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                            adopted by a Department, if deemed suitable. These have been drawn from good
                            practices and conventions that have proved successful and can help a Department
                            achieve high quality benchmarks for their web endeavours.

                     1.7
                     Guideline Website

                     A  website,  http://web.guidelines.gov.in,  has  been  set  up  where  the  user  can  avail  the
                     guidelines online. Resources pertaining to the techniques and best practices for compliance
                     to the guidelines are provided here. Reference  to tools for testing and validation have been
                     provided. The website also lists the sites recently made compliant. Visitors can give suggestions
                     and feedback through the website.


                     1.8
                     Accessibility


                     Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can also perceive, understand, navigate,
                     and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to the Web. It encompasses all
                     disabilities that affect access to the Web, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive,
                     and neurological disabilities.

                     Thus the impact of persons with disabilities is radically changed on the Web because the Web
                     removes barriers to communication and interaction that many people face in the physical
                     world. When websites, web technologies, or web tools are badly designed, they can create
                     barriers that exclude people from using the web.

                     The Website and apps should be designed and developed in such way that they are accessible
                     by  all  people,  whatever  may  be  their  hardware,  software,  language,  culture,  location,  or
                     physical or mental ability.

                     Legal Provisions

                     The United Nations General Assembly adopted its Convention on the Rights of Persons with
                     Disabilities on the 13th day of December, 2006. India is a signatory to the Convention and
                     has ratified the Convention on the 1st day of October, 2007.  To implement the Convention
                     India has enacted the Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act, 2016 on 27th December, 2016.

                     With regard to ICT one of the important provisions in the act is that all contents available in
                     audio, print and electronic media must be  in accessible format.

                     International Guidelines and Standards (WCAG)


                     Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) covers a wide range of recommendations for
                     making Web content accessible. Following these guidelines will make content accessible to



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