With the introduction of ₹200 notes, the problem people have been facing due to high-value ₹2,000 notes is expected to be resolved.

NEW DELHI -- The Reserve Bank will launch ₹200 banknotes for the first time on Friday, increasing the availability of lower denomination currency in the system.

The bright yellow coloured notes will hit the market just a day after the announcement by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley that the government has given go-ahead to the RBI to issue the new currency bill.

It is the duty of every institution to extend a helping hand to disabled persons, the Supreme Court said on Friday.

The observation by the apex court came while hearing a thalassaemia patient’s plea claiming that she falls under the category of persons with benchmark disability as prescribed under the provisions of the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and A M Khanwilkar directed the Chhattisgarh government to constitute a medical board to ascertain whether the petitioner, Sruchi Rathore, would fall under the ambit of the Act.

With optical shops mushrooming at every nook and corner of the country, the Government has, for the first time, moved in to regulate their functioning to ensure a standard of "sanitation, hygiene and professional practice".

New Delhi, July 4
The central government on Tuesday refuted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's charge of GST rates being "insensitive" to the disabled, saying a discounted 5 per cent levy will bring down prices of assistive devices for physically-challenged and promote domestic manufacturing.
From Braille writers and Braille paper to wheelchairs, talking books, Assistive Listening Devices (ALD) and implants for the severely physically-challenged, as many as 22 items for them will attract a Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 5 per cent.

Bangalore campus attracts several students living with disabilities

The vast campus of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) will welcome a fresh batch of 400 Postgraduate Programme (PGP) students on Thursday. However, a few students have arrived early to attend the voluntary preparatory classes.