From paying for his milk supplies to booking flight tickets, the PayTM app is a go-to resource for well-known disability rights activist George Abraham.

PayTM is a digital payments platform that allows users to transfer cash into the integrated wallet via online banking, debit cards, credit cards, and by depositing cash through select banks and partners. This way it claims all users can comfortably buy a number of goods without cash.

Well, not all, at least not any longer.

Centre asks States to make all details available in Braille and audio format

The Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry on Monday asked all States and Union Territories to make information about measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 accessible to Persons with Disabilities (PwD).

5 tips for the blind to stay safe from Coronavirus pandemic

Blindness in the time of Coronavirus could be dangerous for some, especially if they live in a densely populated country like India.
What makes it even more of a risk is the fact that it won’t be always possible to avoid physical contact.

The newly renovated Dehradun railway station has much to offer to travellers. Now only does the station look bright and shining, it is completely accessible to visually impaired travellers.

Home to the National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH) and Sharpe Memorial Blind School, India’s oldest blind school for children, Dehradun has a sizeable population of visually impaired people.

The government has made the norms for corporate social responsibility (CSR) more stringent. In new draft rules, greater onus has been put on companies for reporting details of their CSR activities and how such funds are used.

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, March 17

Perturbed over the defunct lift at the District Administrative Complex (DAC), a city-based disability activist has knocked at the doors of the state Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities.