry has advised the states and …

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25 lakh smart cards issued to persons with disability; officials blame lack of awareness for poor response
5 years, 1 month ago

25 lakh smart cards issued to persons with disability; officials blame lack of awareness for poor response

India TV News  

Only 25 lakh out of 2.68 crore persons with disabilities have been issued an Aadhar-linked unique identity card since it was launched in 2016, with officials blaming lack of awareness for the poor response to the initiative aimed at ensuring easier access to various government schemes and benefits. The Unique Disability ID smart card contains details such as disability percentage, …

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How to apply online for UDID card: A complete guide
5 years, 1 month ago

How to apply online for UDID card: A complete guide

India Today  

A UDID card is a Unique ID for Persons with Disabilities. Here are the procedure and guidelines on how you can apply online for fresh UDID Card. Four types of details are required: Personal Details including Address Disability Details Employment Details Identity Details Step 2: Using PwD logs credentials click on Apply online for Disability Certificate.. Step 9: UDID datasheet …

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Plea In Delhi HC Challenges Separate ID Cards For Disabled Persons In Railways Other Than Unique Disability Identity Card
5 years, 10 months ago

Plea In Delhi HC Challenges Separate ID Cards For Disabled Persons In Railways Other Than Unique Disability Identity Card

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court had been moved in a plea to direct the Indian Railway to validate the Unique Disability Identity Card issued under the mandate of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 for concession-based ticketing for the physically-challenged. The petition prays for the March, 2015 circular of the Indian Railways, by virtue of which separate Photo ID …

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