Soon, there could be a good news for the people with disabilities (PwDs). As per the draft of Right of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014, disability certificates issued by State authorities will be valid across the country.
The proposed Bill is being reviewed by the Prime Minister’s Office.
“We have made a new provision in the draft Right of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 as per which the disability certificate once issued will be valid all across the country or in any Central Government office.
“In the present act, we do not have a provision like this. So what happens is that if a disability certificate is issued by the Uttar Pradesh Government, the certificate is not valid in Delhi, or any other State. So if a disabled person changes place or gets married and shifts to a different State, he faces difficulty,” Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawa Chand Gehlot said on Tuesday after inaugurating the 14th national meeting of the State Commissioners for PwDs.
The Right of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014, which makes accessibility a mandatory requirement under the law, is going to replace the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.
Gehlot said the Government will roll out a web-based unique disability identification (UDID) card in the next two months as a pilot project at Ratlam District in Madhya Pradesh.
During the meeting, status of implementation of various provisions of the existing act with focus on education, employment or self-employment, accessible environment, social security etc for persons with disabilities in the States/UTs were reviewed and strategy for more effective implementation of the Act was formulated.
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