Uniform Identity Card for the Persons with Disabilities will be issued within a year

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment14-March-2016 11:01 IST

Uniform Identity Card for the Persons with Disabilities will be issued within a year

Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment has announced that the process of implementing a Uniform ID has already been started and all steps are being taken to complete the same within one year. He was here to inaugurate the Modular Operation Theatre  at the Swami Vivekanad National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research Centre. He also laid the Foundation Stone for Satellite Centre, in NIRTAR, Bolangir, Odisha. Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Dr. KulamaniSamal, Member of Parliament, Jagatsinghpur also graced the occasion.

Shri Gehlot inaugurating the Modular Operation Theatre at the Swami Vivekanad NIRTAR, Bolangir, Odisha. Shri Krishan Pal Gujjar, MoS, Social Justice & Empowerment also present

Shri Gehlot also visited a Mega Surgical camp organised at the Institute in which around 150 patients from different parts of Odisha were operated free of cost. Self Employment kits were also distributed by the Ministers and guests to the SC/ST beneficiaries who have undergone vocational training in different employable trades imparted by the Institute. Aids & Appliances were also distributed to 56 PwDs in the camp.

Shri Gehlot laying Foundation Stone for Satellite Centre, in NIRTAR, Bolangir, Odisha

Further Shri Gehlot announced that all sorts of financial assistance will be provided to the Institute for cost of building and other infrastructures to upgrade the hospital from 100 beds to a 200 bedded hospital considering the long waiting period of the patients. It was also assured by the Minister that the long vacant posts of the Institute have been revalidated and the filling up of these posts will be expedited soon.

Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot distributing Aids & Assistive devices to the persons with disabilities at the camp in the Bolangir, Odisha