That is why we are called Divyangjan smile -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Aravind R Sent: Friday, September 6, 2019 3:00 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AI] Bombay HC to RBI: "There is nothing more helpful for the visually-challenged than the feel of the hand"
they will say we have special sensory powers which they don't have On 9/6/19, bhawani shankar verma <[email protected]> wrote: > The RBI lawyer should be asked to identify notes through tactile with > closed eyes or blindfolded in the court. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shyam M. Sayanekar > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2019 2:36 PM > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues > concerning the disabled. > Subject: Re: [AI] Bombay HC to RBI: "There is nothing more helpful for > the visually-challenged than the feel of the hand" > > 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 >> >> >> >> 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.or >> g.in >> >> >> Disclaimer: >> 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking >> of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its >> veracity; >> >> 2. 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