Legal remedies available on the Property Tax issue and how to use it
Due to great public interest in the matter, Moneylife Foundation held a seminar on the property tax burden by Rajendra Thacker, president, Society for Fast Justice, just two months after Ashok Ravat and Advocate Godfrey Pimenta helped people understand the problems with the capital value method used by the BMC to arrive at the new…
Retirement Savings-I: How Much is Enough?
Moneylife Foundation hosted the first of its two-part seminar on retirement planning on 23 March 2013. Addressing a packed audience at the Moneylife Knowledge Centre, Debashis Basu, trustee of Moneylife Foundation, discussed how to arrive at a figure that will be sufficient to last a retired life. Mr Basu began by discussing how and why…
World Consumer Rights Week: Discussion on Bank Charges
Moneylife Foundation hosted members of few associations as well as a activists at its Knowledge Centre to discuss the move of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and ministry of finance to levy charges on cheque usage. Opinions both for and against the move were discussed and then seriously deliberated for nearly two hours. The…
International Women’s Day 2013
Moneylife Foundation’s 4th annual Women’s Day event (supported by DSP BlackRock’s Winvestor Initiative) began with a lecture by Ms Sujata Kabraji on the ‘10 Financial Mistakes that Women Make and How to Avoid Them!’. Using her years of experience as a stock broker and financial planner, Ms Kabraji made matters clear to all those in…
Why women have poor access to justice and how to change it
The second half of Moneylife Foundation’s 4th annual Women’s Day event (supported by DSP BlackRock’s Winvestor Initiative) began with felicitations to two very important Maharashtra-based activists, Jyothi Mhapsekhar of Stree Mukti Sanghatana and Meena Seshu of SANGRAM. The mementos to both activists were presented by Justice Sujata Manohar, who soon after delivered her keynote address….
Budget Simplified for the Savers
The second meeting of Coalition for Safe Rail Travel (CSRT) was held at the Anchorage, The Royal Bombay Yacht Club, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Marg, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai. There were around 20 activists from various passenger organisations present at the meeting. Here are the important discussions that took place… Ambulances at Railway stations After discussion, it…
Moneylife Foundation seminar simplifies Union Budget 2013-14
Just three days after it was presented by finance minister P Chidambaram, Anil Harish and Vimal Punmiya delivered their engaging analyses on the budget. Several important points, gone unnoticed by media thus far, were discussed in detail by the speakers. Particular attention was paid to amendments related to real estate. Read on to find out…
Government Accountability is the key to a Vibrant Democracy?
Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Vinod Rai delivered a short but powerful speech on “Government Accountability is the key to a Vibrant Democracy” to a packed audience at Moneylife Foundation’s 3rd anniversary event in Dadar (Mumbai). Addressing a crowd of over 500 people, Mr Rai addressed the topic in clinical fashion, first defining…
The New Property Tax Burden
Moneylife Foundation’s 153rd seminar, on February 09, 2013, receive an enormous response, from Mumbaiites concerned about the hefty tax they’ve been asked to pay with arrears on their property. Mr. Ashok Raut, a noted civic activist and founder-convener of the Shivaji Park Advanced Locality Movement, and Advocate Godfrey Pimenta, President of Sahar Citizens Forum and…
Coalition for Safe Rail Travel (CSRT) meeting on 2 February 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 20 activists from various passenger organisation 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…
Life Insurance: The Right Product at the Right Price!
Moneylife Foundation hosted its 152nd seminar, “Life Insurance: The Right Product at the Right Price!” conducted by Raj Pradhan, who has written several cover stories on insurance for the Moneylife magazine. He gave insights to an eager audience on life insurance products such as endowment, money-back, ULIP as well as the right product—Term plan. Pension…
Mediclaim: Make sure You get it Right!
Moneylife Foundation hosted its 152nd seminar, “Life Insurance: The Right Product at the Right Price!” conducted by Raj Pradhan, who has written several cover stories on insurance for the Moneylife magazine. He gave insights to an eager audience on life insurance products such as endowment, money-back, ULIP as well as the right product—Term plan. Pension…