Keralam settles 95.06 per cent of UDID card applications, 25,768 still pending

11 November 2026

The Social Justice Department has said Keralam has settled 95.06 per cent of the applications it received for the UDID card, the single identity document for persons with disabilities. Of the 5,21,250 applications received in the State, 4,95,482 have been disposed of, and 4,54,789 people have already been given cards. Only 25,768 applications are now left. Nodal officers have been posted in every district collectorate to coordinate the work, and a meeting of District Collectors was called to push it faster. Applicants who do not yet hold a disability certificate can be examined at 113 government hospitals, and the Kerala Social Security Mission will run special disability medical camps across the State. The department expects 24,701 such applicants to receive cards within the next two months. Another 1,067 people who already hold valid certificates need not be examined again and will get cards through District Medical Officers. Specialist doctors from the private sector are also being added to the medical boards to make up for the shortage of doctors.