Note: Unable to copy the URL/taken from yellowpress.com Certainly assurance for observance of National Braille Day is a welcome and much needed development.
The Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Mr. Thaawar Chand Gehlot at the All India Confederation of the Blind celebrates 206 birth anniversary of the Louis Braille, at Braille Bhawan, Rohini, in New Delhi on January 04, 2015. New Delhi (TYP): Sh. Thawar Chand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment announced several new schemes for the empowerment of persons with visual impairment and other categories of the disabled at the 206th Birth Anniversary of the Louis Braille, organized by All India Confederation of the Blind on January 4. Important scheme announced on the occasion, to provide liberal financial assistance towards the establishment, modernization and capacity augmentation of Braille presses. Under this Scheme, non-recurring assistance of up to two crores would be available for NGOs and Government organizations to provide access to blind children and adults for much-needed books in Braille. This is a new initiative under the Modi Government's Schemes of empowerment for the disabled. The Minister also announced a grant of Rs. One Crore and Sixty Nine Lakh to All India Confederation of the Blind for capacity augmentation of Braille press. Another Scheme announced on the occasion to awareness-generation for persons with disabilities under which assistance up to Rs. 5-10 lakhs could be available. At the function, the Minister presented cash prizes and certificates to the winners of the All India Braille reading and writing competitions. Over 100 students from 32 Institutions for the blind belonging to 15 States participated in these competitions. Krishna Kumari Varma Memorial Award was also presented at the function to a student securing top position in M.A. History examination organized by Hyderabad University. The Minister also assured the large gathering present on the occasion to actively look into the demand for observing Louis Braille's Birth Anniversary as the National Braille Day. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Celebrating Louis Braille birthday Jan4th 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..
