The state minister made the announcement after reviewing the progress of the UDID car distribution process. The UDID cards are issued by the government to disabled people to allow them to avail of several benefits given by the government to disabled people.
Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Tuesday said that the state has achieved a milestone by distributing 5.86 lakh Unique Disability Identification Cards (UDID).
The state minister made the announcement after reviewing the progress of the UDID card distribution process. The UDID cards are issued by the government to disabled people to allow them to avail of several benefits given by the government to disabled people.
“Karnataka has done well in UDID for the disabled in collaboration with the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. Ramnagar district has the highest number of cards distributed, followed by Chikmagalur, Bagalkot, Haveri, Uttara Kannada, Belgaum and Mandya districts,” the minister said.
He also appealed to people with disabilities to register their names on the UDID portal.
“Getting a UDID card is easy. Once you log in, you can avail many facilities from the government through this. With the UDID cards, we will be able to track beneficiary facilities at all levels of implementation at block and district level, state and national level,” he explained while adding that the aim of the government is to distribute UDID cards to each and every disabled person, which can be used to avails several benefits across all sectors.
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