thanks for this wonderful information. rgds amalesh AICB, Delhi --- On Tue, 14/4/09, SC Vashishth <[email protected]> wrote:
From: SC Vashishth <[email protected]> Subject: [AI] RBI Notification on Accessible ATMs To: [email protected], [email protected], "AdvocateRajan Mani" <[email protected]>, "Anil Aneja" <[email protected]>, "Chandra Supriya Ms." <[email protected]>, "Manjula Rath" <[email protected]>, "Pankaj Sinha" <[email protected]>, "sachu ramalingam" <[email protected]>, "Thiagarajan K." <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, 14 April, 2009, 4:03 PM Dear Friends, Here is the RBI Notification on accessible ATMs for your information: RBI/2008-09/431 DBOD.No.Leg.BC.123 /09.07.005/2008-09 April 13, 2009 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, *Need for Bank Branches / ATMs to be made * *accessible to persons with disabilities* We have been receiving several suggestions including from Government of India to make bank branches and ATMs easily accessible to persons with disability by providing ramps so that wheel chair users can access them and the height of the machine is also appropriate for them. Further we have also been receiving suggestions for installing speaking software and key pads with letters in Braille to facilitate use by persons with visual impairment. 2. We have examined the above suggestions and banks are advised to take necessary steps *to provide all existing ATMs / future ATMs with ramps* so that wheel chair users / persons with disabilities can easily access them and also make arrangements in such a way that the height of the ATM does not create an impediment in its use by a wheelchair user. *Banks may also take appropriate steps including providing ramps at the entrance of the bank branches* so that the persons with disabilities / wheel chair users can enter the bank branches and conduct business without much difficulty. 3. Further, banks should* make at least one third of new ATMs installed as talking ATMs with Braille keypads and place them strategically* *in consultation with other banks to ensure that at least one talking ATM with Braille keypad is generally available in each locality *for catering to needs of visually impaired persons. Banks may also bring the locations of such talking ATMs to the notice of their visually impaired customers. Yours faithfully (Prashant Saran) Chief General Manager-in-Charge -- Warm regards, Subhash Chandra Vashishth Mobile: +91 (11) 9811125521 Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Consider environment! 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 Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ 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
