Viewing Information in Various File Formats

The information provided by this Web site is available in various formats, such as Portable Document Format (PDF), Word, and also in html format. To view the information properly, your browser need to have the required plug-ins or software. For example, the pdf reader software is required to view the pdf format document. In case your system does not have this software, you can download it from the Internet for free. The table lists the required plug-ins needed to view the information in various file formats.

Linguistic Minorities, according to Indian Constitution should have a Special Officer appointed.

Constitutional Article: 350B.

  1. There shall be a Special Officer for linguistic minorities to be appointed by the President.
  2. It shall be the duty of the Special Officer to investigate all matters relating to the safeguards provided for linguistic minorities under this Constitution and report to the President upon those matters at such intervals as the President may direct, and the President shall cause all such reports to be laid before each House of Parliament, and sent to the Governments of the States concerned.
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Document Type Plug-In For Download
Portable Document Format (PDF) files img icon pdf Adobe Acrobat Reader 
Convert a PDF file online into HTML or text format
Word files image Word Viewer (in any version till 2003)
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word (for 2007 version)
Excel files image Excel Viewer 2003 (in any version till 2003) 
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Excel (for 2007 version)
PowerPoint presentations image PowerPoint Viewer 2003 (in any version till 2003) 
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for PowerPoint (for 2007 version)
Flash content image Adobe Flash Player

Screen Reader Access

The National Website of India fully complies with Guidelines for Indian Government Websites. Our visitors with visual impairments can access the Portal using Assistive Technologies, such as screen readers.

The information of the Website is accessible with different screen readers, such as JAWS, NVDA, SAFA, Supernova and Window-Eyes.

Following table lists the information about different screen readers:

Information related to the various screen readers

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Screen Reader Website Free / Commercial
Screen Access For All (SAFA)   Free
Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) http://www.nvda-project.org/ Free
System Access To Go http://www.satogo.com/ Free
Thunder http://www.screenreader.net/index.php?pageid=11 Free
WebAnywhere http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.php Free
Hal http://www.yourdolphin.co.uk/productdetail.asp?id=5 Commercial
JAWS http://www.freedomscientific.com/jaws-hq.asp Commercial
Supernova http://www.yourdolphin.co.uk/productdetail.asp?id=1 Commercial
Window-Eyes

http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/

 Commercial

Accessibility Help

Use the accessibility options provided by this Web site to control the screen display. These options allow increasing the text size and changing the contrast scheme for clear visibility and better readability.