India, Sept. 20 -- The state government has kicked off a drive to verify the Divyang (differently abled) certificates of employees in various state departments, and has asked the departments to file a report in a month. The drive comes after former IAS trainee officer Pooja Khedkar allegedly used a fake Divyang certificate to avail benefits of the quota for differently abled people. The state has received several complaints of others misusing the quota too, prompting the verification drive.

The Divyang Welfare Department (DWD) issued an order on September 18 mandating the verification of the Unique Disability ID Card (UDID) of Divyang officers, employees, teachers and non-teaching staff across departments, including those who work under ...