Congratulating our Valued
Counselors
Dear Moneylifers,
Greetings! Let me start by sharing some exciting news from this
month. Consumer activist Abhay Datar, who is a Member of the
Managing Committee of Mumbai Grahak Panchayat (MGP) and one
of our Daily Clinic guidance counselors, was awarded the M. R. Pai
award for his contribution in the field of consumer movement by
Padma Vibhushan Dr. Anil Kakodkar.
Our regular members would know that Mr Datar along with Mr AV
Shenoy holds free guidance sessions every Thursday at our
Knowledge Centre. Together with their vast industry experience,
they provide help with consumer issues’ complaints, insurance and
mediclaim, conciliation under RERA and fraudulent banking
transactions. Do take advantage of this free guidance, if you have
any queries, issues or concerns on any of the aforementioned
subjects.
Let me also mention one of our other counselors whose dedication
in helping others is an inspiration to us all. Mr Shirish Shanbhag,
works tirelessly online and offline to provide extremely detailed
guidance on all property related matters like redevelopment,
deemed conveyance, parking, maintenance etc. He conducts free
guidance sessions every Tuesday and in fact, his sessions have
become so popular that we have had to extend the timings from 3-
7pm. Even if it goes beyond 7pm (and it often does), Mr Shanbhag
has no qualms over staying late answering queries. Furthermore, not
only does he spend 4-5 hours every Tuesday at Moneylife, he also
answers queries that we receive through our Legal Resource Centre
(LRC) and lately even those that come through Free Press Journal
(PJ). His untiring demeanour when it comes to helping people with
property related issues is truly remarkable.
Every once in a while, someone who has benefitted from his work
walks in to say thank you with a box of sweets (in one case an
advocate) or a donation cheque.
If you have any property related matters that you are having
difficulty with, I would urge you to take an appointment for Mr
Shanbhag’s
advance and you need to call ahead for an appointment.
sion. Be advised that his sions are well booked in
Apart from these two guidance sessions, we also have free
for RTI related matters, conducted by Shailesh Gandhi and a
sion conducted by DG Kale, retired CGM,
banking /credit related
Customer Servic:
RBI. You may have read in the newspapers about
the path-breaking Supreme Court order asking the Reserve Bank of
India to disclose RBI inspection reports. That order was a
culmination of something that Mr Shailesh Gandhi set into motion
when he was the Central Information Commissioner (CIC) and it
makes us very proud
If you have queries that you would like to discuss with any of our
counselors please do call (022) 4920 5000 to take an appointment.
¥ We conduct these guidance sessions free of cost
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you have benefited from such guidance from one
of our counselors and would like to support our effort, we would
request you to do so by making a small donation.
Planned Programmes:
11th May, 2019: "How to Maximise Rewards on Smartphone Apps -
DG Kale
Reward programs are certainly not new,
but technology has been reinventing
them. Cashback and reward apps have in
essence replaced rewards cards. But are
there pitfalls to such apps? A not to miss
opportunity to learn from retired CGM at
RBI, DG Kale. Register Here
Time & Location: 4-6pm at Moneylife Foundation's Knowledge
Centre
Programmes this month:
3rd April, 2019: "Learn Basics of the RTI Act & How to File Effective
RTI Applications’ - Shailesh Gandhi
Former CIC Shailesh Gandhi conducted a RTI workshop in Moneylife
Foundation’s Knowledge Centre for a packed audience, explaining
the basics of the RTI Act and also how to file RTI applications.
12th April, 2019: "RTI for Investigative Journalism’ - Vishwas
Waghmode
All journalists should understand the importance of RTI when doing
an investigative story. Vishwas Waghmode from the Indian Express,
who has made effective use of RTI in doing investigative stories was
invited to share his experience. Vishwas Waghmode, principal
correspondent at Indian Express has time and again used the RTI
Act to his advantage to uncover and acquire information. He has
written several investigative stories for Indian Express. Using RTI in
this manner is a vital skill for all journalists, activists and even
common citizens.
Read here
RTI activist Sulaiman Bhimani's guidance on using RTI for RERA,
SRA, MMRDA or any other property related matters SRA always has a
packed audience, even with just a day's notice. This time was no
different.
As always, if you are not a Mumbaikar, you can catch our events on
Facebook live or watch them on our YouTube Channel.
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Legal Resource Centre: We have handled 1,932 querie:
inception, thanks to the generous help and guidance by
activists.
Every Monday, Mumbai-based "Free Press Journal’ is publishing a
column "Your Housing Problems & Solutions" based on queries
answered by our Experts at the LRC. So far, we have provided
answers to more than 170 queries from readers of the newspaper.
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word, so that those with a low score can get help from us
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Resource Centre). They are all offered free of charge, but please do
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‘Thank you for your support and look forward to your good wishes
always.
Best re
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
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