Re: [AI] Fund transfer on SBI online

[Mujeeb Rahman]

Hi

Even I'm facing a similar issue to log out from SBI. Clicking the log
out link does not take me anywhere and as a matter of fact, I wait
till it gets me log out automatically. Could I have help pls?minute

On 4/3/18, mohammadwaseem khan  wrote:
> Same problem I have also faced in internet explorer 8 but in the
> updated verssions of internet explorer, firefox and google crome I
> have easely fined payment and transfer option. you can also use SBI
> anywhere in your android devises. I found it quite accessible.
>
> On 03/04/2018, Vamshi. G  wrote:
>> Its the payments and transfers link in which you can transfer funds.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/2/18, Vedika Phadke <1emailved...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Sir/Madam,
>>> for fund transfer SBI press enter on navigation. I think you can find
>>> the
>>> link for fund transfer
>>>
>>> Vedika
>>>
>>>
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[AI] RPSC Head Master Recruitment 2018

[Devashish Bhargav]

Dear Candidates,
Greetings from team “Bhargav Gurukul”.
Please follow current job opening and other details.
 Name of the Organization: Rajasthan Public Service Commission
Job Category: Rajasthan Government Jobs
Number Of vacancies for Visually Challenged candidates against POST has
been mentioned below.
Name of the Posts: Head Master, No. of Vacancies for B/LV -  12
Educational Qualification
(a) Bachelor’s degree with Degree or diploma in Education.
(b) Minimum five years’ teaching experience in any school.
Essential qualification- Working knowledge of Hindi written in Devnagri
Script and knowledge of Rajasthani Culture.
 Age limit Minimum Age Limit: 18 Years, Maximum Age Limit: 40 Years
Job Location: Rajasthan
To apply online the link has been mentioned below.
https://rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in/applyonline/
Important Dates:
Starting Date: 09th April 2018, Last Date: 08th May 2018
Interested Candidates Can Read the Full Notification Before Apply Online.
The link has been mentioned below.
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o get instant notification about current job opening and other details hit
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mentioned below for your benefits.
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I accept that I cannot work in a certain way. However, I can do the same
things in a different and a “number of ways”.
Devashish Bhargav
Executive
IDBI Bank
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Re: [AI] Banking services for customers with disabilities

[Aravind R]

today, bank of baroda released internal circular about banking
services to VI customers.
Important features are these.
1. Cheques can be issued only for specific purpose like loan payment
or any genune requirements by other institutions like LIC or NPS etc
and manager should issue marking the same purpose.
2. Cash withdrawal witness is compulsory and witness can be either
another customer of that branch or any other branch official apart
from cashier who will release the funds.
3. Locker and ATM should be provided and guidelines related to lockers
are stipulated clearly.
4. No mention about mobile and net banking for us and the irony is i
only train my home loan customers of these usage methods from
back-office more than their base branch officials.


On 4/4/18, sampath raj rao  wrote:
> Hi Mohit sir, but on the day I went with my dad who also had his
> salary a/c in that same branch and inspite I saying that he too has an
> account their the manager neglected my saying and was asking to bring
> my mum and got her sign somewhere in a ledger before encashing...
>
>
>
> On 4/4/18, Hozefa Tambawala  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Very nice initiative is going on.
>>
>> I am holding account in Citibank and enjoying all of the services.
>>
>> At first they are not willing to provide me online banking services,
>> debit card and cheque book facility but after having word with the HR
>> of my company she was able to convince them.
>>
>> Still they denied me the cheque book saying that this is to keep your
>> account safe.
>>
>> Finally, I taken up this issue to the banking ombudsmen and they
>> assist me in getting the cheque book.
>>
>> On 4/3/18, Prashant Naik  wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In addition to above IBA advise on webpage to banks, BCSBI has also asked
>>> banks to have webpage on policies for customers with disabilities in its
>>> January 2018, revised Banking Codes and Standards Board of India (BCSBI).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> BCSBI after due deliberations with Banks, IBA & RBI has come out with
>>> revised “Code of Bank’s Commitment to Customers- January 2018”, which is
>>> to
>>> be effected from January 2018.  Most of the banks have adopted this code
>>> on
>>> customer commitment.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Below is an extracted key info related to Persons with Disabilities
>>> customers from BCSBI Code.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Page 5 has following commitment from banks.
>>>
>>> Under point 2.1.2 Right to Transparency, Fair and Honest Dealing
>>>
>>> f. Displaying on our website our policies on -
>>>
>>> ix. Facilities for senior citizens and differently abled persons.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Pages 54 to 56 has following commitment from banks.
>>>
>>> 11. SENIOR CITIZENS AND DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS
>>>
>>> a. We will make our best efforts to make it easy and convenient for our
>>> special customers like senior citizens, differently abled and illiterate
>>> persons to bank with us. This will include making convenient policies,
>>> products and services for such applicants and customers.
>>>
>>> b. We will endeavour to develop systems and procedures to improve access
>>> to
>>> banking services by you.
>>>
>>> c. We will endeavour to make physical access to our branches and ATMs
>>> convenient to you. We will endeavour to provide ramps and hand railings
>>> at
>>> bank branches and ATMs to make it easier for senior citizens and
>>> differently abled persons to access various banking facilities.
>>>
>>> d. We will sensitise our staff interacting with you to assist you in
>>> carrying out your banking transactions.
>>>
>>> e. In addition to all the other commitments made in this Code:
>>>
>>> i. We will accord due priority to you. We will endeavour to provide you
>>> personalized services for banking transactions and redressal of
>>> grievances.
>>>
>>> ii. We will endeavour to provide seating arrangements in the banking
>>> hall.
>>>
>>> iii. We will endeavour to provide you our services through a Single
>>> Window
>>> mechanism.
>>>
>>> iv. We will permit withdrawal of your funds, up to limits set by you, by
>>> persons authorized by you on production of the authorization letter and
>>> passbook.
>>>
>>> v. We will endeavour to provide ‘Doorstep’ banking (pick up of cash /
>>> instruments for credit to the account or delivery of cash / demand drafts
>>> against issue of cheque / requisition in writing) in special
>>> circumstances
>>> like ill health, inability to come to the branch, etc.
>>>
>>> For senior citizens more than 70 years of age and differently abled or
>>> infirm persons (having medically certified chronic illness or disability)
>>> including those who are visually impaired, we will make concerted effort
>>> to
>>> provide door step banking for basic banking facilities such as pick up of
>>> cash and instruments against receipt, delivery of demand drafts,
>>> submission
>>> of KYC documents and Life Certificate at the premises / residence of such
>>> customers.

[AI] blind archery and shooting for the blind

[Mohit Gupta]

Dear sir,
Whether blind archery and shooting for blind are played in idnia?

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Mohit Gupta.
Rajasthan.




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[AI] eSight - Electronic Glasses for the Legally Blind

[pranaya rani]

Anyone used these glasses may kindly advisehttps://www.esighteyewear.com/ 




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Re: [AI] Banking services for customers with disabilities

[sampath raj rao]

Hi Mohit sir, but on the day I went with my dad who also had his
salary a/c in that same branch and inspite I saying that he too has an
account their the manager neglected my saying and was asking to bring
my mum and got her sign somewhere in a ledger before encashing...



On 4/4/18, Hozefa Tambawala  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Very nice initiative is going on.
>
> I am holding account in Citibank and enjoying all of the services.
>
> At first they are not willing to provide me online banking services,
> debit card and cheque book facility but after having word with the HR
> of my company she was able to convince them.
>
> Still they denied me the cheque book saying that this is to keep your
> account safe.
>
> Finally, I taken up this issue to the banking ombudsmen and they
> assist me in getting the cheque book.
>
> On 4/3/18, Prashant Naik  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> In addition to above IBA advise on webpage to banks, BCSBI has also asked
>> banks to have webpage on policies for customers with disabilities in its
>> January 2018, revised Banking Codes and Standards Board of India (BCSBI).
>>
>>
>>
>> BCSBI after due deliberations with Banks, IBA & RBI has come out with
>> revised “Code of Bank’s Commitment to Customers- January 2018”, which is
>> to
>> be effected from January 2018.  Most of the banks have adopted this code
>> on
>> customer commitment.
>>
>>
>>
>> Below is an extracted key info related to Persons with Disabilities
>> customers from BCSBI Code.
>>
>>
>>
>> Page 5 has following commitment from banks.
>>
>> Under point 2.1.2 Right to Transparency, Fair and Honest Dealing
>>
>> f. Displaying on our website our policies on -
>>
>> ix. Facilities for senior citizens and differently abled persons.
>>
>>
>>
>> Pages 54 to 56 has following commitment from banks.
>>
>> 11. SENIOR CITIZENS AND DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS
>>
>> a. We will make our best efforts to make it easy and convenient for our
>> special customers like senior citizens, differently abled and illiterate
>> persons to bank with us. This will include making convenient policies,
>> products and services for such applicants and customers.
>>
>> b. We will endeavour to develop systems and procedures to improve access
>> to
>> banking services by you.
>>
>> c. We will endeavour to make physical access to our branches and ATMs
>> convenient to you. We will endeavour to provide ramps and hand railings at
>> bank branches and ATMs to make it easier for senior citizens and
>> differently abled persons to access various banking facilities.
>>
>> d. We will sensitise our staff interacting with you to assist you in
>> carrying out your banking transactions.
>>
>> e. In addition to all the other commitments made in this Code:
>>
>> i. We will accord due priority to you. We will endeavour to provide you
>> personalized services for banking transactions and redressal of
>> grievances.
>>
>> ii. We will endeavour to provide seating arrangements in the banking hall.
>>
>> iii. We will endeavour to provide you our services through a Single Window
>> mechanism.
>>
>> iv. We will permit withdrawal of your funds, up to limits set by you, by
>> persons authorized by you on production of the authorization letter and
>> passbook.
>>
>> v. We will endeavour to provide ‘Doorstep’ banking (pick up of cash /
>> instruments for credit to the account or delivery of cash / demand drafts
>> against issue of cheque / requisition in writing) in special circumstances
>> like ill health, inability to come to the branch, etc.
>>
>> For senior citizens more than 70 years of age and differently abled or
>> infirm persons (having medically certified chronic illness or disability)
>> including those who are visually impaired, we will make concerted effort
>> to
>> provide door step banking for basic banking facilities such as pick up of
>> cash and instruments against receipt, delivery of demand drafts,
>> submission
>> of KYC documents and Life Certificate at the premises / residence of such
>> customers.
>>
>> vi. We will issue a pension slip to you (pensioners) containing details of
>> the pension credited to your account.
>>
>> vii. We will endeavour to arrange to disburse the pension at the doorstep,
>> in special circumstances.
>>
>> viii. We will accept the Life Certificate that is required to be submitted
>> by you (pensioners) at any branch of our bank by maintaining centralized
>> data for the same.
>>
>> ix. We will guide relatives / parents of disabled persons on how to
>> appoint
>> a legal guardian, under the National Trust Act, 1999, for disabled persons
>> with autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and multiple disabilities
>> who can then open and operate accounts for such persons.
>>
>> x. We will ensure that all the banking facilities such as cheque book
>> facility, ATM facility, net banking facility, locker facility, retail
>> loans, credit cards etc., are invariably offered to the visually
>> challenged
>> without 

[AI] Shortcut key command for adding member to the group in Microsoft office outlook 10

[dinesh gujar]

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[AI] Frontline obituary: Javed Abidi (1965-2018) worked relentlessly all his life to improve the lives of the disabled and help them live with dignity. By ZIYA US SALAM

[avinash shahi]

Friend of the disabled
http://www.frontline.in/other/obituary/friend-of-the-disabled/article10095685.ece
FOR a little under three decades, Javed Abidi was the face that came
to the public mind on any issue concerning the disabled. This recall
value was based
on Abidi’s sustained work—his ability to run from pillar to post in
the quest to make the nation more friendly to the disabled. For years
he fought the
notoriously lethargic bureaucracy, and for decades he fought social
stereotypes and prejudices, at a time when terms like “handicapped”
were an accepted
part of social conversation and terms such as differently abled or
specially abled had not yet found their way into social vocabulary.
For years he fought
a political system where most parties offered nothing more than
homilies. And when he did press for affirmative action for the
community, he stayed politically
neutral.

After several years of heartburning and frustration, he succeeded. The
Disability Act was possible owing to his perseverance, his ability to
take one step
at a time but never stop or procrastinate. In his relentless pursuit
of the common needs of the disabled, Abidi concentrated on what he did
best: bringing
about a change at the ground level through relentless toil. He became
the pioneer of the cross-disability movement whereby people with
varying special
skills came on a common platform. Thus was founded the Disabled Rights
Group in 1993. The group worked on cross-disability issues of access.
It was courtesy
his effort that many stadiums, cinemas, railway stations and airports
began to have ramps, allowing for easier passage of the
wheelchair-bound, and tessellation
flooring facilitating the movement of the visually challenged.

Then came the turn of monuments such as Humayun’s tomb, the Red Fort
and the Qutub Minar, which too became disabled-friendly. It was a
small step for the
authorities but a giant leap for the disabled community. Slowly, Abidi
began to be taken seriously. He was not just another activist. For the
world he
was somebody; for the specially abled he was the world.

Indeed, his life was a relentless pursuit of dignity for the
community. He played an important role in getting Parliament to pass
the crucial Rights of
Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. Incidentally, it was the passage
of this Act that showed the truly wide horizon of Abidi, his ability
to overcome
political challenges.

The Disability Rights Bill was mooted during the United Progressive
Alliance regime but could not be passed. When the Bharatiya Janata
Party-led National
Democratic Alliance government took charge in 2014, he pursued the
Bill with the new dispensation, much to the chagrin of some of his
supporters. Abidi,
however, proved that the rights of the disabled surmounted any
political affiliation or the lack of it. When the Bill was passed,
many found it wanting
in adequate safeguards for the disabled. Abidi understood their
viewpoint, but was pragmatic enough to understand that the new Act
gave recognition to
21 disability conditions, which was a vast improvement over the seven
types agreed upon in the 1990s.

More recently, his voice rose above the din surrounding the
implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST). The Central government
put several items of
daily need for the specially abled in the high taxation slab. Thus,
wheelchairs, hearing aids and Braille paper came under GST with the
tax rates ranging
from 12 per cent to 18 per cent.

Abidi protested, took to Twitter, and succeeded in getting the
government to announce a partial rollback of GST on these items—the
tax was revised to 5
per cent. But Abidi was not satisfied with partial success. He wanted
the tax to be waived completely on items of use for the specially
abled. This ability
to hold his own in front of the powerful was in complete consonance
with his tenet of “Nothing About Us Without Us”. Abidi’s was not a
one-way “I demand,
you deliver” tactic though. If he prevailed upon successive
governments to be more open to the interests of the disabled, he also
tried to bring about
a change in the mindset of the community. He wanted the community to
fight for its share of the pie like any other Indian and live and
compete on equal
terms with others. He insisted on avoiding any doles or sops.

This call to the community to fight its own battles came through in
his appreciation of the noted director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film
Black, in which
the lead character is a disabled girl. Abidi liked the fact that the
film had no sermons on special interests of the disabled and did not
preach social
exclusion in the name of greater care.

Importantly, the film was invested with a rare sensitivity, no mean
achievement as the industry has been notorious for cheap thrills at
the expense of
the specially abled. Expressions like “andha” (visually challenged)
and “behra” (hearing impaired) have often been passed by the censor
board without a
thought for the sensitivity of the community. 

Re: [AI] An Eye Retreat: article from business standard

[Sudeshna Bhattacharya]

The story made me a bit emotional, though I'm not at all a person with
pessimism or negative mind- set. Where most people feel a bit skeptic
and hesitant to take or accompany a blind people during traveling,
these two ladies during  their travel itself, started their thinking
to make visually people enjoy traveling in its true sense.

amazing...

Thanks,
Sudeshna Bhattacharya

On 4/4/18, avinash shahi  wrote:
> Thank you Sameer for pasting this for me, I'm sharing the report on AI list.
>
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Sameer 
> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 23:10:38 +0530
> Subject: Re: Need this article from business standard
> To: avinash shahi 
>
>
> An eye retreat
> Two women have designed a website for the visually impaired where they can
> make their own travel itinerary and embark on a journey of exploration
>
> Sneha Bhattacharjee
> Last Updated at March 31, 2018 19:25 IST
>
>
> Divya Saxena
> and
> Ritu Sinha
> were two successful creative heads of a leading advertisment agency till
> about a year ago. On a trip to Europe sometime last year, as they were
> having
> a leisurely cup of coffee at breakfast, they saw two visually impaired men
> enter the restaurant seeking their way to the washroom. “As the waiter
> guided
> them through the tables, Ritu and I were struck at how we had not
> encountered a single visually-impaired tourist in our 20-25 days long trip,”
> says Saxena.
>
>
> This got them thinking and researching: Were any tours or packages curated
> specially for the visually impaired? “As we expected, there was hardly
> anything
> online. However, there was quite a lot of data showing there was a sizeable
> population of such tourists around the world,” says Sinha, adding their
> conversation
> during office breaks and post-work hours increasingly began to veer towards
> creating something for this (visually impaired) section of the population.
> That led to the founding of
> BAT Travels.
>
> Not that they weren’t aware of the pitfalls. A
> travel website
> for the visually impaired where they could get to pick their own packages
> was an untried and untested idea in the country. “A look at our site would
> make
> you think there’s nothing particularly special about it — but it has been
> designed for our target audience,” says Saxena, adding that their site is
> WCAG2.0
> accessible — that is, a visually impaired person can navigate their way on
> the site easily.
>
> Quitting their jobs at the peak of their career to start something of their
> own was both exhilarating and overwhelming. “We knew it wouldn’t be easy to
> raise funding so we boot-strapped on our own and put our life’s savings into
> it,” says Sinha. “It’s not like we had a lot of money in the banks,” adds
> Saxena.
>
> In order to give the visually impaired the joy of travel and get them to
> experience the feel of a place, it was important that someone close be there
> to
> guide them. “Our tour batches usually consist of 10-15 people — a mix of the
> visually impaired as well as those who can see,” says Saxena. It is the
> sighted
> who become the eyes and ears of the visually impaired. Saxena and Sinha
> accompany the groups on every tour. “We have taken four trips so far and are
> going
> on our fifth one to Jim Corbett,” says Sinha.
>
> visually impaired tourists
>
> One of the travellers being made to experience the carvings on a door in the
> bylanes of Varanasi
>
> From river rafting in Rishikesh to paragliding in Kamshet (near Mumbai), and
> even experiencing the making of Benarasi saris in a weavers’ colony in
> Varanasi,
> Saxena and Sinha attribute their successful journeys to the people who have
> been a part of their tours — both the sighted and the visually impaired. “At
> first, it is difficult to initiate a conversation but then they themselves
> start cracking jokes — about their challenged sight, thus breaking the ice,”
> says Saxena. “For the sighted people, it is a different experience. They
> come to us with their children and say they want to be part of such tours to
> sensitise
> their children about all kinds of people they might encounter in life,” she
> says.
>
> Every trip is a learning experience for Saxena and Sinha, who are now eyeing
> an international tour package for the visually impaired and also looking to
> grow their groups. “People don’t come to us with money on their mind. Our
> packages are so designed that most people spend more on ticketing than our
> travel
> plans,” says Sinha. “All they want is to experience the joy of travelling
> and we try and ensure that they have the true experience,” she adds.
>
> Ensuring the visually impaired get permission to participate in activities
> they normally wouldn’t be allowed to, is a challenge that both the women
> face
> with positivity. “It took us a lot of convincing to get our group to do
> river rafting at Rishikesh but we ensured that all the 

[AI] Tushar Sharma reports: Disabled students in Panjab University cry out for facilities

[avinash shahi]

CHANDIGARH: Prevalent infrastructure and facilities at Panjab University (
PU)
leave a lot to be answered when it comes to catering to the needs of
the differently-abled students on the campus. The disabled students
say most conspicuous
inadequacy is the absence of ramps at the majority of teaching
departments and boys’ hostels. Sector 14 market is deemed inaccessible
to the differently-abled
by the absence of infrastructure..“There are no tactile paths for the
visually-impaired and railings for support in staircases. No separate
parking facility
is there for the differently-abled despite the same being facilitated
in the markets outside PU. There is no
ramp
 inside the university auditorium too. Getting into the classrooms,
even on the first floor, gets physically exhausting for us. Though
e-rickshaw rides
have been made free for the differently-abled, identity cards have not
been issued for availing the facility. There was no formal
communication from the
university to make us aware of the facility.” says
Dheeraj,
a PhD scholar at University Institute of Chemical Engineering and
Technology (UICET)...“Library lift is not wheelchair-friendly. There
are no separate
restrooms for the differently-abled. Auditory traffic signals need to
be installed to aid the visually-impaired as per the Accessible India
campaign,”
says
Pardeep,
a PhD scholar at Centre for Human Rights and Duties
(CHRD)...Visually-impaired students face difficulty in classrooms as
well as during their exams. “We
are unable to record classroom lectures and the faculty does not
provide us with the notes in an alternative format such as
audio-books. Assignments are
the same for all students and I face a substantial amount of
difficulty while submitting them on time. No special consideration is
given to the differently-abled
students. University does not provide us scribes for writing our
examination papers, arranging them is a difficult task for us” says
Prince Wadhwa, a visually
impaired student who is pursuing Master of Arts at department of Hindi..
Recommended By Colombia.Emanual Nahar, dean student welfare (
DSW),
said “I have already written to the executive engineer department
regarding the construction of ramps as per the guidelines of
Supreme Court.
Vice-chancellor approved the free e-rickshaw rides for the
differently-abled and the students belonging to the Economically
Weaker Section (EWS) category.
Circulars regarding this facility have been circulated to all
departments. However, chairpersons have not responded with the names
of both differently-abled
as well as EWS students. Those who need to avail the facility can
contact their respective chairpersons. No one has approached our
office regarding the
need for separate parking and accessible toilets.”..Moreover, students
say PU should formally establish Equal Opportunity Cell (EOC) on the
lines of Delhi
University, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). “EOC will work as a
resource centre for us and will also help us in getting funds from UGC
and other government
agencies.” says
Manish,
a student at the department of political science...Nahar said, “Dean
of University Instruction (DUI) has already taken note of their
demands related to
Equal Opportunity Cell and a decision is expected to be taken in a
meeting soon. We have always addressed their problems whenever we have
been approached.”..Moreover,
these students feel that lack of infrastructure also impacts their
social integration. “There are far too many steps at Student Centre,
making it inaccessible
for us contrary to the provisions in The Rights of Persons with
Disabilities Act 2016. Differently-abled cannot be denied the right to
be socially active.
PU students need to be sensitised towards differently-abled,” says
Shubham Sharma, a student at the department of political science...
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/disabled-students-in-pu-cry-out-for-facilities-at-varsity/articleshow/63587043.cms

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only 24 disabled people were given loans under various schemes between
2012 and 2017 against a target of 696. “Against the disabled
population of 2.35
lakh, the corporation could disburse loans to only 887 beneficiaries
between 2003 and 17.”.
Marginalised got much less support from the state
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