Savvy Saving for Smart Women
In a special seminar, “Savvy Saving for Smart Women” organised by Moneylife Foundation and supported by DSP BlackRock’s Winvestor initiative, to celebrate International Women’s Day in Mumbai, financial planner Nisreen Mamaji told a packed audience that, “Every woman need to understand importance of saving and must save at least 20% of her income in right…
Documentary screening of “A Thin Dividing Line”
In the discussion that followed, a well know capital market commentator pointed how the stock price of tiny companies listed on the Indian market are routinely rigged up a few hundred times and then sold to a faceless FII usually based in Mauritius, thus allowing easy laundering of funds. Moneylife editor Debashis Basu pointed out…
Legal Resource Centre launch
Moneylife Foundation on Friday launched “Legal Resource Centre” (LRC) to provide information, advice and preliminary guidance to a person needing legal help or planning legal action. The LRC was launched by former Miss World Yukta Mookhey in an event at Mumbai that was attended by several prominent experts and activists. Offering to help and guide…
What can Citizens do to support those who work for Good Governance, Justice and Equality
Dr Ashok Khemka, an amazing Whistle-blower and Secretary to Government of Haryana delivered a short but powerful speech about good governance, justice and equality, to a packed hall at Moneylife Foundation’s 4th Anniversary in Mumbai. Addressing a crowd of over 500 prominent citizens, activists and whistle-blowers, Dr Khemka said, “Governance is not a rocket science….
Don’t led them get away with it – Hold irresponsible advertising to account
Advertisements have to adhere to a code of self-regulation prescribed by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI). Yet there are several advertisements that are misleading or offensive. At a Moneylife Foundation seminar, Partha Rakshit, chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), explained the role of ASCI in monitoring advertisements and its job…
Understanding Fixed-Income Securities: High Returns, Safe Capital
Moneylife Foundation hosted its 196th seminar with the event titled “Understanding Fixed Income Securities. High Returns, Safe Capital” conducted by Debashis Basu, editor, Moneylife and Raj Pradhan, columnist at Moneylife, who writes on insurance, taxation and fixed income products. Mr Basu explained the different types of fixed income products available and the returns one can…
Mumbai launch of Kanga and Palkhivala’s ‘The Law & Practice of Income Tax
Renowned tax jurist Sohrab Erach Dastur, popularly known as Soli Dastur, said today that income tax (I-T) will be respectable if greater compliance is encouraged for all, especially those who administer it. He was speaking at a Moneylife Foundation event to launch 10th edition of Kanga & Palkhivala’s ‘The Law & Practice of income-tax’ updated…
Corporate Frauds – Penalizing the Honest and Rewarding the Guilty
“After practising for three decades, one thing that I was repeatedly struck was the enormous delay in bringing the guilty to book. One almost has paid a premium on defaulters,” lamented Arvind P Datar, senior advocate of the Madras High Court, and also a prolific writer and the author of several seminal works. Landmark judgments…
How To Write Your Own Will
Through a Will, we offer specific instructions about what has to be done with movable and immovable properties after our death. As simple as it sounds, there are several misconceptions and many are left confused with the legalities, while preparing a Will. Having conducted many sessions on making a Will in the past, Moneylife Foundation…
Sexual Harassment at the Workplace?
Media coverage of the complaint against Tarun Tejpal and Justice Ganguly (retired Supreme court judge) have only brought home the fact that most people are clueless about the stringent new provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (Act). Moneylife Foundation invited Anagha Sarpotdar, a consultant of gender…
Learn to take precautions and avoid pitfalls while filing tax returns
The salaried class knows how cumbersome tax matters are. They are weighed down by endless paperwork. It is complex, and we are never sure whether we have done it correctly. After the hard part is done and over, there’s still a chance that your tax return may be the one handpicked for scrutiny. This leads…
Transform Your Life with Neuro Linguistic Psychology
Well-known stage actor Shekhar Naware conducted another free introductory session on Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), on 26 November 2013, following requests from those who could not be attend the previous session. This was followed by a full-day training on 30th November at which he demonstrated how to recognise different personality types and deal with them…