UDID

The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has issued a notification making it mandatory for all States/UTs to grant certificate of disability through online mode only using UDID (Unique Disability ID) portal w.e.f. 01.06.2021.

Important points:

• The project is being implemented with a view of creating a National Database for persons with disabilities (PwDs), and to issue a Unique Disability Identity Card to each PwDs.
• The project will not only encourage transparency, efficiency and ease of delivering the government benefits to the person with disabilities, but also ensure uniformity.
• The project will also help in stream-lining the tracking of physical and financial progress of beneficiaries at all levels of hierarchy of implementation – from village level, block level, District level, State level and National level.

Right of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016:

• Right of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 replaces the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.
• Disability has been defined based on an evolving and dynamic concept.
• It increases the quantum of reservation for people suffering from disabilities from 3% to 4% in government jobs and from 3% to 5% in higher education institutes.
• This Act brings our law in line with the United National Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), to which India is a signatory.

Other Programmes/Initiatives for Disableds:

1. Accessible India Campaign
2. DeenDayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme
3. Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP)
4. National Fellowship for Students with Disabilities

SOURCE: THE HINDU THE ECONOMIC TIMES ,MINT