- MONEYLIFE Dear Moneylifers, FOUNDATION Greetings to all. hope you are enjoying your summer break. In the past few weeks, many of you who are outside Mumbai have been expressing regret that most of our seminars are in Mumbai and you are unable to attend them. We understand the sentiment. However, we have very tiny budgets, especially for the Daily Clinics, where we are doing an array of talks on diverse subjects that are of value to all concerned citizens and activists. So we try and do the next best thing: we video record the seminars and share them on Moneylife Foundation's website. The videos are embedded in the write-up about the talk. Do take a look at some of our recent talks by browsing this link, some more will come up shortly. Also, please write to us with ideas on issues you would like discussed, inspiring speakers and activists you would like to hear (ideally with contact details) or, if you are an NGO, partner with us to spread your message. Before going to the videos, check out our upcoming semiars: 10th May: 'How technology solutions and apps can transform our access to civic services and governance". Presenting two app-based platforms that can transform governance: AasPaas by Mr Umesh. : A Jain and SmartShehar.com by Chetan Temkar. A panel discussion will follow, to be moderated by Prof. Avkash Jadhav, activist and Umesh Jain. Chetan Temkar Akash Jathav nominated municipal councillor, Mumbai. Call to attend : 49205000 or whatsapp: +91-7045156415 (Please give your Name. email ID & Contact number). 26th May: Understanding TDS: The What, Why, When of TDS sections and how they affect you ‘as a tax payer. This is a must-attend session by Mr Ameet Patel, well known Chartered Accountant, gold-medallist Manohar Chowdhry & Associates. Register early to avoid disappointment. Mailer will be out shortly. Recent Seminar: e@ / 6th May: Safe & Smart Investment and Credit Reports and Credit Scores. All the answers to how CIBIL works. i Speakers: Harshala Chandorkar, CO CIBIL, Sucheta Dalal & fr 4 A Debashis Basu, Trustees Moneylife Foundation. 2nd May: Waste segregation at home through simple processes. Dry Waste Disposal Jans of the Mumbai municipal corporation. Speakers: Jyoti Mhapsekar, founder of Stree Mukti Sanghatana (SMS) and Mr Ashok Vamgar, Deputy Chief Engineer, Solid Waste Management (operations). 29th April: "Stop Bribes, Kill Corruption” new campaign by Mr Shailesh Gandhi, former Central Information Commisison to make Act 21 of 2006 effective and use it to stop corruption. Please attend on Wednesday, 11th May for a repeat of this session, if you were unable to attend last time. Join us to make the Act work. The full form of Act 21 is: The Maharashtra Government Servants Regulation of Transfers and Prevention of Delay in Discharge of Official Duties Act is also known as the Act 21 of 2006. 15th April: Special financial literacy session for youngsters from the NGOs Magic Bus and Bombay Community Public Trust. Thank you Roy Aranha for the snack box, which they enjoyed! ‘7th April: Yogesh Sapkale on How to be Safe & Smart in Digital Transactions. 4th April: Unravelling the BMC Budget for better citizens’ Participation. Well known Se activists Mr Ashok Datar and Prof Avkash Jadhav, nominated municipal councillor Mumbai decoded the budget to help citizens understand how their tax money is spent. 1st April: Adv Niraj Punmiya on How to Deal with Wills & Intestate Succession. For more of Moneylife’s videos check out : http://foundation.moneylife.in/galleries/ Our Helplines: Legal Resource Centre: We have handled 920 queries since inception. We are really proud of what we are able to do at the LRC with the help of senior activists and that of people from Mumbra to Malabar Hill who walk in for guidance. Just one example is the group in this picture, who are all skilled workers who have not been paid for months. They walked in as some kind soul from Mumbai's suburbs told them, "go to Moneylife Foundation, they will help you and provided our address", Here is the report we wrote : MyHomeMaker: Another Start-up goes Belly Up. Memorandum on Fixed Deposits: Our memorandum to Mr Arun jaitely, Minister of Company Affairs with 1,596 complaints from those who have not received principle or interest on their fixed deposits is also a part of this effort. It is a slow battle, with hardly any light at the end of the tunnel unless we have more support and resources. We are working on it. Take a look at the Memorandum here. Since we received no response, Yogesh Sapkale, our deputy editor filed an RTI, which led to some action. Check the report here We would love to be able to do more of this. But from July 2016, we will run out of a part of our funding and need to raise additional funds to continue the work and update our website to make the answers to important queries visible to all. Do consider donating to keep this going. Our FREE Credit Helpline has answered over 1,040 cases. We are delighted at the support from Experian Credit Information Company to keep this effort going. Spread the word so that those with a low score can get help from us. Our Tax Helpline is going great guns. It has already answered 424 queries and our grateful thanks are to Ameet Patel, Nikhil Vadia, Subodh Shah and others for their invaluable help to members. This comes to you FREE because of the support from Capital First. Please consider donating to Moneylife Foundation and strengthen our efforts. Your donations are eligible for tax benefits under Section 80G of the Income-Tax Act and we are also registered under the FCRA Act and can receive foreign donations. Thank you for your support and look forward to your good wishes always. Do write to me with your ideas and feedback. Thank you and best regards, Sucheta Dalal Founder-Trustee, Moneylife Foundation ‘Trustees: TS Krishnamurthy, Dr KC Chakrabarty, Walter Vieira, Sucheta Dalal, Debashis Basu and Dr Anupam Saraph. Special Invitee: Adv Jamshed Mistry Moneylife Foundation is registered with the Charity Donations are eligible for tax benefits under Sec 80G of ‘Commissioner of Mumbai, is an Affiliate member of the Income Tax 1961 (50% tax exemption) and MLF is ‘OECD's International Network on Financial Education, 2 registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) ‘Supporter Member of Consumers International, ‘Act, 2010. 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