I wonder if SBI has also provided them with ATM cards. Though the step is appreciable, I have noticed that few of SBI affiliated banks/ SBI itself straightaway deny ATM facility to visually impaired people due to their blindness. I remember State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, which is an affiliate of SBI still carries the old rule "ATM card cannot be issued to Blind and illiterates" (http://www.sbbjbank.com/downloads/ATMApplicationForm.pdf). Would have been good if SBI had taken an awareness campaign to inform all its officials involved in opening accounts/ issuing banking services to its customers in all the branches. Directions are there since last four years;they just need to be implemented.
Satguru ___,__.___ "Life's battle do not always go, to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the one who wins, is the one who thinks he can." Satguru Rathi. Mobile: +91-9971231627 / 9871489945 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Skype: satgururathi Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002489756116 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeevan Reddy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "jnuvision" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [AI] State Bank of India initiative for visually impaired girls Nice initiative!...keep going.... On 3/28/12, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > URL > http://article.wn.com/view/2012/03/28/State_Bank_of_India_initiative_for_visually_impaired_girl_st/ > 28 March, 2012 > PATNA: State Bank of India (SBI) took a new initiative by opening > accounts of 34 blind girl students of Antarjyoti Balika Vidyalaya, > Kumhrar, at its Nalanda Medical College branch on Tuesday. The step is > intended to empower the visually challenged children above the age of > 10 years to have their own bank accounts at a very young age and to > join the mainstream of national life. > > The main objective of this initiation is to make them realize the > self-dependence in them and to have banking habits from very early > age. SBI Mahila Samiti, Patna, has donated initial amount for opening > the accounts. Samiti president Aparna Jeevandas gave pass books to the > students. Rukman Agarwal, Meenu Chopra, Anita Raghvendra, AGM (PR) > Umesh Mishra, Chief Manager Gyaneshwar Sharma, NMCH branch manager > Bipin Kumar Singh were also present on the occasion. The teachers and > students expressed their gratitude for this noble cause. > > > > > -- > "The best things and most beautiful things in the world Cannot be seen > or even touched. They must be felt within the heart." — Helen Keller > > Avinash Shahi > M.A. Political Science > CPS JNU > New Delhi India > > > 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 > > -- Cheers, Jeevan Reddy, Accessibility Engineer, Onya Digital Solutions, Bangalore, Mob: +91 8050761380. 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 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
