Lok Sabha Question No. 4317 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-19
Subject: Unique Disability ID Projects
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Smt. Shambhavi, Shri Rajesh Verma, Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar, Shri Anto Antony, Shri Naresh Ganpat Mhaske

## Government of India

## Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

## Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-4317

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 19/08/2025

## Unique Disability ID Projects

4317.   Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde:

Shri Naresh Ganpat Mhaske:

Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar:

Shri Rajesh Verma:

Smt. Shambhavi:

Shri Anto Antony:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  the  number  of  Unique  Disability  ID  (UDID)  cards  issued  and  pending applications since the Unique Disability ID (UDID) project's inception, State and year-wise;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  number  of  district  hospitals  and  disability  certification  centres  have been integrated with the UDID system for medical verification since 2020, year and Statewise;
- (c) the details of the steps taken by the Government to carry out public awareness campaigns and  enrolment  drives  under  UDID  Project  to  reach  persons  with  disabilities,  especially  in rural and remote areas;
- (d) the details of the steps taken by the Government to ensure integration of UDID data with other national platforms, such as DigiLocker and Ayushman Bharat; and
- (e)    whether  the  Government  proposes  to  make  UDID  mandatory  for  availing  disabilitylinked services and benefits in the Ministries and Departments, if so, the details thereof?

## 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. A State-wise and year-wise list of the number of UDID cards issued as on date is placed at Annexure-I. The State-wise list of pending applications is placed at Annexure-II.

(b)  As  on  date,  2,952  hospitals  have  been  authorized  by  the  respective  State/UT Governments for issuance of UDID cards and are integrated on the UDID Portal. The Statewise  and  year-wise  list  of  hospitals  integrated  in  the  UDID  Portal  since  2020  onwards, based on the authorization of the respective State/UT Governments, is placed at AnnexureIII .

(c)  The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) has undertaken various  measures  to  enhance  public  awareness  and  enrolment  under  the  UDID  Project, targeting  persons  with  disabilities  including  in  rural  and  remote  areas.  The  department  has taken measures through State Governments/UTs in organising enrolment camps in collaboration with State/UT Governments, disseminating information through print, electronic  and  social  media  platforms  in  multiple  languages,  and  conducting  training  and sensitisation programmes for District Medical Authorities to facilitate smooth application and certification  processes.  Further,  the  social  media  handles  of  DEPwD  are  also  used  for awareness generation of the UDID project.

(d)  The  UDID  database  has  been  integrated/interfaced  with  various  Government-based service  provider  platforms,  like  Digi  Locker,  UPSC,  Scholarship  Portal,  etc.,  to  enable seamless access to services by Divyangjan.

(e) The UDID card has been made mandatory from September 2024 onwards for availing benefits  under  schemes/services  of  the  Department  of  Empowerment  of  Persons  with Disabilities and its organizations.

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Annexure-I

## Annexure referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  4317  to  be  answered  on  19/08/2025  regarding 'Unique Disability ID Projects'

| Year wise and State/UT wise number of UDID card issued as on 13.08.2025   | Year wise and State/UT wise number of UDID card issued as on 13.08.2025   | Year wise and State/UT wise number of UDID card issued as on 13.08.2025   | Year wise and State/UT wise number of UDID card issued as on 13.08.2025   | Year wise and State/UT wise number of UDID card issued as on 13.08.2025   | Year wise and State/UT wise number of UDID card issued as on 13.08.2025   | Year wise and State/UT wise number of UDID card issued as on 13.08.2025   | Year wise and State/UT wise number of UDID card issued as on 13.08.2025   | Year wise and State/UT wise number of UDID card issued as on 13.08.2025   | Year wise and State/UT wise number of UDID card issued as on 13.08.2025   | Year wise and State/UT wise number of UDID card issued as on 13.08.2025   | Year wise and State/UT wise number of UDID card issued as on 13.08.2025   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Name of State/UT                                                          | 2016- 2017                                                                | 2017- 2018                                                                | 2018- 2019                                                                | 2019- 2020                                                                | 2020- 2021                                                                | 2021- 2022                                                                | 2022- 2023                                                                | 2023- 2024                                                                | 2024- 2025                                                                | 2025- 2026                                                                | Total                                                                     |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands                                               | 0                                                                         | 3                                                                         | 747                                                                       | 1149                                                                      | 565                                                                       | 1175                                                                      | 812                                                                       | 901                                                                       | 819                                                                       | 584                                                                       | 6755                                                                      |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                            | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 97783                                                                     | 51858                                                                     | 233051                                                                    | 4785                                                                      | 576083                                                                    | 2334                                                                      | 15062                                                                     | 980956                                                                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                         | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 97                                                                        | 684                                                                       | 421                                                                       | 916                                                                       | 885                                                                       | 627                                                                       | 531                                                                       | 240                                                                       | 4401                                                                      |
| Assam                                                                     | 0                                                                         | 1                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 13946                                                                     | 27255                                                                     | 68463                                                                     | 66231                                                                     | 26332                                                                     | 21452                                                                     | 8545                                                                      | 232225                                                                    |
| Bihar                                                                     | 0                                                                         | 1                                                                         | 1515                                                                      | 7602                                                                      | 107580                                                                    | 66649                                                                     | 218180                                                                    | 96720                                                                     | 102537                                                                    | 43475                                                                     | 644259                                                                    |
| Chandigarh                                                                | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 1748                                                                      | 2431                                                                      | 525                                                                       | 921                                                                       | 1942                                                                      | 2044                                                                      | 1922                                                                      | 705                                                                       | 12238                                                                     |
| Chhattisgarh                                                              | 0                                                                         | 25663                                                                     | 83808                                                                     | 31397                                                                     | 20419                                                                     | 37301                                                                     | 23344                                                                     | 23419                                                                     | 14748                                                                     | 8054                                                                      | 268153                                                                    |
| Delhi                                                                     | 0                                                                         | 5                                                                         | 55                                                                        | 1194                                                                      | 3241                                                                      | 12272                                                                     | 25781                                                                     | 26165                                                                     | 20155                                                                     | 9034                                                                      | 97902                                                                     |
| Goa                                                                       | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 115                                                                       | 911                                                                       | 2553                                                                      | 3975                                                                      | 2132                                                                      | 2046                                                                      | 701                                                                       | 12433                                                                     |
| Gujarat                                                                   | 371                                                                       | 24097                                                                     | 85380                                                                     | 75695                                                                     | 34511                                                                     | 56049                                                                     | 59868                                                                     | 57903                                                                     | 55144                                                                     | 20672                                                                     | 469690                                                                    |
| Haryana                                                                   | 0                                                                         | 3545                                                                      | 25234                                                                     | 6228                                                                      | 6067                                                                      | 17599                                                                     | 68806                                                                     | 51997                                                                     | 31289                                                                     | 12241                                                                     | 223006                                                                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                          | 0                                                                         | 0                                                                         | 2605                                                                      | 20158                                                                     | 16201                                                                     | 17976                                                                     | 21810                                                                     | 14238                                                                     | 9755                                                                      | 3767                                                                      | 106510                                                                    |

| Jammu And Kashmir          |    0 |      0 |   3807 |   15016 |   9223 |   15979 |   86901 |   56662 |   23985 |   8086 |   219659 |
|----------------------------|------|--------|--------|---------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|----------|
| Jharkhand                  |    1 |   2259 |   7918 |    4119 |    700 |   26941 |  104862 |   30445 |   19180 |   6209 |   202634 |
| Karnataka                  |    0 |      0 |      4 |  150419 | 119253 |  167877 |  207452 |  126330 |   83078 |  33864 |   888277 |
| Kerala                     |    0 |    160 |   3984 |  110019 |  26051 |   18059 |   91014 |   76906 |   53680 |  17266 |   397139 |
| Ladakh                     |    0 |      0 |      2 |     230 |    135 |     826 |    2175 |     259 |     211 |     93 |     3931 |
| Lakshadweep                |    0 |      0 |      0 |      24 |    291 |     543 |      17 |      73 |     187 |     52 |     1187 |
| Madhya Pradesh             | 6088 | 213004 |  85035 |   59616 | 211947 |  117077 |   77152 |   77892 |   86672 |  29749 |   964232 |
| Maharashtra                |    0 |  12691 |  61135 |  183261 | 168753 |  218229 |  211443 |  212190 |  169792 |  58916 |  1296410 |
| Manipur                    |    0 |      0 |      0 |    1044 |   1109 |    2710 |    4488 |    2609 |    2370 |   1091 |    15421 |
| Meghalaya                  |    0 |    217 |   2379 |    4137 |  10556 |    3372 |    5000 |    3598 |    2898 |   1505 |    33662 |
| Mizoram                    |    0 |     38 |    954 |    1079 |    908 |     525 |     643 |    1641 |     678 |    191 |     6657 |
| Nagaland                   |    0 |      0 |      0 |     471 |    247 |     723 |     755 |     581 |     559 |    352 |     3688 |
| Odisha                     |  116 |  57582 | 137028 |  114781 |  47935 |   57738 |  161252 |   98305 |  119591 |  65752 |   860080 |
| Puducherry                 |    0 |      0 |      0 |    2959 |  10121 |    4775 |    1362 |    1601 |    2077 |    562 |    23457 |
| Punjab                     |    0 |      0 |  24072 |   91366 |  81941 |   54066 |   55446 |   34396 |   23497 |   9574 |   374358 |
| Rajasthan                  |    0 | 222298 |  72356 |   55803 |   8660 |   63560 |   59991 |   33784 |  103218 |  57411 |   677081 |
| Sikkim                     |    0 |      9 |    117 |     358 |   1427 |    1280 |    1026 |     570 |     596 |    192 |     5575 |
| Tamil Nadu                 |    0 |  14168 |  23630 |  120220 | 111318 |  198840 |  175004 |  154292 |   95933 |  35057 |   928462 |
| Telangana                  |    0 |      1 |      1 |  477131 |      0 |       4 |      73 |  296719 |      37 |   8057 |   782023 |
| The Dadra And Nagar Haveli |    0 |      0 |    352 |     434 |    140 |    1291 |    1005 |     456 |     519 |    232 |     4429 |

| And Daman And Diu   |      |        |        |         |         |         |         |         |         |        |          |
|---------------------|------|--------|--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|----------|
| Tripura             |    0 |     78 |    576 |    1103 |    2208 |   17024 |    9818 |    3713 |    4587 |   2278 |    41385 |
| Uttar Pradesh       |    4 |  14724 | 145581 |  204450 |  182498 |  163270 |  319677 |  250270 |  210874 |  72081 |  1563429 |
| Uttarakhand         |    0 |      0 |      0 |    2742 |    4802 |   20335 |   52608 |   10785 |    7226 |   3020 |   101518 |
| West Bengal         |    4 |      7 |     14 |       6 |      11 |       8 |      32 |   31881 |   66276 |  55625 |   153864 |
| Total               | 6584 | 590551 | 770134 | 1859170 | 1269788 | 1669977 | 2125615 | 2384519 | 1340453 | 590295 | 12607086 |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4317 to be answered on 19/08/2025 regarding 'Unique Disability ID Projects'

| State/UT                       | of applications Pending as on 13.08.2025   |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands    | 501                                        |
| Andhra Pradesh                 | 10774                                      |
| Arunachal Pradesh              | 415                                        |
| Assam                          | 30520                                      |
| Bihar                          | 118916                                     |
| Chandigarh                     | 1345                                       |
| Chhattisgarh                   | 3853                                       |
| Delhi                          | 46643                                      |
| Goa                            | 707                                        |
| Gujarat                        | 16349                                      |
| Haryana                        | 42146                                      |
| Himachal Pradesh               | 15021                                      |
| Jammu And Kashmir              | 23644                                      |
| Jharkhand                      | 38570                                      |
| Karnataka                      | 82889                                      |
| Kerala                         | 48800                                      |
| Ladakh                         | 110                                        |
| Lakshadweep                    | 6                                          |
| Madhya Pradesh                 | 29259                                      |
| Maharashtra                    | 192754                                     |
| Manipur                        | 4572                                       |
| Meghalaya                      | 169                                        |
| Mizoram                        | 172                                        |
| Nagaland                       | 584                                        |
| Odisha                         | 178628                                     |
| Puducherry                     | 550                                        |
| Punjab                         | 11605                                      |
| Rajasthan                      | 96678                                      |
| Sikkim                         | 39                                         |
| Tamil Nadu                     | 32328                                      |
| Telangana                      | 67375                                      |
| The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And | 623                                        |
| Daman And Diu                  |                                            |
| Tripura                        | 993                                        |
| Uttar Pradesh                  | 219608                                     |
| Uttarakhand                    | 2389                                       |
| West Bengal                    | 153110                                     |

Annexure-III

## Annexure referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  4317  to  be  answered  on  19/08/2025  regarding 'Unique Disability ID Projects'

| Year wise number of Hospital integrated since 2020 onwards   | Year wise number of Hospital integrated since 2020 onwards   | Year wise number of Hospital integrated since 2020 onwards   | Year wise number of Hospital integrated since 2020 onwards   | Year wise number of Hospital integrated since 2020 onwards   | Year wise number of Hospital integrated since 2020 onwards   | Year wise number of Hospital integrated since 2020 onwards   | Year wise number of Hospital integrated since 2020 onwards   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| Name of State                                                | 2020-2021                                                    | 2021-2022                                                    | 2022-2023                                                    | 2023-2024                                                    | 2024-2025                                                    | 2025-2026                                                    | Total                                                        |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands                                  | 0                                                            | 3                                                            | 3                                                            | 2                                                            | 16                                                           | 0                                                            | 24                                                           |
| Andhra Pradesh                                               | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 2                                                            | 0                                                            | 161                                                          | 0                                                            | 163                                                          |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                            | 2                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 1                                                            | 4                                                            | 0                                                            | 8                                                            |
| Assam                                                        | 5                                                            | 19                                                           | 17                                                           | 5                                                            | 11                                                           | 0                                                            | 57                                                           |
| Bihar                                                        | 8                                                            | 59                                                           | 30                                                           | 22                                                           | 33                                                           | 0                                                            | 152                                                          |
| Chandigarh                                                   | 1                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                            |
| Chhattisgarh                                                 | 0                                                            | 6                                                            | 0                                                            | 5                                                            | 8                                                            | 0                                                            | 19                                                           |
| Delhi                                                        | 0                                                            | 6                                                            | 2                                                            | 3                                                            | 1                                                            | 4                                                            | 16                                                           |
| Goa                                                          | 1                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                            |
| Gujarat                                                      | 1                                                            | 4                                                            | 5                                                            | 0                                                            | 8                                                            | 0                                                            | 18                                                           |
| Haryana                                                      | 5                                                            | 8                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 1                                                            | 0                                                            | 15                                                           |
| Himachal Pradesh                                             | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 0                                                            | 2                                                            |
| Jammu And Kashmir                                            | 2                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 5                                                            | 0                                                            | 7                                                            |
| Jharkhand                                                    | 0                                                            | 8                                                            | 4                                                            | 0                                                            | 6                                                            | 0                                                            | 18                                                           |
| Karnataka                                                    | 6                                                            | 4                                                            | 3                                                            | 5                                                            | 11                                                           | 0                                                            | 29                                                           |
| Kerala                                                       | 4                                                            | 8                                                            | 61                                                           | 16                                                           | 10                                                           | 2                                                            | 101                                                          |
| Ladakh                                                       | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            |
| Lakshadweep                                                  | 0                                                            | 1                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 1                                                            |
| Madhya Pradesh                                               | 7                                                            | 4                                                            | 2                                                            | 0                                                            | 7                                                            | 0                                                            | 20                                                           |

| Maharashtra                    |   6 |   18 |   20 |   6 |   22 |   24 |   96 |
|--------------------------------|-----|------|------|-----|------|------|------|
| Manipur                        |   0 |    0 |    1 |   0 |    0 |    0 |    1 |
| Meghalaya                      |   0 |    1 |    0 |   1 |    4 |    0 |    6 |
| Mizoram                        |   3 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |    3 |
| Nagaland                       |   0 |    3 |    0 |   3 |    3 |    0 |    9 |
| Odisha                         |   0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    1 |    1 |
| Puducherry                     |   2 |    1 |    0 |   1 |    0 |    0 |    4 |
| Punjab                         |   0 |    2 |    4 |   0 |    8 |    0 |   14 |
| Rajasthan                      |   0 |    1 |    0 | 272 |  450 |   51 |  774 |
| Sikkim                         |   1 |    1 |    0 |   0 |    2 |    0 |    4 |
| Tamil Nadu                     |   0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |  388 |    0 |  388 |
| Telangana                      |   0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |   40 |    2 |   42 |
| The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And |   0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    1 |    0 |    1 |
| Tripura                        |   2 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    0 |    2 |
| Uttar Pradesh                  |   6 |   12 |    6 |   0 |    7 |    0 |   31 |
| Uttarakhand                    |   0 |    1 |    1 |   1 |    4 |    0 |    7 |
| West Bengal                    |   0 |    0 |    0 |  79 |    1 |    5 |   85 |
| Total                          |  62 |  170 |  163 | 423 | 1213 |   89 | 2120 |