Very good, Do tell me Vermaji, if i can be of any help.
Thanks On 1/23/13, Prashant Ranjan Verma <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarded message > > -------------------------------------------------- > > Case.No.9/1104/12-13 > Dated: 22nd January, 2013 > > > > To > > The Cabinet Secretary, > > Cabinet Secretariat, > > Govt. of India, > > Rashtrapati Bhawan, > > New Delhi - 110 004 > > > > Subject: Regarding making all Government websites accessible to > citizens/persons with disabilities. > > > > Reference: News item published in The Hindustan Times dated 22nd January, > 2013. > > > > Sir, > > > > In inviting your attention to the subject and reference > captioned above, I am directed to state as under:- > > > > 1. That the Chief Commissioner for Persons with > Disabilities, Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice > & > Empowerment, Govt. of India has taken suo-moto cognizance of the > inaccessible status of most of the Government websites on the basis of a > news item published in the Hindustan Times dated 22nd January, 2013 (copy > enclosed for ready reference). > > > > 2. That it appears that most of the Government websites > are > inaccessible to citizens/persons with disabilities with the result that > citizens/persons with disabilities are unable to access useful information > which is available to others. > > > > 3. That the office of the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, > appreciating the need and urgency of making all Government websites > accessible to all citizens/persons with disabilities is understood to have > passed an order about three years back recommending that all Government > websites be made accessible to the disabled. > > > > 4. The National Informatics Centre (NIC), Govt. of India > had also issued guidelines that all Government websites should conform to > the international accessibility standards, the World Wide Web Consortium > (W3C) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. > > > > 5. That it appears that despite the order by the PMO, and > despite the guidelines issued by NIC, most of the Ministries/Departments > have done virtually nothing to make all Government websites accessible to > the citizens/persons with disabilities. > > > > In the above view of the matter, the Chief Commissioner for > Persons with Disabilities has advised as follows:- > > > > (a) That the Cabinet Secretary may be pleased to issue > directives to all the Ministries/Departments to make all Government > websites > accessible to citizens/persons with disabilities within a defined time > frame. > > > > (b) That action taken in the matter may be intimated to this > Court/office within 30 days from the date of this communication. > > > > Yours faithfully, > > ( S.S. Sinha ) > > Dy. Chief Commissioner > > > > Copy to: > > 1. Director-General, National Informatics Centre, A-Block, > CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 > > 2. The Hindustan Times, HT Media Ltd., Hindustan Times > House, 18-20, K.G. Marg, New Delhi-110001 > > > > Encl.: As stated above. > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.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 > > -- “The waves breaking on the surface draw all the attention, but it is the current beneath the water that determines your direction.” Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.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
