Says, camps will be organized in every district of Punjab
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, December 21-
The Punjab Government will hold a special camp on December 23 in Tarn Taran to remove errors in the Unique Disability ID (UDID) card. This announcement was made by Dr. Baljit Kaur, Minister for Social Security, Women and Child Development.
Divulging in this regard, Cabinet Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur said that despite the certificates of the divyang Persons 100 percent disabled, their disability was underreported in the UDID card, due to which they are not getting the benefits of various schemes. Dr. Baljit Kaur said that Unique Disability Identity Card (UDID) is generated to provide the benefits of all the schemes and services of the Central and Punjab Government to the disabled on the basis of a single card. She said that special camps will be organized in every district of Punjab to remove the errors in the UDID card.
Notably, that during a recent annual event of the Punjab Divyang Action Committee held in Tarn Taran, a demand was made for corrections in UDID cards, which the minister has promptly acted upon.