Lok Sabha Question No. 244 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Upgrading Braille Presses
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: P.P. CHAUDHARY

## 244. SHRI PP. CHAUDHARY:

## WILL the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be please to state:

- (a) whether the Government is considering to set uplmoderniselaugment production capacity of the Braille Printing Press in the country
- if s0, the details thereof and the steps taken in this regard; and () the details of the proposed locations where the said Braille printing press are likely to be set up, State-wise and the norms followed in the selection process.

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

- (a) to The Government has approved the Central Sector Scheme of support for establishmenthmodernization/capacity augmentation of Braille presses" for the benefit of visually challenged with effective from 2014-15. The objectives of the scheme are:
- to establish new Braille Presses in the States where organizations are already present strong
- (iii) to augment Braille printing capacity of modern Braille printing presses by adding printing infrastructure; and
- (ii) to establish small scale Braille printing units in Union Territories;
- (iv) to modernize old Braille Presses traditional and low speed printing equipment using

The Government has released Grants of Rs.3.86,cr during 2014-15 and Rs.3.87 c 201516 (upto October; 2015) for   establishment of new Braille   presses,  capacity  augmentation and modernization of Braille presses: The details of the location (State-wise) is given in the attached Annexure-I The norms for selection process are given in the attached Annexure-II: during

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No.244

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2015

## Upgrading Braille Presses

## A STATEMENT REPLY TO LOK SABHA QUESTION NO.244 FOR 01.12.2015 REGARDING UPGARDING OF BRAILLE PRESSES

| SINo.   | Name of the Organization                                                       | Name of the State   |
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|         | Establishment of Braille Press                                                 |                     |
| 1       | Composite Regional Centre, Sundernagar                                         | Himachal Pradesh    |
| 2_      | Andhra Pradesh Viklangulara Hyderabad Coop Corpn;                              | Andhra Pradesh      |
| 3_      | Directorate of Social Welfare, Govt, of Chhattisgarh, Raipur                   | Chhattisgarh        |
|         | Capacity augmentation Of Braille press                                         |                     |
|         | National Institute   for   Visually   Handicapped   Regional   Centre, Chennai | Tamil Nadu          |
|         | Modernization of Braille Press                                                 |                     |
|         | Central Braille Press; National Institutc: for Visually Handicapped, Dehradun  | Uttarakhand         |
| 2.      | Rajasthan Netraheen Kalyan Sangh; Jaipur                                       | Rajasthan           |
| 3_      | Ramakrishna Regional Braille Press, Kolkata                                    | West Bengal         |
| 4       | Mitra Jyoti Charitable Trust, Bangalore                                        | Karnataka           |
| 5       | Telungana Viklangula Guntur Coop Corpn;                                        | Telangana           |
| 6       | Directorate of Social Welfare,  Governmertt Bilaspur                           | Chhattisgarh        |

A STATEMENT IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.244 FOR 01,12.2015 REGARDING UPGARDING OF BRA ILLE PRESSES

## 1\_ Norms for Establishment of Braille press: -

- 1) There should be no high speed computerized Braille press
2. iii) The State/UT concerned should have at 'least two running educational programmes covering school-age blind children, either in the form of Govt. recognized/funded residential schools or schools providing inclusive educatiori to blind children under Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA) or Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) or under Integrated Education for the Disabled at the Secondary Stage schem e (IEDSS)
3. 1500 Sqft area of own building with additional area of 400 for storage sqft
4. iv) the existence of a strong organization working with the blind in the concerned area, such an organization   could be a State-level association  oflfor the blind or a national  blindness organization or its chapter/Branch in the area for minimum of five years
5. There should be & proper system of auditing of accounts in the case of Non-Governmental Organizations:
6. In the case of application originatingg from a voluntary organization, the applicant should have been in existence as a registered organization for the last five years and should be running educational programmes for (he blind continuously for the last five years.

## 2. Norms for augmentation of Braille printing capacity

The established by thne    State   Governments or a Societies Registration Act, 1986 or a charitable trust will be augmented: The norms for selection of Braille Presses for augmentation of Braille printing capacity shall be:

- 1) It has successfully undertaken printing of school text books in Braille for at least five years;
2. It has a separate building block or build area in which the Braille press is established; i It has additional built area of 400 sq ft to install two Additional high Braille printing machines; speed
3. ii) It has the experience to operate high Braille printers having minimum of printing 1200 Braille pages per houxrs; speed speed
4. It has a team comprising at least two proof readers, two Braille Editors, two copy holders, two Data Entry Operators and two Mach ine Operators on its strength;
5. vii) It has & proper system of maintaining and audic of accounts. iting
6. vi) It has proper arrangement for storage of paper, Braille books and spares machines; and

## 3\_ Norms for mnodernization 0f Braille presses

Braille Press established by the State Governments (r registered societies o charitable trusts under Societies Registration Act; 1986 shall be modernizetl. The norms of selection of Braille Presses for modemization shall bex-

- 1 It has been existence for more than five years;
- iii) It has one Braille Press Manager, One Machin? Operator, one Data Operator and one Proof Reader on its strength; and Entry
- ii) It has at least two small scale computerized Braille printers with minimum speed of printing 100 pages per hour or has an old Braille printing machine 0n which printing is done using Zinc plates;
- iv) It has proper system of maintaining an auditing of accounts.