PM Launches New ‘Visually Impaired Friendly’ Coins Under AKAM

New Delhi: India now has a special series of coins that are also ‘visually impaired friendly. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched them on Monday to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of independence.

The coins of Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10 and 20 denominations will have the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) design. They are not commemorative coins and will be part of circulation.

“These new series of coins will remind people of the goal of amrit kal and motivate people to work towards the development of the country,” Modi said while addressing the ‘Iconic Week Celebrations’ Celebrations’ of the Ministry of Finance, news agency PTI reported.

HDFC Bank and Axis Bank will distribute these special coins through select branches. Modi also launched the ‘Jan Samarth portal’ – a credit-linked portal of 12 government schemes.

According to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, each of these schemes will be displayed on the portal. “This portal is going to make it easy so that citizens do not have to ask the same questions every time to avail a government programme.”

AKAM is an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of independence.