Exactly! On 6/12/14, Kotian, H P <[email protected]> wrote: > > Date: Jun 11, 2014 > Need for bank branches/ATMs to be made Accessible to persons with > disabilities > RBI/2013-14/637 > UBD.BPD.Cir.No. 70/13.03.000/2013-14 > June 11, 2014 > The Chief Executive Officer > All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks > Dear Sir / Madam > Need for bank branches/ATMs to be made > Accessible to persons with disabilities > Please refer to our circular UBD.CO.BPD.(PCB) Cir. No.63/9.39.000/2008-09 > dated April 29, 2009 on the captioned subject, wherein banks were advised to > provide, inter alia, ramps in all existing and future ATMs, and make at > least one third of new ATMs installed as talking ATMs with Braille keypads. > It was also advised to ensure that at least one talking ATM with Braille > keypad is generally available in each locality for catering to the needs of > visually impaired persons. > 2. UCBs are now advised to take appropriate steps to provide ramps at the > entrance of the bank branches so that persons with disabilities / wheel > chair users can enter bank branches and conduct business without difficulty. > Banks are advised to report the progress made in this regard periodically to > their Board of Directors/Customer Service Committee of the Board and ensure > compliance. However, in cases where it is impracticable to provide such ramp > facilities, whether permanently fixed to earth or otherwise, the requirement > may be dispensed with, for reasons recorded or displayed in branches or ATMs > concerned. > 3. It is observed that some banks have not yet made at least one third of > the new ATMs installed as talking ATMs with Braille keypads as advised vide > our circular referred to above. It is, therefore, advised that banks should > make all new ATMs installed from July 1, 2014 as talking ATMs with Braille > keypads and lay down a road map for converting existing ATMs as talking ATMs > with Braille keypads as advised in our circular dated April 24, 2009 ibid > and the same may be reviewed from time to time by the Board of > Directors/Customer Service Committee of the Board. > 4. In addition to the above, magnifying glasses should also be provided in > all bank branches for the use of persons with low vision, wherever they > require, for carrying out banking transactions with ease. Branches should > display at a prominent place notice about the availability of magnifying > glasses and other facilities available for persons with disabilities. > Yours faithfully, > (P.K.Arora) > General Manager > > ________________________________ > Caution: The Reserve Bank of India never sends mails, smses or makes calls > asking for personal information such as your bank account details, > passwords, etc. It never keeps or offers funds to anyone. Please do not > respond in any manner to such offers, however official or attractive they > may look. > > Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, > review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in > this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you > have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or > telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any > attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for > the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for > any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. > > > 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 > > > 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. >
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