We are committed to ensure that the website of India is accessible to all users irrespective of device in use, technology or ability. It has been built, with an aim, to provide maximum accessibility and usability to its visitors. As a result, this website can be viewed from a variety of devices, such as web-enabled mobile devices, wap phones, PDAs, and so on.

We have put in our best efforts to ensure that all information on this website is accessible to people with disabilities. For example, a user with visual disability can access this website using assistive technologies, such as screen readers and magnifiers.

We also aim to be standards compliant and follow principles of usability and universal design, which should help all visitors of this website.

Part of the information in the Portal is also made available through links to external Web sites. External Web sites are maintained by the respective departments who are responsible for making these sites accessible.

Accessibility Options

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.

Changing Text Size

Changing the size of the text refers to making the text appearing smaller or bigger from its standard size. There are three options provided to you to set the size of the text that affects the readability. These are:

       Large: Displays information in the large font size. Select A+ large font image for increasing the text size.

       Medium:Displays information in a standard font size, which is the default size. Select A normal font for keeping the text size to medium.

       Small:Displays information in the small font size. To decrease the text size select A- small font image displayed on the top of the page.

Changing the Contrast Scheme

Changing the contrast scheme refers to applying a suitable background and text contrast that ensures clear readability.

There are two options provided to you to change the contrast scheme. These are:

                 

High contrast: Applies the black color as the background and suitable colors to the foreground text, to improve readability. High Contrast can be applied by selecting A image.

Standard contrast:Applies white color as the background and black color to the foreground text to set the default contrast. Standard contrast can be applied by selecting A image.