Lok Sabha Question No. 4425 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Unique Disabilty ID Card
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Gyaneshwar Patil, Nayab Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4425

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2023

## UNIQUE DISABILITY ID CARD

## 4425. SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL: SHRI NAYAB SINGH:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of 'Unique Disability ID Card' launched by the Government for the welfare of the persons with disabilities;
- (b) the total number of such cards issued by the Government under the scheme and the time-limit fixed to achieve the target to provide these cards to all such persons, State-wise; and

(c) whether the Government is running any awareness/special campaign to make such welfare schemes accessible for the disabled persons and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SUSHRI PRATIMA BHOUMIK)

- (a) The Department is implementing UDID project with a view to create national database of Persons with Disabilities. The project envisages as under:
- i. Issuance of QR coded plastic Unique Disability ID (UDID) cards to PwDs based on the assessment of notified medical authority of respective State/UT Govt. through online portal (www.swavlambancard.gov.in).
- ii. Encourage transparency, efficiency and ease of delivering the government benefits to the person with disabilities and ensuring uniformity.
- (b) The UDID project was rolled out in the year 2016 since then more than 91 lac UDID cards have been issued to PwDs across 36 States and UTs. However, no such time limit has been fixed. Several steps  including  orientation  of  all  stakeholders,  have  been  taken  by  the  Department  to  provide  UDID cards to PwDs at the earliest. A list containing State wise issuance of Unique Disability ID card as on 23.03.2023 is enclosed at Annexure-I.
- (c)  An  online  portal  (www.swavlambancard.gov.in)  has  been  instituted  through  which  any citizen of the country with full or partial disability can apply for UDID card. The PwDs can apply from nearest Common Services Centre (CSC) for UDID card. The status of application can also be tracked through the said portal. One-time Grant has also been provided to various districts for awareness generation and publicity of UDID.

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Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  4425  to  be answered on 28.03.2023 raised by SHRI GYANESWAR PATIL and SHRI NAYAB SINGH regarding 'UNIQUE DISABILITY ID CARD'

| Status of UDID Project as on 22.03.2023   | Status of UDID Project as on 22.03.2023   | Status of UDID Project as on 22.03.2023   |
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                     | States/UTs                                | No. of e- UDID Cards generated            |
| 1.                                        | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS               | 5,377                                     |
| 2.                                        | ANDHRA PRADESH                            | 11,19,770                                 |
| 3.                                        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                         | 3,003                                     |
| 4.                                        | ASSAM                                     | 1,75,804                                  |
| 5.                                        | BIHAR                                     | 4,03,111                                  |
| 6.                                        | CHANDIGARH                                | 7,896                                     |
| 7.                                        | CHHATTISGARH                              | 2,27,758                                  |
| 8.                                        | DADRA NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU      | 3,233                                     |
| 9.                                        | DELHI                                     | 43,049                                    |
| 10.                                       | GOA                                       | 7,625                                     |
| 11.                                       | GUJARAT                                   | 3,49,446                                  |
| 12.                                       | HARYANA                                   | 1,27,884                                  |
| 13.                                       | HIMACHAL PRADESH                          | 79,219                                    |
| 14.                                       | JAMMU ANDKASHMIR                          | 1,32,335                                  |
| 15.                                       | JHARKHAND                                 | 1,46,313                                  |
| 16.                                       | KARNATAKA                                 | 6,48,273                                  |
| 17.                                       | KERALA                                    | 2,48,161                                  |
| 18.                                       | LADAKH                                    | 3,366                                     |
| 19.                                       | LAKSHADWEEP                               | 913                                       |
| 20.                                       | MADHYA PRADESH                            | 7,77,535                                  |
| 21.                                       | MAHARASHTRA                               | 8,98,168                                  |
| 22.                                       | MANIPUR                                   | 9,283                                     |
| 23.                                       | MEGHALAYA                                 | 28,500                                    |
| 24.                                       | MIZORAM                                   | 4,114                                     |
| 25.                                       | NAGALAND                                  | 2,190                                     |
| 26.                                       | ODISHA                                    | 5,87,763                                  |
| 27.                                       | PUDUCHERRY                                | 19,520                                    |
| 28.                                       | PUNJAB                                    | 3,07,219                                  |
| 29.                                       | RAJASTHAN                                 | 4,82,287                                  |
| 30.                                       | SIKKIM                                    | 4,207                                     |
| 31.                                       | TAMILNADU                                 | 6,42,717                                  |
| 32.                                       | TELANGANA                                 | 4,76,164                                  |
| 33.                                       | TRIPURA                                   | 33,017                                    |
| 34.                                       | UTTAR PRADESH                             | 10,37,165                                 |
| 35.                                       | UTTARAKHAND                               | 80,811                                    |
| 36.                                       | WEST BENGAL                               | 9                                         |