Department of Social Welfare Women & Child Development Celebrated  International Day for persons with Disabilities

Chandigarh, 3^rd December 2018: The Department of Social Welfare Women & Child Development celebrated International Day for persons with Disabilities at Government Rehabilitation Institute of Intellectual Disability today.

Secretary Social Welfare, Sh. B L Sharma distributed the Unique Disability Identity Cards to the persons with disabilities. Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of persons with Disabilities, New Delhi has launched a project called Unique disability Identity Card for Disabled (UDID).

Unique disability Identity Card for Disabled (UDID) project is expected to create a National Database for Persons with Disabilities. 17 persons were distributed Unique disability Identity Cards and the persons with disabilities present there were informed about the utility of the cards and it was also informed that the process of registration for Unique is disability Identity Card for Disabled (UDID) is being carried out in Government Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities, Sector 31, Chandigarh, Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32, Government Multi Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh in addition to this services of uploading of data is also being operational in Asha Kiran, Sector 46, Bal Bhawan, Sector 23, Prayaas, Sector 38 and Senior Citizens Home, Sector 43 along with all the E Samparks of Chandigarh.