WEL done , kanchan and co. hope to meet you this week end at ahmedabad firoz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rajesh Asudani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [AI] banking facilities to the visually challenged
> Sure, Kanchan, it is a work well done and you deserve full credit for it. > > Let me publicly attribute this initiation towards solving banking problems > of the VI to Kanchan and all of us who are directly or indirectly > supportive of the cause. > > Please do not take any of my criticisms personally, I am in the habit of > dwelling on all sides of the matter, maybe a bit more on negative ones. > > Let us work for guidelines which would give the circular material form. > > Rajesh > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pamnani > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 6:36 PM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: Re: [AI] banking facilities to the visually challenged > > Rajesh and others, > > Just like to clarify the whole matter. I met Mrs. Usha Thorat, Deputy > Governor and Kaza Sudhakra, Cheif General Manager on Monday 2nd June and > discussed the entire matter with them in detail. It took nearly 2 > hours.Mrs. > Thorat read out the draft circular and I suggested some modifications. We > also discussed the problem with currency notes and coins. The RBI > understands our problems and is working towards resolving them one at a > time. This circular is just the first step. Any visually challenged person > can show this circular to a troublesome bank manager and demand his > rights. > I too know that unless the procedure is spelt out the banks will still > give > us trouble. I am drafting the details on the issues that I had raised in > my > mail last week. I am meeting Mr. Sinor ,Chairman of Indian Banks > Association, on Monday 9th June and shall revert to this group after the > meeting. If I get a chance i will circulate the memorandum tomorrow or on > Monday for your comments. > Thanks to all who have suffered at the hands of the banks and those who > have > given me their inputs. > > Kanchan Pamnani > Advocate & Solicitor > 9, Suleman Chambers, > Battery Street, Colaba, > Mumbai - 400 039. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rajesh Asudani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 1:04 PM > Subject: [AI] banking facilities to the visually challenged > > >> Surely, the development is positive and we must congratulate ourselves >> for >> it. >> >> However, I do not see any reason for jubilance for a multiplicity of >> reasons: >> >> firstly, it has taken long long time to come, 45 days mentioned in CCPD >> judgment have long since been over! >> >> Secondly, it is merely a brief circular stating perfunctorily what is >> contained in several petitions without delving into the spirit of matter. >> >> Thirdly, seeing the scant respect for laws and bye laws in our country, I >> can only hope to cite it as a source of my demands being supported on >> paper by the regulator! and derive moral comfort from it!!! >> >> Fourthly and importantly, it merely contains the general statement of >> providing all the banking facility and eschews any detailed guidelines >> for >> various facilities, refering to IBA guidelines in pursuance of CCPD >> judgment which are, to say the least, archaic in nature. >> >> Fifthly, it has the potential to create contradictions between what it >> purpotedly gives and mode of realization for which it refers to earlier >> guidelines, adding to already prevalent confusion. For instance, it says >> that banks have to provide cheque books including third party cheques, >> which is explicitly [or at least interpretatively] denied in ccpd >> judgment. >> >> The true remedy lies inenumerating detailed guidelines for availing >> facilities, and we must keep on pressing for it. RBI/IBA has to issue >> fresh guidelines in light of present circular. The battle is far from >> won. >> >> Yes, the circular must be praised for recognizing legal equality of >> visually impaired persons, but, alas, there is many a slip between the >> cup >> and the lip!!!!!!!!!! >> >> The era of individual banks following their sweet will in >> denying/allowing >> their facilities to VI, has to be ended, and the present circular is a >> small step towards it, which has to be followed to its logical >> conclusion. >> I remember chairman of LIC having proclaimed a few days ago, that the >> primier insurance agency does not at all discriminate in giving insurance >> to disabled including blind!!!!!!!! May This circular not proove to be >> one more such tentalising illusion! >> >> We must work to have it implemented and letter and spirit for which >> universal and fresh guidelines are the need of the hour!!! >> >> Forgive my cautious optimism which is often dubbed as morbid >> pessimism!!!! >> >> Rajesh >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> Notice: The information contained in this e-mail >> message and/or attachments to it may contain >> confidential or privileged information. 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 communication in error, >> please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and >> immediately and permanently delete the message >> and any attachments. 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