Lok Sabha Question No. 3852 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-12
Subject: UDID Application
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Shri Anto Antony

## Government of India Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3852

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12/08/2025

## UDID Application

3852. Shri Anto Antony:

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

(a) the details and total number of UDID applications have been received nationwide since inception of the scheme;

(b) the details of total number of UDID cards issued and pending applications;

- (c) the details of the average processing time during the last three years; and

(d) the details of the percentage of UDID holders who are literate, illiterate and unreported in the education section, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(SHRI B.L. VERMA)

- (a) The Unique Disability ID (UDID) project is a flagship initiative of the Department of Empowerment  of  Persons  with  Disabilities  (Divyangjan),  Ministry  of  Social  Justice  & Empowerment, Government of India. Launched in May, 2016, the project aims to create a national  database  of  Persons  with  Disabilities  (PwDs)  and  to  issue  a  Unique  Disability Identity Card to each eligible applicant.

The project operates through a centralized online platform, the UDID portal www.swavlambancard.gov.in,  wherein  medical  authorities notified by the respective State/UT  Governments  are  on  boarded  for  the  assessment  of  disabilities  and  issuance  of disability certificates/UDID cards based on the type and nature of disability. Since  inception,  a  total  of  1,62,92,173  applications  have  been  registered  on  the  UDID

portal.

(b) As on date 1,25,75,946 UDID cards have been issued across the country and 14,83,323 applications are pending under the assessment. The remaining 22,32,904 applications are rejected due to various reasons.

- (c) The average time taken during the last three years and current year to issue a UDID card is given below:

| Year    |   Average processing time (in days) |
|---------|-------------------------------------|
| 2022-23 |                                  84 |
| 2023-24 |                                  45 |
| 2024-25 |                                  64 |
| 2025-26 |                                  21 |

(d) As per the records available, a total of 9,10,884 UDID cardholders have been recorded as illiterate, while 1,03,16,995 cardholders have been recorded as literate.

It  is  mentioned  that  w.e.f.  October  2024,  the  UDID  application  form  has  discontinued  the collection of data on educational qualifications. Consequently, 13,48,067 UDID cards have since been issued without any recorded information regarding the educational status of the applicants. The State/UT wise figures are at annexure .

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3852 to be answered on 12.08.2025 regarding 'UDID Application'

| State/UT Name               | UDID card holders with qualification details as on 15.10.2024   | UDID Cards without qualification details from 16.10.2024 onwards   | No. of literate UDID card holders and their percentage in respect of total UDID card holders in the country   | No. of literate UDID card holders and their percentage in respect of total UDID card holders in the country   | No. of Illiterate UDID card holders and their percentage in respect of total UDID card holders in the country   | No. of Illiterate UDID card holders and their percentage in respect of total UDID card holders in the country   |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                             |                                                                 |                                                                    | No. of literate UDID card holders                                                                             | Percentage                                                                                                    | No. of illiterate UDID card holders                                                                             | Percentage                                                                                                      |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 5699                                                            | 1056                                                               | 5269                                                                                                          | 0.04                                                                                                          | 430                                                                                                             | 0.0034                                                                                                          |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 964253                                                          | 16559                                                              | 938880                                                                                                        | 7.47                                                                                                          | 25373                                                                                                           | 0.2018                                                                                                          |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 3869                                                            | 513                                                                | 3460                                                                                                          | 0.03                                                                                                          | 409                                                                                                             | 0.0033                                                                                                          |
| Assam                       | 212425                                                          | 19313                                                              | 166466                                                                                                        | 1.32                                                                                                          | 45959                                                                                                           | 0.3655                                                                                                          |
| Bihar                       | 527269                                                          | 114479                                                             | 479628                                                                                                        | 3.81                                                                                                          | 47641                                                                                                           | 0.3788                                                                                                          |
| Chandigarh                  | 10717                                                           | 1498                                                               | 10147                                                                                                         | 0.08                                                                                                          | 570                                                                                                             | 0.0045                                                                                                          |
| Chhattisgarh                | 252394                                                          | 15254                                                              | 244491                                                                                                        | 1.94                                                                                                          | 7903                                                                                                            | 0.0628                                                                                                          |
| Delhi                       | 78539                                                           | 18892                                                              | 67731                                                                                                         | 0.54                                                                                                          | 10808                                                                                                           | 0.0859                                                                                                          |
| Goa                         | 10662                                                           | 1714                                                               | 10462                                                                                                         | 0.08                                                                                                          | 200                                                                                                             | 0.0016                                                                                                          |
| Gujarat                     | 422071                                                          | 46732                                                              | 408076                                                                                                        | 3.24                                                                                                          | 13995                                                                                                           | 0.1113                                                                                                          |

| Haryana           |   196469 |   25801 |   161944 |   1.29 |   34525 |   0.2745 |
|-------------------|----------|---------|----------|--------|---------|----------|
| Himachal Pradesh  |    97657 |    8718 |    84629 |   0.67 |   13028 |   0.1036 |
| Jammu And Kashmir |   200050 |   19126 |   149512 |   1.19 |   50538 |   0.4019 |
| Jharkhand         |   187566 |   14695 |   175896 |   1.4  |   11670 |   0.0928 |
| Karnataka         |   812818 |   73815 |   661934 |   5.26 |  150884 |   1.1998 |
| Kerala            |   351016 |   45470 |   337122 |   2.68 |   13894 |   0.1105 |
| Ladakh            |     3722 |     205 |     3537 |   0.03 |     185 |   0.0015 |
| Lakshadweep       |      972 |     215 |      851 |   0.01 |     121 |   0.001  |
| Madhya Pradesh    |   885470 |   77330 |   860167 |   6.84 |   25303 |   0.2012 |
| Maharashtra       |  1147994 |  145584 |  1084340 |   8.62 |   63654 |   0.5062 |
| Manipur           |    13245 |    2123 |    11053 |   0.09 |    2192 |   0.0174 |
| Meghalaya         |    30808 |    2775 |    30687 |   0.24 |     121 |   0.001  |
| Mizoram           |     6147 |     510 |     6073 |   0.05 |      74 |   0.0006 |
| Nagaland          |     3058 |     622 |     2969 |   0.02 |      89 |   0.0007 |
| Odisha            |   726449 |  130786 |   604297 |   4.81 |  122152 |   0.9713 |
| Puducherry        |    21695 |    1759 |    21385 |   0.17 |     310 |   0.0025 |
| Punjab            |   354126 |   19771 |   323210 |   2.57 |   30916 |   0.2458 |
| Rajasthan         |   535459 |  139501 |   530556 |   4.22 |    4903 |   0.039  |

| Sikkim                                       |     5121 |     447 |     5065 | 0.04   |     56 | 0.0004   |
|----------------------------------------------|----------|---------|----------|--------|--------|----------|
| Tamil Nadu                                   |   817124 |  108480 |   762118 | 6.06   |  55006 | 0.4374   |
| Telangana                                    |   774085 |    7198 |   774075 | 6.16   |     10 | 0.0001   |
| The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu |     3930 |     493 |     3659 | 0.03   |    271 | 0.0022   |
| Tripura                                      |    36251 |    4982 |    35867 | 0.29   |    384 | 0.0031   |
| Uttar Pradesh                                |  1383869 |  175844 |  1220339 | 9.70   | 163530 | 1.3003   |
| Uttarakhand                                  |    94874 |    6567 |    87206 | 0.69   |   7668 | 0.0610   |
| West Bengal                                  |    49958 |  101020 |    43851 | 0.35   |   6107 | 0.0486   |
| Total                                        | 11227831 | 1349847 | 10316952 |        | 910879 |          |