UMID - Unique Medical IDentity card

 

UMID - Unique Medical IDentity card 

Sources: 

1. Click for RB letter dated 2018/Trans.Cell/Health/Medical Cards dated 08.06.2018

2. Click for RB letter dated 2018/Trans.Cell/Health/Medical Cards dated 04.01.2019

• UMID stands for Unique Medical IDentity card 

• Object: Uniformity in the Medical Identity cards issued to Railway Beneficiaries 

• Software Developed  & Maintenance by:  SCR 

• Generated for entire IR : By SCR 

• Through UMID App / Website - One can generate and take print of UMID card duly entering the credentials. 

Salient features:  

1. Plastic based card  

2. Size: Same as Debit card/Credit card issued by the Banks 

3. Unique All India Number  - 12 Digits

4. Separate cards - Employees/Pensioners and their dependants 

5.  Integration with IPAS, ARPAN & HMIS 

Colour Code: Strip with different colour to distinguish various types of beneficiaries  

Serving Railway Employees Card

Top/Bottom	Colour on Strip
Top	Blue
Bottom	Blue

Medical Beneficiaries of.

Serving Railway employees Card

Top/Bottom	Colour on Strip
Top	Blue
Bottom	Yellow

 Railway Pensioners Card

Top/Bottom	Colour on Strip
Top	Green
Bottom	Green

Medical Beneficiaries of.

Railway Pensioners Card

Top/Bottom	Colour on Strip
Top	Green
Bottom	Yellow

                                 

 UMID Unique Number - 12 Digits - AlphaNumeric  

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
IPAS Code of Bill Unit			Random Generated Number								As below

                                      

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Employee

Medical Dependants

Pensioner

The information on UMID - Barest minimum 

1. The Name of the Railway

2. Medical Card Number

3. Name & Medical card of primary holder (in case of Dependants) 

4. Name of the Card holder 

5. Year of Birth 

6. Date of validity of the Card 

7. Level of entitlement of medical facilities  

8. Health Unit

9. Blood Group 

10. Photograph

11. Signature of Beneficiary

12. Signature & Designation of Issuing Authority 

13. Electronic Card reading 

                               

Renewal/Reissue of UMID

Category	Renewal/Reissue Due
Up to the age of 15 years	Every Five years
Above the age of 15 years	On reaching age 40 years                   &  At the time of Retirement
Employees	Change in the Level of entitlement

Key points for MCQ

1. UMID stands for Unique Medical IDentity card 

2. ARPAN stands for Advanced Railway Pension Access Network 

3. CRIS stands for Centre for Railway Information Systems 

4. HMIS stands for Hospital Management Information System

5. IPAS stands for Integrated Payroll & Accounting System 

6. Developed & Maintained by SCR 

7. UMID Card unique number - 12 Digits 

8. UMID Card number - First 3 digits - IPAS Bill Unit Code 

9. UMID Card number - 4th to 11th digits : Random generated number

10. UMID Card number - 12th Digit: A for Employees, Z for Pensioners & B to Y for Medical Dependants  

11. Colour Code - Employees:  Blue and Blue 

12. Colour Code - Medical Dependants of Employees:  Blue and Yellow 

13. Colour Code - Pensioners:  Green and Green  

14. Colour Code - Medical Dependants of Pensioners:  Green and Yellow  

15.  Up to the age of 15 years - Renewal for every 5 years 

16. After the age of 15 years - At the age of 40 years and at the time of Retirement 

17. Change in Level of entitlement - Reissued of the Card

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