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| Wishing You All A Happy Diwali and Thank You For Your Generous Support |
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| Dear Moneylifers, |
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 Greetings! Let me begin by wishing all of you a very happy and prosperous Diwali. While life after the pandemic is slowly returning to normal, I have personally learnt that we are by no means out of it and request you to remain vigilant and safe by following the proper safety precautions. |
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| Once again, were are so deeply touched to have a generous supporter offering to run a donation matching campaign and to all of you donors for making the campaign so successful. In fact, you have been so generous that our donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, went on to increase his support from from Rs 3 lakhs to Rs 3.75 lakhs. It is a wonderful gesture and inspires us to up our effort to work at making the financial system safe for all of us – or at least those of us who are willing to pay attention! |
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| Do please spread the word about our work and encourage many more people to benefit from our financial literacy and advocacy efforts by availing of the free membership to Moneylife Foundation and watch our videos. |
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| Our webinars – Conversations on RTI with Shailesh Gandhi have been going from strength to strength with six eminent guests so far and more to come. We are excited to announce that former Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra will be joining us on November 25 for the 7th webinar in this series! |
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 Mr Mishra, IAS, who became the Chief Information Commissioner in 2010, set a new benchmark for transparency in politics by making political parties answerable under the RTI Act. Besides being an information commissioner, Mr Mishra has had an illustrious career both in the government and private sector, being involved in Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), Public Works Department, Public Health Engineering and also being the former Chairman at Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX). |
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| We are certain this will be another interesting webinar that you would all enjoy being part of, so do mark your calendars and register now! |
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| If you have missed the previous conversations, they are superbly insightful and you can catch up with them here: with Ms Aruna Roy, founder of the National Campaign for People's Right to Information, Mr Wajahat Habibullah, the first Chief Information Commissioner, former CIC Prof (Dr) Sridhar Acharyulu, with Shri Yogendra Yadav, National President, Swaraj India and recently with Ms Anjali Bhardwaj, activist and founding member of Satark Nagrik Sangathan. Over the coming months, we will be announcing more eminent individuals who shall discuss different aspects of the RTI Act with Shailesh Gandhi. We also look forward to your suggestions on which RTI stalwarts you would like to hear from next! We would be happy to reach out to them. |
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| 'RTI Advice' App |
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 Our 'RTI Advice' app on Android and iOS platforms allows novice and veteran users of the Right to Information Act to connect and benefit from expert advice on RTI or the Act itself. The app is language neutral and allows you to get answers on text, or video format and also attach documents. Since its launch, senior RTI activists including former commissioners have generously answered over 850 questions on the app making it an excellent repository of RTI information. Do use the app and help others benefit from this important tool. |
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| Do encourage your network to learn and benefit from Moneylife Foundation's free Membership and our helplines by sharing this message. |
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| I also want to draw your attention to our 'how to..' series on a range of issues such as – succession (How To Handle Inheritance Issues on the Death of a Parent/ Spouse?), filing consumer complaints for online shopping (Cheated while shopping online? Here's How To Get Your Money Back), obtaining a legal heir certificate (How to obtain a legal heir certificate?) or registering a complaint with your bank (How To Register a Complaint against Your Bank with the Banking Ombudsman) etc. |
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| Counseling on Helplines & Zoom Meetings |
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| Our counseling sessions on various issues remain online (Legal & Credit Helplines) until full normalcy is restored, we also have Zoom counseling meetings for members when necessary. If you have a query on housing society, insurance, banking, credit or any other issue, please do become a member of Moneylife Foundation and take advantage of the knowledge imparted by our experts who guide through our helplines. |
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| Forthcoming Webinars: |
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| In the coming months, we have planned for many new RTI series' sessions with Mr Gandhi and other interesting guests. Some of the new sessions in October are listed below. Do take note and register for your spot! |
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| Conversations on RTI with Shailesh Gandhi – Shri Satyananda Mishra |
| Thursday, 25 November 2021 at 6:15pm |
Shri Satyananda Mishra, former Chief Information Commissioner, will be joining Mr Gandhi for a discussion on how officials in bureaucracy can help to improve transparency.
Register Now |
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| If you do not get the opportunity to join the session on Zoom, you can still catch the session live on our YouTube and Facebook channels. Allow me to also remind you that you can always catch up on our past financial literacy programmes on our YouTube channel as well. |
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| Do sign up for a free membership to receive information about our activities and initiatives. As always, we look forward to your active feedback on issues that you would like us to discuss, and we will do our best to make it happen. Please do write to us at [email protected] |
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| Programmes in October |
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| This month we had the pleasure of hosting Shri Anna Hazare for the 'Conversations on RTI with Shailesh Gandhi' session on the eve of 'RTI Divas'. The conversation revolved on the evolution of RTI Act since its enactment and whether citizens can do more to improve its effective use. You can read more about this session here and also watch a video recording on our YouTube channel here. |
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 Our second session was with with Ms Anjali Bhardwaj, activist and founding member of Satark Nagrik Sangathan who spoke with Mr Gandhi on the problem of vacancies in the information commission, the lack of transparency in the election of such commissioners and the periodic reports that her organisation does to evaluate the performance of information commissions. The session was attended by members and activists alike, and in case you missed watching it live, you can still watch a video recording on our YouTube channel here and read more about in here. |
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| Moneylife TV & Helplines |
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| With the outbreak of Covid, our physical events and daily clinics for this month continue to remain suspended for the safety and benefit of all those involved. However, in this lockdown period you can still take advantage of our numerous videos of past seminars and workshops which are always available on our YouTube Channel – Moneylife TV and Moneylife News Bites. |
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| Although counselling on various issues from our experts is not possible in-person, you are welcome to email on [email protected] with your details. We shall forward your mail to the expert for guidance and do our best to get your query resolved. |
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| You also have the option of posting your query on either our Legal Helpline or Credit Helpline. |
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| Also, Moneylife Foundation is now on Telegram and Instagram, so do follow us on these channels to stay updated on our activities and events. |
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| Best regards, |
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| Sucheta Dalal |
| Founder-Trustee, Moneylife Foundation |
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| Trustees: TS Krishnamurthy, Walter Vieira, Sucheta Dalal, Debashis Basu. | | | | Moneylife Foundation is registered with the Charity Commissioner of Mumbai, is an Affiliate member of OECD's International Network on Financial Education, is a Supporter Member of Consumers International, Development Partner of Advocates for International Development (A4ID), and is a winner of the 10th MR Pai Memorial Award. | | |  | | | | Donations are eligible for tax benefits under Sec 80G of the Income Tax 1961 (50% tax exemption) and MLF is registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010. 80(G) Reg No: DIT(E)/MC/80G/685/2010-11 dated 7.2.11 effective 8.+9.2010 | FCRA Registration No: 08378138  | | | |
