[AI] Uses of UDID card and a suggestion

2023-09-13 Thread Saurav Hegde
Greetings all, I was following the thread on getting issued a railway concession card and there were certain things I felt which I want to share. First, what is the point of the Udid card. It just feels like a centralised disability certificate whose primary use is only verification and nothing muc

Re: [AI] Uses of UDID card and a suggestion

2023-09-14 Thread anirudh rao
it is not just that my friend. The status of the disability mentioned in the udid card is permanent having no necessity for any renewal. Even then, the cards issued by various authorities like railway and others, on the basis of udid, mention an expiry date which is totally illogical when they clai

Re: [AI] Uses of UDID card and a suggestion

2023-09-14 Thread Satguru Rathi
To add: The idea of UDID was in the first place conceived to eliminate the necessity of carrying different cards to avail various government schemes by the PWDs and to allot them a single card which would suffice for everything. The Railways and other departments have made complete joke of the

Re: [AI] Uses of UDID card and a suggestion

2023-09-14 Thread BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA
aadhar is mandatory to get UDID, and many blind citizens are still struggling to enroll and get aadhar. another lollypop by MSJE, which is not acceptable by many central/state  govt departments. surprisingly I got my UDID within a week of my enrollment! and without error. hope this universal ca

Re: [AI] Uses of UDID card and a suggestion

2023-09-14 Thread Saurav Hegde
I am delighted by the responses by everyone. Is there a way by which this issue can be raised somewhere where it might actually be delt with. Because, this is a genuine problem, especially for hostelites who migrate to other cities for studies, etc. Regards, Saurav On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 6:55 PM