Specially abled can apply for UDID at sewa kendras, online: Ludhiana DC

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 12

Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said that specially abled persons can apply for the Unique Disability Identity Card (UDID) at sewa kendras, common service centres or government hospitals and online personally.

The Deputy Commissioner said that in a major reprieve to the specially abled persons, the state government has decided to issue UDID to them. To get themselves enrolled for the card, the specially abled persons can apply through sewa kendras, common service centres or government hospitals by bringing their Aadhaar card, voter card or any proof of age, passport size photograph or any and other relevant document. He said that eligible children could also apply for these cards in their respective schools.

He said for the medical examination, weekly special camps are being held in the Civil Hospital where orthopaedics, ENT and eye specialists, psychiatrist, paediatrics and others physically examine the applicants before issuing disability certificate.

Sharma said the cards were being issued not only to encourage transparency, efficiency and ease of delivering government benefits to persons with disabilities, but also to ensure uniformity.

The Deputy Commissioner said that cards would also help in streamlining the tracking of physical and financial progress of beneficiary at all levels of hierarchy of implementation.

He said this would be a huge reprieve to specially abled persons as they would not have to visit the hospitals again and again to get a medical certificate. He added the UDID would be the only document to extend the benefits of government schemes to specially abled persons.