Hello, it is indeed very ironical that neither the RBI, nor the Government
nor the Court is in a position to understand the real problem of the VI
people. The Tactile lines have no meaning and they cannot ever solve our
problem. I have been repeatedly saying on this platform that different sizes
for different denominations is the only solution. The sizes should be
progressively longer or broader with the higher denomination.
----- Original Message -----
From: "avinash shahi" <[email protected]>
To: "accessindia" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2019 1:08 PM
Subject: [AI] Bombay HC to RBI: "There is nothing more helpful for the
visually-challenged than the feel of the hand"
https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-note-sizes-changed-to-make-them-wallet-friendly-rbi-to-bombay-high-court-2787771
Regarding a mobile app that the RBI had proposed for helping the
visually-challenged identify currency notes, the Chief Justice said,
"There is nothing more helpful for the visually-challenged than the
feel of the hand. No technology will be able to supplement that…
nature has its own compensatory ways, the visually-challenged can feel
lines which are embossed… you (RBI) must realise that."
Counsel Dhond informed the court that the new series of notes have
tactile identification marks on their sides and that each note has a
particular type of pattern called 'bleed lines', but also clarified
that these are available only for notes of higher denomination such as
those above Rs 100.
Advocate Uday Warunjikar appearing for the petitioner - National
Association for the Blind told the court that these 'bleed lines' fade
within a few days. The RBI counsel responded that they would not fade,
as higher denomination currency change hands less often.
The Chief Justice asked RBI, what about the lower denomination notes
that would not have bleed lines and said that differently-abled are
moving mainstream and we owe to make things simpler for them and not
complicated. When the RBI counsel suggested the help of the app for
the blind to identify lower denomination currency, Chief Justice asked
referring to Kashmir, "There is a state where the network is not
available and there are communication shutdowns on perceived threats
of law and order. What about visually-challenged living there?"
To this, counsel Dhond said that the mobile app once downloaded would
not need an internet connection, but that he would need to confirm
that. The Chief Justice remarked that technology solves problems, but
also makes it a handicap.
--
Avinash Shahi
(Assistant) – Human Resource Management Department
Reserve Bank of India Lucknow
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