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                                      West Bengal (Govt) Notifications
                                    
 
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The following folder contains a series of notifications received by CIS from the Government of West Bengal recently. 
                                      
                                          
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Find below the unedited scanned versions of the notifications received from various departments of West Bengal. 
                                      
                                          
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                                      What Women Want: The ability debates
                                    
 
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In this article published in the Hindu, Deepa Alexander argues that the proposed amendments to the Copyright Act (1957) are restrictive and discriminatory.
                                      
                                          
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                                      When technology is able but the mindset is not
                                    
 
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There are enough digital products and services to help people with disabilities. But widespread ignorance stands between them and digital inclusion reports Geetanjali Minhas.
                                      
                                          
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                                      When technology is able but the mindset is not
                                    
 
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There are enough digital products and services to help people with disabilities. Widespread ignorance stands between them and digital inclusion.
                                      
                                          
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                                      Where Are There So Few Books For The Print-Impaired?
                                     
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                                              Nirmita Narasimhan
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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India publishes approximately 90,000 books each year in 24 different languages. We have over 16,000 publishers, and are one of the top nations for English book publishing in the world. Clearly we are a nation which values and fosters a culture of reading and passing on knowledge in different domains ranging from literature, to yoga, language, education, science, fiction and many others. 
                                      
                                          
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                                      Why GST Is A Step Backward For The Disabled
                                     
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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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                                      WIPO Director General Pledges Support for India’s Visually Impaired Community
                                    
 
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                                              Radha Rao
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
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An article in the WIPO website on the “Right to Read of persons with print disabilities and copyright challenges” organized by the VIP community in cooperation with the Government of India in New Delhi on November 11, 2009.
                                      
                                          
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                                      WIPO General Assemblies Approve Road Map on Treaty for the Visually Impaired
                                     
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In a significant development the 50th session of Assemblies of WIPO member states reached a breakthrough decision on how to complete negotiations on a pact to improve access to copyrighted works for the many visually impaired or print disabled people around the world. 
                                      
                                          
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                                      WIPO Proposals Would Open Cross-Border Access To Materials For Print Disabled 
                                    
 
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The print disabled feel that the possible UN recommendations being negotiated upon may come up short, reports Kaitlin Mara in this article.
                                      
                                          
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