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Blog Entry 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:
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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Blog Entry Comments on Guidelines for Indian Government Websites
by Nirmita Narasimhan published Nov 26, 2017 — filed under:
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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Blog Entry 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:
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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Blog Entry 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:
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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Blog Entry 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:
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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Blog Entry Comments on the draft Policy on IT Accessibility for People with Disabilities
by Nirmita Narasimhan published May 19, 2017 — filed under:
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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Blog Entry Mobile Accessibility Practices
by Nirmita Narasimhan published Apr 12, 2017 — filed under:
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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Blog Entry Comments on the draft Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules
by Nirmita Narasimhan published Mar 29, 2017 — filed under:
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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Blog Entry 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:
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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