Sibal to rope in Nilekani to map disabled
December 2nd, 2009 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Wednesday said the government is in talks with Unique Identification Authority chief Nandan Nilekani to map disabled children in the country to record their educational growth.
“We are talking to Nandan about it. If we can map these differently-abled people, then their educational growth can also be recorded,” Sibal said here.
“If we can do it through Unique ID, then it can later be linked to their health condition. This will make thing easier,” the minister said after unveiling two books on inclusive education by Mithu Alur.
The Unique Identification Number Authority of India, is a government agency with a mandate to provide Indians a multipurpose national identity card or Unique Identification Card (UID Card). It was established in February 2009 with Nilekani as its head.
India has over 40 million people living with different types of disability.
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