certainly, a welcome step in the right direction. ----- Original Message ----- From: "pradeep banakar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:24 AM Subject: [AI] Banks asked to extend all facilities to visually challengedpeople
> Mumbai, June 4 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has ordered all > banks to extend full banking facilities to the visually challenged > people without any discrimination. In an advisory note issued here > Wednesday, the RBI said its attention has been drawn to the fact that > the visually challenged people encounter problems in availing banking > facilities. > > The RBI said such people are entitled to all facilities, including > cheque books, operation of ATMs, lockers and the like as they were > legally competent to contract. > > It has ordered that banks must ensure that all these facilities as > well as net banking, retail loans, credit cards and other services are > also offered to the visually challenged people. Banks have been told > to advise all their branches to render all possible assistance to them > to avail banking facilities. > > In this regard, the RBI has referred to a 2005 order of the Court of > the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities which had been > forwarded by the Indian Banks' Association to all member banks in > October that year. > > The court observed that the "visually impaired persons cannot be > denied the facility of cheque book, locker and ATM on the possibility > of risk in operating or using the said facility, as the element of > risk is involved in case of other customers as well." > > 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 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
