JAIPUR: The state-run portal for persons with disabilities (PwD) would soon be integrated with the Centre’s Swavalambancard portal to create unique disability identity (UDID) cards for PwDs.
“The minister has decided to integrate both the portals. It has been conveyed to the Centre. The state’s portal will cease to exist after that,” said social justice and empowerment department secretary Samit Sharma.
The move follows a directive from the department of empowerment of PwDs under the ministry of social justice and empowerment to the state government’s directorate of specially-abled persons to integrate the state-run PwD portal with the Centre’s Swavalamban portal for issuance of UDID cards for PwDs.
Divyang Adhikar Mahasangh (DAM) national vice-president Hemant Bhai Goyal had written to the Centre with a complaint about the delay in the linking of both the portals.
Earlier, in a letter to the additional director of the directorate of specially-abled persons, the chief medical and health officer (CMHO) of Sawai Madhopur district had sought detailed guidelines from the department for issuing UDID cards to PwDs who had applied for it on the Centre-run Swavlamban portal (Swavlambancard.gov.in). The existence of two portals has created confusion among PwDs, said Goyal.
“The minister has decided to integrate both the portals. It has been conveyed to the Centre. The state’s portal will cease to exist after that,” said social justice and empowerment department secretary Samit Sharma.
The move follows a directive from the department of empowerment of PwDs under the ministry of social justice and empowerment to the state government’s directorate of specially-abled persons to integrate the state-run PwD portal with the Centre’s Swavalamban portal for issuance of UDID cards for PwDs.
Divyang Adhikar Mahasangh (DAM) national vice-president Hemant Bhai Goyal had written to the Centre with a complaint about the delay in the linking of both the portals.
Earlier, in a letter to the additional director of the directorate of specially-abled persons, the chief medical and health officer (CMHO) of Sawai Madhopur district had sought detailed guidelines from the department for issuing UDID cards to PwDs who had applied for it on the Centre-run Swavlamban portal (Swavlambancard.gov.in). The existence of two portals has created confusion among PwDs, said Goyal.
