Decoding the Realty Regulator: Will Property Buying become Safer or will Mumbra and Campa Cola continue to happen?
The real estate sector is a critical driver of economic growth and one of the messiest in India. It is smothered in red tape, and as we all know, every politician has resisted creating a real-estate regulator for the past two decades. Over the decade or so, in tune with rising prosperity, real estate demand…
COALITION FOR SAFE RAIL TRAVEL (CSRT) MEETING ON 8 JUNE 2013
The sixth meeting of Coalition for Safe Rail Travel (CSRT) was held at Moneylife Knowledge Centre, Moneylife Foundation in Dadar (W). There were around 17-20 activists from various passenger organisations present at the meeting. Here are the important discussions that took place… Cyclic Time Table for Mumbai Suburban Railways Dipak Gandhi, Chairman of the Mumbai…
Open House with Dr KC Chakrabarty on Banking issues
At a Moneylife Foundation programme today attended by a packed audience in Mumbai, the deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Dr KC Chakrabarty said that, “Customer service in banking is not negotiable, but customers must be aware about their rights. If customers depend on regulator for simple things like reading forms in details…
Insurance at 50+ Make Sure You Get it Right!
Moneylife Foundation hosted its 166th seminar titled “Insurance at 50+” conducted by Raj Pradhan, who has written several cover stories for Moneylife magazine. He gave insights to an eager audience on insurance options for life and health insurance, which gets difficult and expensive with an increase in age. He spoke about Personal accident (PA) and…
Retirement Savings II: Can you make your money outlast you?
There is a maze of retirement products available in the market promising a secure retirement, but most of these products do not deliver, leave alone creating a sufficient corpus for retirement. In the second part of Moneylife Foundation’s two-part seminar on retirement planning, Debashis Basu, editor Moneylife, focused on how one can safe efficiently to…
Invest Smartly!
The best investment lesson is to be cautious and avoid making mistakes and losing capital. However, too many investors are lured by the image of big financial brands or glib talk of sales staff hawking their products. In order to get to there, Debashis Basu, editor and publisher of Moneylife magazine started by explaining various…
Gold Turns Cold
On occasions such as Akshaya Tritiya and Dhanteras, which are considered as auspicious days for buying gold, the demand for gold as investment and jewellery goes up. In India, gold is bought for various occasions. The demand peaks around the festive and the wedding seasons. But should gold be a significant part of your investment?…
COALITION FOR SAFE RAIL TRAVEL (CSRT) MEETING ON 4 MAY 2013
The fifth meeting of Coalition for Safe Rail Travel (CSRT) was held at Moneylife Knowledge Centre, Moneylife Foundation in Dadar (W). There were around 17-20 activists from various passenger organisations present at the meeting. Here are the important discussions that took place… AMBULANCES AT RAILWAY STATIONS Sampath Shetty pointed out that the state government has…
Keep your money safe: Avoid Chain-money schemes
Even experienced investors often make amateurish mistakes, being lured by the prospect of big returns. Almost every other month we get to know of a big scam in one state or another, where thousands of crores have been collected from investors, who have been promised high returns, sometimes of more than 100%, in a relatively…
Judicial Reforms: The Backbone Of A Real Democracy
Bhagvanji Raiyani is not a lawyer, but, even at 75, he is regularly arguing cases, having filed over 100 public interest litigations (PILs). In Moneylife Foundation’s seminar on Judicial Reforms: The Backbone of a Real Democracy, Mr Raiyani outlined the various problems that exist in the system and explained why the citizens of India shouldn’t…
How To Write Your Own Will
It is common to postpone the making of a will. Perhaps you have some personal reasons for doing so, but if you’re doing so because you’re under the impression that the procedure is complicated, you couldn’t be further from the truth. At Moneylife Foundation’s 160th seminar, Bapoo Malcolm, a very well experienced lawyer in both…
Coalition for Safe Rail Travel (CSRT) meeting on 6 April 2013
The second meeting of Coalition for Safe Rail Travel (CSRT) was held at Moneylife Knowledge Centre, Moneylife Foundation in Dadar (W). There were around 15-17 activists from various passenger organisations present at the meeting. Mr Pandey, ASC-cum-Staff Officer (RPF) Central Railway was also present during the meeting. Here are the important discussions that took place……