Hullo all Can anybody send the circular mentioning time concession of
half an hour for the blind in central govt offices
regards
On 3/29/17, Vamshi. G wrote:
> Not really. People who do not get categorised as blind fall in the
> low vision category. There is no separate quota for blind and low
> vision in reservations. The only thing might be number of people
> eligible for railway concessions might come down as it is available
> only for 100% blind. Fake disability certificates due to corruption
> will always remain.
>
> On 3/28/17, P. Subramani wrote:
>> this should be a welcome step, trouble for low vision and pseudo-blinds
>> who
>> managed to get fake certificates, hopefully, after revising the
>> parameters, the real blind would probably get the due benefits reserved
>> for
>> us.
>> E-Mail: subramani6...@gmail.com
>> Mob: 9738150192
>> Facebook: facebook.com/subu.subramani.16
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "avinash shahi"
>> To: "accessindia" ; "sayeverything"
>>
>> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 11:57 AM
>> Subject: [AI] Ht Report: Number of blind to come down by 4m as India set
>> to
>> change blindness definition
>>
>>
>>> The government is set to change a four-decade-old definition of
>>> blindness to bring it in line with the WHO criteria and ensure the
>>> Indian data on blindness
>>> meets the global estimates. The change in definition will bring down
>>> the number of blind persons by 4 million in India.
>>> http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-to-change-definition-of-blindness-reduce-number-of-blind-by-4-million/story-HxHKeH3XpfPBEtSr2moerO.html
>>> The
>>> World Health Organisation
>>> (WHO) defines blindness as visual sharpness of less than 3/60, or a
>>> corresponding visual field loss to less than 10 degrees in the better
>>> eye, even with
>>> the best possible spectacle correction.
>>>
>>> The
>>> National Programme for Control of Blindness
>>> (NPCB) in India, on the other hand, defines blindness as vision of
>>> 6/60 or less and a visual field loss of 20 degrees or less in the
>>> better eye, after
>>> spectacle correction.
>>>
>>> This means a person unable to count fingers from a distance of six
>>> metres is categorised as “blind” in India, against the WHO’s
>>> stipulation of three metres.
>>>
>>> “With the NPCB definition, we will be addressing an extra 4 million
>>> individuals, blind due to refractive errors. By adopting the blindness
>>> criteria of
>>> the WHO, India can achieve the Vision 2020 goal,” said Dr Praveen
>>> Vashist, in-charge of community ophthalmology at Dr RP Centre for
>>> Ophthalmic Sciences
>>> at AIIMS.
>>>
>>> Under Vision 2020, India has to reduce the prevalence of blindness to
>>> 0.3% of the total population.
>>>
>>> India projects a higher number of blind people at international forums
>>> because of its definition. India currently has around 12 million blind
>>> people against
>>> 39 million globally -- which makes India home to one-third of the
>>> world’s blind population.
>>>
>>> “We will bring the definition of blindness at par with the WHO’s
>>> criteria. Because of the current definition, we project a higher
>>> figure of blind people
>>> from India at any international forum. Thus India gets presented in a
>>> poor light compared to other countries,” said NPCB deputy director
>>> general Promila
>>> Gupta.
>>>
>>> Also, she said, the data “we generate under the programme cannot be
>>> compared with the global estimates as other countries are following
>>> the WHO criteria”.
>>>
>>> Uniformity in the definition across various regions of the world is a
>>> pre-requisite for facilitating collection of population-based data on
>>> prevalence
>>> of blindness and estimating its global burden, Gupta said.
>>>
>>> The health ministry is also planning to change the nomenclature of
>>> NPCB to the National Programme for Control of Visual Impairment and
>>> Blindness.
>>>
>>> “The idea is to further strengthen the programme by focusing not only
>>> on the blind persons but also those with some kind of visual
>>> impairment,” Gupta added.
>>>
>>> (With agency inputs)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Avinash Shahi
>>> Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU
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