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Read the report below 'Consider report for making coins friendly for the blind' rosy.seque...@timesgroup.com Mumbai : Bombay high court said the Reserve Bank of India must consider an expert committee's suggestions and recommendations for making currency notes and coins friendly for the visually challenged. "It is high time the Reserve Bank of India considers it,'' said Acting Chief Justice Sanjay Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep Marne on May 3. They heard a 2019 PIL by National Association for the Blind (NAB) to direct RBI to introduce "blind-friendly" currency notes/coins as the new currency and coins are difficult to distinguish on touch. In September 2022, RBI said Delhi HC had constituted a committee. On May 3, RBI's advocateDhaval Patil said the report had not yet been tabled. "There cannot be any dispute that the currency and mints have to be disabled user-friendly,'' they said. They noted that after the PIL was filed, RBI came out with some measures and introduced coins that are "visually impaired friendly" and a mobile application. Advocate Uday Warunjikar, for NAB, said there are some issues with operating the app with regard to volume and the app does not work in crowded places and on trains and buses. "Respondent (RBI) certainly has to take steps so that the visually impaired persons can distinguish the currency. In fact, as the committee was already appointed, we are waiting for that report, because the same would be the suggestions and /or recommendations ofthe experts," they said. The judges directed that no sooner the report is received, it must be submitted to the court or else they proceed with the matter on the basis of petition and replies as "the matter cannot be adjourned in perpetuity". They also sought a reply on the shortcomings in the app and posted the hearing on June 23, "as a last chance for the responden -- 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.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/04c701d98341%2429f5fc80%247de1f580%24%40gmail.com.
