Hullo all Can anybody send the circular mentioning time concession of half an hour for the blind in central govt offices regards
On 3/29/17, Vamshi. G <[email protected]> wrote: > Not really. People who do not get categorised as blind fall in the > low vision category. There is no separate quota for blind and low > vision in reservations. The only thing might be number of people > eligible for railway concessions might come down as it is available > only for 100% blind. Fake disability certificates due to corruption > will always remain. > > On 3/28/17, P. Subramani <[email protected]> wrote: >> this should be a welcome step, trouble for low vision and pseudo-blinds >> who >> managed to get fake certificates, hopefully, after revising the >> parameters, the real blind would probably get the due benefits reserved >> for >> us. >> E-Mail: [email protected] >> Mob: 9738150192 >> Facebook: facebook.com/subu.subramani.16 >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "avinash shahi" <[email protected]> >> To: "accessindia" <[email protected]>; "sayeverything" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 11:57 AM >> Subject: [AI] Ht Report: Number of blind to come down by 4m as India set >> to >> change blindness definition >> >> >>> The government is set to change a four-decade-old definition of >>> blindness to bring it in line with the WHO criteria and ensure the >>> Indian data on blindness >>> meets the global estimates. The change in definition will bring down >>> the number of blind persons by 4 million in India. >>> http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-to-change-definition-of-blindness-reduce-number-of-blind-by-4-million/story-HxHKeH3XpfPBEtSr2moerO.html >>> The >>> World Health Organisation >>> (WHO) defines blindness as visual sharpness of less than 3/60, or a >>> corresponding visual field loss to less than 10 degrees in the better >>> eye, even with >>> the best possible spectacle correction. >>> >>> The >>> National Programme for Control of Blindness >>> (NPCB) in India, on the other hand, defines blindness as vision of >>> 6/60 or less and a visual field loss of 20 degrees or less in the >>> better eye, after >>> spectacle correction. >>> >>> This means a person unable to count fingers from a distance of six >>> metres is categorised as “blind” in India, against the WHO’s >>> stipulation of three metres. >>> >>> “With the NPCB definition, we will be addressing an extra 4 million >>> individuals, blind due to refractive errors. By adopting the blindness >>> criteria of >>> the WHO, India can achieve the Vision 2020 goal,” said Dr Praveen >>> Vashist, in-charge of community ophthalmology at Dr RP Centre for >>> Ophthalmic Sciences >>> at AIIMS. >>> >>> Under Vision 2020, India has to reduce the prevalence of blindness to >>> 0.3% of the total population. >>> >>> India projects a higher number of blind people at international forums >>> because of its definition. India currently has around 12 million blind >>> people against >>> 39 million globally -- which makes India home to one-third of the >>> world’s blind population. >>> >>> “We will bring the definition of blindness at par with the WHO’s >>> criteria. Because of the current definition, we project a higher >>> figure of blind people >>> from India at any international forum. Thus India gets presented in a >>> poor light compared to other countries,” said NPCB deputy director >>> general Promila >>> Gupta. >>> >>> Also, she said, the data “we generate under the programme cannot be >>> compared with the global estimates as other countries are following >>> the WHO criteria”. >>> >>> Uniformity in the definition across various regions of the world is a >>> pre-requisite for facilitating collection of population-based data on >>> prevalence >>> of blindness and estimating its global burden, Gupta said. >>> >>> The health ministry is also planning to change the nomenclature of >>> NPCB to the National Programme for Control of Visual Impairment and >>> Blindness. >>> >>> “The idea is to further strengthen the programme by focusing not only >>> on the blind persons but also those with some kind of visual >>> impairment,” Gupta added. >>> >>> (With agency inputs) >>> >>> -- >>> Avinash Shahi >>> Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU >>> >>> The list has now migrated to www.accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in >>> >>> You should now post to the id: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Search for old postings at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to >>> [email protected] >>> with the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >>> please visit the list home page at >>> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >>> >>> >>> Disclaimer: >>> 1. 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