Re: [AI] disability card
थैंक्यू जानकारी देने के लिए और यूनिक आईडी डिसेबिलिटी कार्ड की वेबसाइट बता दीजिए धन्यवाद On Mon, 1 Jul 2019, 4:08 pm bhawani shankar verma, wrote: > this disability card is wastage of time and money. only dist. medical board > certificate should suffice. I am having medical board certificate of > permanent disability and my disability card expires on march 2020. I don't > know who gave this foolish idea to government. it is my opinion that excess > activism make things more complicated for us. > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Kanchan Pamnani > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2019 3:48 PM > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning > the disabled. > Subject: [AI] disability card > > Wait for govt disabilitycard proving endless for lakhs - Times of India > > Jul 1, 2019, 05.57 AM IST Printed from The Unique Disability Identity Cards > (UDID) for persons with disabilities, announced in 2015, are proving to be > a long wait often stretching for years for hundreds of applicants. Against > over 61 lakh applications, only about 19 lakh cards have been generated > according to the UDID website. With the Rights of Persons with Disabilities > Act 2016 expanding the types of disabilities from 7 to 21, state UDID > departments are struggling with the logistics of identifying and > quantifying disabilities for issuance of the cards. According to the 2011 > census, which happened before the expansion in the definition of > disability, there were 2.7 crore disabled. Even without the new law, > organisations of the disabled had argued that there was gross > undercounting. With the new definition, the number could be higher. Though > announced in 2015, the UDID scheme was launched in phases and finally > covered all states just last year. At the current rate of expansion, it > could take more than a decade for all persons with disabilities to get the > UDID, pointed out disability activists while the government claimed that > once the infrastructure was put in place it could be achieved in a few > years. “The pace of the UDID project depends on the interest and drive of > the states. The central government only develops software, trains officials > in using the software and provides financial assistance. In many states, > the health department is not cooperating saying that they are already > overloaded with work. The software will help reduce their workload. MP, > Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Telangana, UP and Gujarat are > doing very well,” said KVS Rao, Director in the Department of the > Empowerment of Persons With Disability under the social justice and > empowerment ministry. Currently, whether for UPSC selection or for > students seeking admission in medical colleges, the UDID is not being > considered. “What is the use of having a so-called universal ID when we are > being forced to undergo a medical assessment again?” asked an MBBS > aspirant. Rao pointed out that UDID only gave the percentage and type of > disability and certified the eligibility of a person for benefits meant for > disabled persons. “Each job has different functional requirements. Hence, > even with a UDID, a person has to undergo functional assessment to be > certified as being competent for a particular job,” he added. “With only a > few designated assessment centres across the country, mostly government > hospitals which are overburdened, applicants have to wait long hours to get > assessed for the UDID. Why can’t things be more streamlined?” asked Dr > Satendra Singh, a disability rights activist who still has not received his > UDID card two years after applying. The idea of a UDID card that replaces > all other documents disabled persons have to carry has been welcomed by the > disabled but getting the certificates revalidated or undergoing disability > assessment, only to have to wait for years for the card has disappointed > many. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindi
Re: [AI] disability card
this disability card is wastage of time and money. only dist. medical board certificate should suffice. I am having medical board certificate of permanent disability and my disability card expires on march 2020. I don't know who gave this foolish idea to government. it is my opinion that excess activism make things more complicated for us. -Original Message- From: Kanchan Pamnani Sent: Monday, July 01, 2019 3:48 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning the disabled. Subject: [AI] disability card Wait for govt disabilitycard proving endless for lakhs - Times of India Jul 1, 2019, 05.57 AM IST Printed from The Unique Disability Identity Cards (UDID) for persons with disabilities, announced in 2015, are proving to be a long wait often stretching for years for hundreds of applicants. Against over 61 lakh applications, only about 19 lakh cards have been generated according to the UDID website. With the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 expanding the types of disabilities from 7 to 21, state UDID departments are struggling with the logistics of identifying and quantifying disabilities for issuance of the cards. According to the 2011 census, which happened before the expansion in the definition of disability, there were 2.7 crore disabled. Even without the new law, organisations of the disabled had argued that there was gross undercounting. With the new definition, the number could be higher. Though announced in 2015, the UDID scheme was launched in phases and finally covered all states just last year. At the current rate of expansion, it could take more than a decade for all persons with disabilities to get the UDID, pointed out disability activists while the government claimed that once the infrastructure was put in place it could be achieved in a few years. “The pace of the UDID project depends on the interest and drive of the states. The central government only develops software, trains officials in using the software and provides financial assistance. In many states, the health department is not cooperating saying that they are already overloaded with work. The software will help reduce their workload. MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Telangana, UP and Gujarat are doing very well,” said KVS Rao, Director in the Department of the Empowerment of Persons With Disability under the social justice and empowerment ministry. Currently, whether for UPSC selection or for students seeking admission in medical colleges, the UDID is not being considered. “What is the use of having a so-called universal ID when we are being forced to undergo a medical assessment again?” asked an MBBS aspirant. Rao pointed out that UDID only gave the percentage and type of disability and certified the eligibility of a person for benefits meant for disabled persons. “Each job has different functional requirements. Hence, even with a UDID, a person has to undergo functional assessment to be certified as being competent for a particular job,” he added. “With only a few designated assessment centres across the country, mostly government hospitals which are overburdened, applicants have to wait long hours to get assessed for the UDID. Why can’t things be more streamlined?” asked Dr Satendra Singh, a disability rights activist who still has not received his UDID card two years after applying. The idea of a UDID card that replaces all other documents disabled persons have to carry has been welcomed by the disabled but getting the certificates revalidated or undergoing disability assessment, only to have to wait for years for the card has disappointed many. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
[AI] disability card
Wait for govt disabilitycard proving endless for lakhs - Times of India Jul 1, 2019, 05.57 AM IST Printed from The Unique Disability Identity Cards (UDID) for persons with disabilities, announced in 2015, are proving to be a long wait often stretching for years for hundreds of applicants. Against over 61 lakh applications, only about 19 lakh cards have been generated according to the UDID website. With the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 expanding the types of disabilities from 7 to 21, state UDID departments are struggling with the logistics of identifying and quantifying disabilities for issuance of the cards. According to the 2011 census, which happened before the expansion in the definition of disability, there were 2.7 crore disabled. Even without the new law, organisations of the disabled had argued that there was gross undercounting. With the new definition, the number could be higher. Though announced in 2015, the UDID scheme was launched in phases and finally covered all states just last year. At the current rate of expansion, it could take more than a decade for all persons with disabilities to get the UDID, pointed out disability activists while the government claimed that once the infrastructure was put in place it could be achieved in a few years. “The pace of the UDID project depends on the interest and drive of the states. The central government only develops software, trains officials in using the software and provides financial assistance. In many states, the health department is not cooperating saying that they are already overloaded with work. The software will help reduce their workload. MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Telangana, UP and Gujarat are doing very well,” said KVS Rao, Director in the Department of the Empowerment of Persons With Disability under the social justice and empowerment ministry. Currently, whether for UPSC selection or for students seeking admission in medical colleges, the UDID is not being considered. “What is the use of having a so-called universal ID when we are being forced to undergo a medical assessment again?” asked an MBBS aspirant. Rao pointed out that UDID only gave the percentage and type of disability and certified the eligibility of a person for benefits meant for disabled persons. “Each job has different functional requirements. Hence, even with a UDID, a person has to undergo functional assessment to be certified as being competent for a particular job,” he added. “With only a few designated assessment centres across the country, mostly government hospitals which are overburdened, applicants have to wait long hours to get assessed for the UDID. Why can’t things be more streamlined?” asked Dr Satendra Singh, a disability rights activist who still has not received his UDID card two years after applying. The idea of a UDID card that replaces all other documents disabled persons have to carry has been welcomed by the disabled but getting the certificates revalidated or undergoing disability assessment, only to have to wait for years for the card has disappointed many. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
