[AI] RPD Bill with amendments applied for SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT

2016-12-14 Thread Dinesh Kaushal
I have tried to apply suggested amendments for the 2014 bill only For chapter IV SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT. What I understand is some of the rules do not apply for private establishments. So Non-discrimination in employment (section 19) and Appointment of Grievance Redressal Officer (se

Re: [AI] now you can see concession fares in indian rail.gov.in -- railway department has stopped providing reservation in normal SL class compartment under handicap quota

2016-12-14 Thread Vishnu Ramchandani
I travelled through central railway train NO. 12111. Whatever the zone may be, but my point is, they should not provide the reservation in handicap compartment to those, who wish to book under handicap quota. Another noticeable point is, they have increased the number of seats from 2 to 4 unde

Re: [AI] smart phone with key pad

2016-12-14 Thread Vyas Gajendra
i think , it would be more convenient for the blind . it should be like desk top p c with android. gajendra vyas phone : 079-48000204 mobile : 09427065866 - Original Message - From: "PAULMUDDHA" To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled.'

Re: [AI] how can a blind enjoy vacations?

2016-12-14 Thread sazid shaik
thanks dear yogesh, planning to go kanyakumari, madurai, ternalvali, mostly tiruchanapally, villupuram, Kodaikanal etc. thanks and regards, sazid On 12/15/16, George Abraham wrote: > My idea of a vacation would include > > 1. Good company > 2. Good food > 3. Good weather > 4. Good reading mate

Re: [AI] now you can see concession fares in indian rail.gov.in -- railway department has stopped providing reservation in normal SL class compartment under handicap quota

2016-12-14 Thread sazid shaik
Sorry, my officers told me that in our zone it wont happens. thanks and regards, On 12/15/16, sazid shaik wrote: > Dear friend, > can you please tell me the full details. From which railway zone you > belong to? As I had spoke with my concern high officers they told > that in our zone it happe

Re: [AI] now you can see concession fares in indian rail.gov.in -- railway department has stopped providing reservation in normal SL class compartment under handicap quota

2016-12-14 Thread sazid shaik
Dear friend, can you please tell me the full details. From which railway zone you belong to? As I had spoke with my concern high officers they told that in our zone it happened like that. Please give the train no etc. Thanks and regards, sazid On 12/15/16, Vishnu Ramchandani wrote: > Hi S

Re: [AI] Rajya Sabha: How MPs cracked jokes while passing disability Bill

2016-12-14 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
Certain conditions like being a disabled, or being a girl/woman or being of third gender are either not to be discussed or if discussed are to be joked about. What a primitive society we inhabit! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Beh

Re: [AI] smart phone with key pad

2016-12-14 Thread Chandrashekar M (210066)
this is good initiative. my suggestion is: it should be dual type, like, touch screan, as well as key pad sliding type. phone may be little big size, but, no problem With Best Regards M.Chandru, Manager From: AccessIndia [accessindia-boun...@accessindia.o

Re: [AI] now you can see concession fares in indian rail.gov.in -- railway department has stopped providing reservation in normal SL class compartment under handicap quota

2016-12-14 Thread Vishnu Ramchandani
Hi Sazid, Thanks for taking up this matter. Now, another issue is, Railway dept. has stopped providing reservation in normal SL class compartment to those who wish to book the ticket under handicap quota. Instead, they provide the reservation in handicap compartment. This has happened with me

[AI] Rajya Sabha: How MPs cracked jokes while passing disability Bill

2016-12-14 Thread avinash shahi
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/disabilities-bill-passed-rajya-sabha-yechury-mp-support-unite-4427369/ -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.a

Re: [AI] smart phone with key pad

2016-12-14 Thread Manoj Gupta
Nothing can be better than this, please go ahead. If phone specifications are reasonable, I am immediately ready to buy 2 phones. - Original Message - From: "PAULMUDDHA" To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled.'" ; Sent: Thursday

Re: [AI] how can a blind enjoy vacations?

2016-12-14 Thread George Abraham
My idea of a vacation would include 1. Good company 2. Good food 3. Good weather 4. Good reading material 5. Opportunities for long walks with friends/family 6. Shopping 7. Gathering information and knowledge of the place I visit. 8. Engaging activity with family and friends Sight seeing might no

Re: [AI] how can a blind enjoy vacations?

2016-12-14 Thread Yogesh J
hello sazid ji. happy to know you are coming to visit south india. on part of your journey tamilnadu if you plan to visit tamilnadu tell me I'll tell you some special things blind can enjoy in that particular place. do visit and enjoy. On 12/14/16, Krishna Bodawala wrote: > Dear Sazid , > This H

Re: [AI] Fwd: On passage of RPD Bill

2016-12-14 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
If private entities are included in establishments, discrimination is defined and reservation in promotion is provided for, along with assurances about reservation in total cadre strength and minimizing arbitrariness in clause 3(3), then it is not a mean achievement by all counts. By when a cop

Re: [AI] smart phone with key pad

2016-12-14 Thread bhawani shankar verma
android is basically a touch plateform. better is to develop any app which can make smart phone more accessible. we can purchase a good and mostly accessible phone around 7-8000 then why we should move for keypad enable phone. secodnly their would be limitation with keypad phones. we can use sm

Re: [AI] smart phone with key pad

2016-12-14 Thread k ramkrishna
Dear Paul, I think that we can market it. I was just thinking, if this phone is packaged with screen reader. After all we are all spending a lot of money on accessible mobile phones. I don't think that it will be a problem. If there is something required in Mumbai, please let me know. Regards

Re: [AI] how can a blind enjoy vacations?

2016-12-14 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
Further, we should try to enjoy auditory tactile olfactory and gustatory pleasures which of course may not mean much to our sighted near and dear ones. For instance, I do enjoy even dresses rustling in wind, when sighted are standing still to take in visual splendors in vacations. We may have so

Re: [AI] smart phone with key pad

2016-12-14 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
Why not. It surely will be a welcome thing. For typing and navigating if keys are provided. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of PAULMUDDHA Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 10:19 AM To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing acc

Re: [AI] smart phone with key pad

2016-12-14 Thread Yogesh J
phone specification please? On 12/15/16, PAULMUDDHA wrote: > Dear learned friends > > A friend of mine who is also a visually challenged is developing a smart > phone with keypad [with full pledged buttons with the help of a developer > from Mumbai > > ] > > With his own funds. > > He would like

[AI] How reservation will be distributed in the RPD Bill 2014

2016-12-14 Thread avinash shahi
one per cent each for people with blindness and low vision; hearing and speech impairment, and locomotor disability, and one per cent for those with autism, intellectual disability and mental illness and multiple disabilities. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1161215/jsp/nation/story_124875.jsp#.WFIfN

[AI] smart phone with key pad

2016-12-14 Thread PAULMUDDHA
Dear learned friends A friend of mine who is also a visually challenged is developing a smart phone with keypad [with full pledged buttons with the help of a developer from Mumbai ] With his own funds. He would like to know whether this smart phone could be marketed in India and abroad for a pr

[AI] Chandigarh: Guv keeps visually impaired students guessing

2016-12-14 Thread avinash shahi
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/education/guv-keeps-visually-impaired-students-guessing/337096.html Badnore during an interaction with students. Charu Chhibber Tribune News Service Chandigarh, December 14 UT Administrator and Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore kept students of the In

Re: [AI] now you can see concession fares in indian rail.gov.in

2016-12-14 Thread sazid shaik
Dear friend, as my sighted friends are telling that we will get stations list when we entre code. instead of entering whole station name. On 12/15/16, mukesh jain wrote: > hello, > after entering the required station code in the edit field, press > enter to show the matched stations list to be

Re: [AI] now you can see concession fares in indian rail.gov.in

2016-12-14 Thread mukesh jain
hello, after entering the required station code in the edit field, press enter to show the matched stations list to be popup in that particular form field. I have just now tested with jaws and its working fine. sometimes, it does not provide the accurate result as expected and shows the other stat

Re: [AI] RPD bill:

2016-12-14 Thread sazid shaik
dear friend, what do you mean by, "immediate benefit" how much time it will take. tell me the reality. thanks and regards, sazid On 12/14/16, Mohib Anwar Rafay wrote: > So what is your proposal in this regard? in 2014 RPD bill the > provision of 3% reservation has been increased to 4% now, howe

Re: [AI] now you can see concession fares in indian rail.gov.in

2016-12-14 Thread sazid shaik
dear friend, Please follow the below link to get fare enquiry. http://www.indianrail.gov.in/fare_Enq.html I request experts to correct me. As I am having one doubt that while entering station codes i.e. trains between station I am faceing problem while entering for example jp is the code for j

Re: [AI] how can a blind enjoy vacations?

2016-12-14 Thread Krishna Bodawala
Dear Sazid , This Happens to me also ,As Ve Are Not Seeing Things Vee Sometime Get Disttructed By R Thoughts wild Sitting alone. Try To Be Fidgety, Like Have Something In Your Hand To Play With So That U R Able To Stay In Present Situation And Loved People Supporting This Discussion. On 12/12/16,

Re: [AI] now you can see concession fares in indian rail.gov.in

2016-12-14 Thread P. Subramani
could you pls send me the link for concessional rail fare? E-Mail: subramani6...@gmail.com Mob: 9738150192 Facebook: facebook.com/subu.subramani.16 - Original Message - From: "sazid shaik" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 12:34 PM Subject: [AI] now you can see concession fares

Re: [AI] RPD Bill

2016-12-14 Thread Girish Sethi
hello and greetings, I was listening to live telecast to The are PD bill in Rajya Saba,Mr. Sitaram Uachuri of CPM said that it would have been better if a new bill would have been brought by the government rather then amending it so much, there were concerns and questions raised on definitions

Re: [AI] RPD bill:

2016-12-14 Thread Mohib Anwar Rafay
So what is your proposal in this regard? in 2014 RPD bill the provision of 3% reservation has been increased to 4% now, however it will not give immediat benefit for visually impaired community. So far as the matter of reservation for VH in judiciary is concerned, that is to be given by respective

[AI] Fwd: On passage of RPD Bill

2016-12-14 Thread Sruti disAbility Rights Centre
-- Forwarded message -- From: "National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled" Date: 14 Dec 2016 4:59 p.m. Subject: On passage of RPD Bill To: Cc: *December 14, 2016* *Press Statement* After a long and excruciating wait for nearly three years after its introduction in th

[AI] Accessible copy of RPD Bill

2016-12-14 Thread Dinesh Kaushal
I have been trying to figure out what is there in the bill. I looked at the 2014 bill in pdf, but that is not accessible. By accessible I mean the sequence of text is not in the right order. For someone that could be considered accessible, but it is not as it confuses at many places. For example

[AI] RPD bill:

2016-12-14 Thread Nagababu Arepalli
Dear all, does RPD bill providing more reservation for us I mean for Vi people? because, now the caste reservation is providing to some communities of OC and when you are disabled you fall under 3-percent reservation and not under caste reservation if, I am not wrong. are you all happy with 3-per

[AI] Daily Eyeway Alerts

2016-12-14 Thread Eyeway Helpdesk
Dear All: Greetings from theNational Eyeway Helpdesk Please, follow below the Daily Eyeway Alerts: News- 1. Rajya Sabha clears Disabilities Bill, 2014: Here are the key highlights.Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed The Right of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 with amendments. The bill will no

[AI] Book required in accessible format

2016-12-14 Thread deepak singla
Hello all I am in need of a book namely Fundamental Rules Part 1 for central govt employees. Does anyone has the same and if yes, can it be shared with me? any help is appreciable. Regards Deepak Singla Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones /

Re: [AI] how to turn of screen in HP laptop:

2016-12-14 Thread Nagababu Arepalli
I am useing windows8 and windows+p is not working. On 12/14/16, aryan wrote: > hi sir if u have w8,7,xp,8.1 u can do so by windos+p and then choose the > last opsion but if u have w10 u cant turn of your display. > regards. > > On 14-12-2016 15:56, Nagababu Arepalli wrote: >> Dear all, >>coul

Re: [AI] how to turn of screen in HP laptop:

2016-12-14 Thread aryan
hi sir if u have w8,7,xp,8.1 u can do so by windos+p and then choose the last opsion but if u have w10 u cant turn of your display. regards. On 14-12-2016 15:56, Nagababu Arepalli wrote: Dear all, could you please tell me how turn of screen in HP laptop. -- “Do what you can, with what you

[AI] January 2017: Narendra Modi is set to launch Colour-coded cards for 2.7 crore disabled

2016-12-14 Thread avinash shahi
Nidhi Sharma — Economic Times 11 December 2016 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/colour-coded-cards-to-be-launched-for-2-7-crore-disabled/articleshow/55929479.cms A person with less than 40% disability would have a card with a white stripe, 40 to 80% would have a card wit

[AI] how to turn of screen in HP laptop:

2016-12-14 Thread Nagababu Arepalli
Dear all, could you please tell me how turn of screen in HP laptop. -- [Sincerely,] Nagababu Arepalli national law university odisha, cuttack B.A.L.L.B "associate at compass law associates" PH: +919000963966>+918688071288 mail ID: nagababu...@gmail.com nagababuna...@gmail.com 11ba...@nluo.ac.in

Re: [AI] Who said what on RPD Bill in the Rajya Sabha today

2016-12-14 Thread li...@srinivasu.org
Bill has been passed. Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone > On 14-Dec-2016, at 14:14, "li...@srinivasu.org" wrote: > > Yes indeed. > > Though it appears there is not really any discussion. > > Anyway, let it get it passed:-) > > Regards, > Srinivasu Chakra

[AI] RPD Bill

2016-12-14 Thread Kanchan Pamnani
Finally passed in Rajya Sabha with 120 amendments. My earlier email was wrong -Sorry for the wrong information. Kanchan Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_a

Re: [AI] Who said what on RPD Bill in the Rajya Sabha today

2016-12-14 Thread li...@srinivasu.org
Yes indeed. Though it appears there is not really any discussion. Anyway, let it get it passed:-) Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone > On 14-Dec-2016, at 12:58, Ketan Kothari wrote: > > I am delighted at the point that thebill is being discussed. > > Ketan

Re: [AI] {Disability Studies India} Who said what on RPD Bill in the Rajya Sabha today

2016-12-14 Thread Sruti disAbility Rights Centre
Looking at Rajya Sabha's proceedings this morning - it's clear the only political party who thought discussion on disabled people's life is important in the Parliament is CPI(M). Others want to pass the Bill which affects million lives without any discussion at all!!! One feels ashamed that one p

Re: [AI] now you can see concession fares in indian rail.gov.in

2016-12-14 Thread Kotian, H P
Dear Sazid Congratulations, this is the correct approach. We need to work on our issues first. Keep it up. Harish Kotian -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of sazid shaik Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 1:11 PM To: AccessInd

Re: [AI] RPD Bill is being discussed in Ranga Sabha

2016-12-14 Thread Srinivasu Chakravarthula
So far many amendments have got adopted. There are another 25 to 30 minutes of discussion remaining and that will be taken up at 2pm. Irony is that soon after Chair has announced remaining clauses will be discussed at 2 pm, and taken up another business, house is in full disruption:-( Let's hope