Investor, Empower Yourself! At Hyderabad
Moneylife Foundation enthralled a packed audience at Taj Banjara in Hyderabad on 22 January 2012. After successful seminars at Gurgaon, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Pune, Nashik, and Chennai, Moneylife Foundation partnered with Indiabulls Housing Finance, for the fourth time for this event. The flagship programme, “Investor, Empower Yourself”, was addressed by Sucheta Dalal, trustee of the Foundation,…
The Right To Information Act
“The banking sector is one of the most derelict in terms of their services. In my experience, they run away from Right to Information (RTI). This also may be the reason why they attract so many RTI applications,” said Krishnaraj Rao, speaking at an event organised by Moneylife Foundation. The session on RTI, seventh on…
How to be Safe with Your Money
Moneylife Foundation conducted yet another successful, informative and highly interactive seminar on ‘How to be Safe and Smart with your Money’ on Tuesday (10 January 2012). The event, which again witnessed a packed audience, was held at the Moneylife Knowledge Centre. Sucheta Dalal, managing editor of Moneylife, advised the audience to stay away from schemes…
Wills and Nomination
“Many people have nominees who are not their legal heir, which later creates confusion. My advise is, make a will to clarify your wishes, and to avoid confusion, make your will and nominations in favour of one person,” said Mr Vimal Punmiya, veteran chartered accountant and property expert. He was speaking at the 100th seminar…
Documentary screening of ‘Brokering News’
“I don’t think that the people and the media are ignorant of this issue called paid news. However, we must make it a very dirty word, and have an authority that should crack down on it. India needs to have some strong media watchdog which will not interfere with journalistic freedom but must come down…
Investor, Empower Yourself
This was the fourth Moneylife seminar supported by Union Bank. Mr Aftab said, “People need to be aware of financial issues, and we hope we continue to promote financial literacy. Money is everything, and you must know how to be financially secure and how to invest it properly so that it gives you a good…
Investing Abroad
Gone are the days when there was very tight exchange control and remittance to and from India was an uphill task. The government has opened up avenues for Indian investment abroad without having to bring back the income generated out of the investments. Moneylife Foundation’s seminar on international investment was conducted by international investment and…
Live Healthy Die Wealthy
Insurance companies have started stringently enforcing timelines for hospitalisation intimation and claims filing. IRDA had issued a circular more than two months ago asking insurance companies not to reject claims mechanically just based on violation of timelines. Unfortunately, there is not much impact on the ground as yet by the insurers who were rejecting claims…
Citizens’ Right to Grievance Redress Bill 2011
“We are not against the idea of a citizen’s charter, but we feel it is very restrictive. Instead, if we push for declaring the obligation of public authorities, not will it make them more accountable; but also provide more power to the people to haul them up when service is not delivered,” said eminent social…
Mutual Funds: The Right Way to Invest
In an interactive and lively session on mutual funds (MFs), Debashis Basu, Founder-Trustee of Moneylife Foundation and Editor & Publisher of Moneylife provided a perspective on how one should invest money in equity mutual funds, apart from explaining the different types of mutual funds and how to choose the best schemes. Mr Basu conducted the…
Documentary screening of ‘Brokering News’
“Control over media is a dangerous proposition, but there needs to be an independent authority which can force corrective action on publishers without interfering with their freedom,” said veteran journalist and former Press Council member Mr Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. His comment summed up the lively interactive panel discussion that followed a screening of the movie…
Cooperative Housing Societies
“Not a single case of deemed conveyance has happened successfully in Maharashtra, so don’t go for it,”Said Mr Vinod C Sampat, advocate and expert on property matters, speaking at a seminar organized by Moneylife Foundation on cooperative housing societies. Not many people are familiar with the workings of the cooperative housing societies, and are left…