Blogs
Groundbreaking disability rights activist Javed Abidi dies at 53
- March 06, 2018
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) expresses profound regret at the demise of Mr. Javed Abidi, a groundbreaking disability rights activist.
Read more →Comments on Guidelines for Indian Government Websites
- November 26, 2017
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.
Read more →Comments on Mobile Accessibility Guidelines
- January 03, 2018
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted its comments on mobile accessibility guidelines to the Ministry of Electronics & IT, Govt. of India.
Read more →Why GST Is A Step Backward For The Disabled
- July 03, 2017
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.
Read more →GST - A Barrier to Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities
- June 24, 2017
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.
Read more →Report of the Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2017
- June 17, 2017
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.
Read more →Comments on the draft Policy on IT Accessibility for People with Disabilities
- May 19, 2017
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.
Read more →Mobile Accessibility Practices
- April 11, 2017
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.
Read more →Comments on the draft Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules
- March 29, 2017
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.
Read more →Comments on Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities 'Vision Document 2030'
- February 28, 2017
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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