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Comments on Mobile Accessibility Guidelines: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Sep 30, 2017 — last modified Jan 03, 2018 02:37 AM
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted its comments on mobile accessibility guidelines to the Ministry of Electronics & IT, Govt. of India.
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IDAP Interview Series: Interview with Nirmita Narasimhan: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Nov 26, 2017 — filed under: Accessibility
IDIA Disability Access Programme did an interview with Nirmita Narasimhan. This interview was conducted by Madhavi Singh and Anusha Reddy. The interview was transcribed by Veda Singh, IDIA intern and student at Jindal Global Law School.
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Comments on Guidelines for Indian Government Websites: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Nov 26, 2017 — filed under: Accessibility
The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India has published the Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW). Nirmita Narasimhan on behalf of the Centre for Internet & Society gave comments on GIGW.
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Why GST Is A Step Backward For The Disabled: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Jul 03, 2017 — last modified Jul 03, 2017 02:39 AM — filed under: Accessibility
Imposing taxes on assistive devices is unfair. The countdown has begun to the implementation of the GST in India. Over the past month, discussions about the GST have dominated the scene with several groups protesting in strong measure about the impact on their business.
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GST - A Barrier to Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Jun 24, 2017 — last modified Jun 25, 2017 02:15 PM — filed under: Accessibility
The Centre of Internet & Society made a submission on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) which will be coming into play from July 2017 onwards. In this blog post Nirmita Narasimhan assesses the impact of GST on persons with disabilities.
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Report of the Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2017: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Jun 17, 2017 — last modified Jun 19, 2017 03:07 PM — filed under: Accountability
Aditya Tejas attended the Global Accessibility Awareness Day event organized at NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bengaluru. The event had multiple panels and presentations, including a talk on coding for accessibility, a panel on why accessibility is necessary and how India is lagging behind in implementing it, and a presentation on how accessibility principles are integrated into the product life cycle at Cisco.
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Comments on the draft Policy on IT Accessibility for People with Disabilities: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published May 19, 2017 — filed under: Accessibility
The Centre for Internet & Society gave inputs on a document on implementing digital accessibility to Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on May 2, 2017.
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Mobile Accessibility Practices: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Apr 12, 2017 — filed under: Accessibility
Over the past few months the Centre for Internet & Society along with some like minded organizations had been working on framing a feasible accessibility guidelines for mobile apps which they could recommend to the Government of India, since there is no single standard in existence at the moment.
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Comments on the draft Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Mar 29, 2017 — filed under: Accessibility
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted comments on the draft Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules for the consideration of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Government of India.
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Comments on Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities 'Vision Document 2030': by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Feb 28, 2017 — last modified Feb 28, 2017 03:58 PM — filed under: Accessibility
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted comments for the consideration of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPD) on the Vision Document 2030 brought out earlier this month.
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