Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Dear all,
In continuation to my earlier Email regarding my meeting with RBI governor; I did meet with General Manager Currency management and General Manager RBI, Kolkata. Key highlights of the meeting is as follows:-Accessible currency note * Meeting regarding accessible note and coins were held earlier in Mumbai and Subhash karnik , NAB representative , attended this meeting and advised measures on how to make accessible notes. * Additional input which I gave and discussed that size variance of not of Rs. 10, Rs. 100, Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 should be continued * Tactile shape in currency note should be located at more prominent location within the note. * Size of tactile features such as triangle, rectangle, square on respective currency note of Rs. 500, Rs. 100, and Rs. 50, etc. should be enhanced. * Quality parameter of tactile durability should be superior in order to stand various cycles of circulations, soil, etc. Accessible coin * There should be variation in size in Rs. 1 coin, Rs. 2 coin and 50paise coin * Coins should stress more on feeling /touch rather than visual. * Thickness should also vary according to coins of different dimension. I have informed RBI team about our access India 2000 blind/ visually impaired who would be eager to provide more input on how to make our currency accessible to blind/ visually impaired citizens of our country. May I request you to kindly offer input on this crucial matter by Monday December 26, 2011 and I will consolidate all input and forward it to RBI team. RBI governor along with his currency team are determined to design accessible solution and they hope to implement this solution early next year. Guys, sincere appeal to you all for grabbing this opportunity to have your say to make our live easier. Thanks and regards. Asif 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
