Madhya Pradesh Orders Verification of Disability Certificates of Employees; 3,200 in Bhopal to Be Checked

Bhopal: Documents of employees and officers in Madhya Pradesh will be verified. The state's General Administration Department (GAD) has issued an order with directions to this effect.

In Bhopal district alone, verification of 3,200 employees with disabilities is being started. These are employees who had got their Unique Disability ID (UDID) cards made offline.

Cases of fraud in government recruitment in the state have risen rapidly over the past few years. In particular, complaints have surfaced of people getting jobs by making fake disability documents. This is why the government has decided to verify the documents of employees with disabilities in the state.

Concerns are being raised at the central level that many people got jobs by making fake cards offline. A fresh verification will make the situation clearer. However, no case of a fake Unique Disability ID has come to light in Bhopal so far.

Officials of the Social Justice Department are busy with the exercise. Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Mahendra Kavache said the administration is providing whatever help is needed at the administrative level. The Social Justice Department team is working on it.

No Tampering With Central Database

Fake certificates are caught immediately through a centralised digital database. If an ineligible person gets a job with a fake certificate, that person takes away the right of a genuine candidate with a disability. The verification is being done so that the government has an accurate and transparent database of how many employees with disabilities, in which category, are working in which department.

In the past few years, several cases had come up in various recruitment exams in Madhya Pradesh, such as teacher recruitment, patwari and other departmental recruitments, of people getting jobs with fake or suspicious disability certificates. After this, the government directed all departments and district collectors to get verification done, following which details are now being provided in this regard.

The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment had issued strict instructions in this regard. To prevent fake documents, the ministry has also made efforts to issue a national-level digital identity card and certificate.