Unique Disability ID and Portal
Source : Indian Express
GS II : Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections

Why in News ?

Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) Government of India has issued Gazette notification making it mandatory for all States/UTs to grant certificate of disability through online mode only using UDID portal (Unique Disability ID and Portal).

Key Facts

• Mandates the Central Government to appoint a date making it mandatory for the State/UTauthorities to issue certificate of disability through online mode.
• UDID project is under implementation since 2016.
• Concerned authorities of all States/UTs have been imparted training by DEPwD for working on the UDID portal.
• The States/UTs have been given adequate time to convert to online mode.
• It will ensure complete digitization of certification of disability besides providing a viable mechanism for cross-checking genuineness of the certificate
  • Aims to achieve pan-India validity and simplifying the process for the benefit of Divyangjan.

Central Advisory Board on Disability

• Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) under Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment was set up in May 2012
• It aims to facilitate empowerment and inclusion of the persons with disabilities.
• Acts as a nodal agency to look after all development agenda of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan).

Unique Disability ID

• Unique ID for Persons with Disabilities project is being implemented with a view of creating a National Database for PwDs, and to issue a Unique Disability Identity Card to each person with disabilities.
• The project will encourage transparency, efficiency and ease of delivering the government benefits to the person with disabilities, but also ensure uniformity.
• Also help in stream lining the tracking of physical and financial progress of beneficiary at all levels of hierarchy of implementation from village level, block level, District level , State level and National level.

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