Need For Retirement Home Guidelines
for Maharashtra & Sessions in May
Dear Moneyjlifers,
Greetings! The people of India have voted
the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
back for another five years with a huge
majority. From our perspective, we are
happy that Mr Hardeep Singh Puri retains
the important portfolio of Minister of
Housing and Urban Affairs along with his
hugely expanded responsibilities in Civil Aviation as well as
Commerce and Industry. It was Mr Puri's empathy and initiative that
ensured the release of a set of guidelines for regulation of
Retirement Homes in India just before the general elections were
announced.
Since realty is a state subject, it is now up to us to push every state
government to adopt the guidelines. Here is a link to the guidelines
released by the government. The need for safe and secure
retirement homes is important for India's future as our population
ages. I urge each and every Moneylifer to take a look at it and write
to the Chief Minister/Chief Secretary of your state to adopt the
guidelines. Moneylife Foundation will always be there to help you
explain the details and the necessity for protecting elders who opt to
move to the security and serenity of Retirement Homes or
Townships. Remember, these are elders who are financially self-
sufficient, have paid their dues to society and government and are
not asking for doles, but only security, governance and rule of law.
To this end, Yogesh Sapkale, our Director-Projects made a beginning
by presenting the guidelines to Mr Rajkumar Badole, Minister for
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and Secretary, Mr Dinesh
Responding our request, Mr Badole suggested Mr Waghmare to send
anote to the state Urban Development department for releasing
similar guidelines for Maharashtra as well. Since the Hon. Chief
Minister Mr Devendra Fadnavis, holds the portfolio of Urban
Development in Maharashtra, we hope to have an equally positive
response and that he will ensure that Maharashtra is the first state
in the country to issue Model Guidelines for Retirement Homes. If
you agree, do send a tweet to the CM with a request. Here is a
model tweet you can use with a link to the guidelines:
",@Dev_Fadnavis Please consider issuing Model Guidelines for
Retirement Homes in Maharashtra as those issued by
@HardeepSPuri
https: //www.scribd.com/document /412546477/MoHUA-
Retirement-Homes-Model-Guidelines-Book using @MoneylifeF
Retirement Homes Report
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With summer in full flow, we have had several important seminars
and discussions. But let me first alert you on the forthcoming ones:
Planned Programmes:
7th June 2019: “Urban Infrastructure Challenges in Mumbai" - Alpa
Sheth, MD VMS Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
“ Recent problems with unsafe bridges
highlight the lack of attention to Mumbai's
crumbling infrastructure and the absence of
sensible, low cost repair and maintenance
solutions. Ms Alpa Sheth, a highly qualified
and respected structural engineer will speak
about the urgent challenges that Mumbai faces.
Time & Location: 5-7pm at Moneylife Foundation's Knowledge
Centre
8th June 2019: "How to File Banking Complaints Correctly" - DG
Kale, former CGM at RBI
The Banking Ombudsman's report says that
many complaints are rejected as they are not
in the right format. Mr Kale will be sharing his
knowledge on the bas
with the banking ombudsman. Register Here
s of filing complaints
Time & Location: 4-6pm at Moneylife Foundation's Knowledge
Centre
12th June 2019: "Tips & Tricks for the Lazy RTI User" - Krishnaraj
Rao, RTI Activist
Filing RTIs can be a time consuming process
and often you might become frustrated with
the process. Come and learn from activist
Krishnaraj Rao some tips and tricks to help
you overcome these problems and become an
efficient RTI user. Register Here
Time & Location: 5-7pm at Moneylife Foundation's Knowledge
Centre
14h June 2019: "Fire Safety & Prevention" - Shivajirao Bagat,
Deputy Controller of Civil Defence
Fire safety has never been a more important
subject than it is now, with a considerable rise
in the number of fire accidents in Mumbai and
other cities around India. We have once again
invited, Mr Bagat from Civil Defence to talk
about Fire Safety and tips to prevent fire
accidents. Register Here
Time & Location: 4-6pm at Moneylife Foundation's Knowledge
Centre
Programmes this month:
Self-Redevelopment is an exciting prospect for homeowners, but it
can also be a harrowing and challenging proposition. Our members
have long been asking us for a session on Self-Redevelopment and
we reached out to our expert on such matters, Sulaiman Bhimani to
deliver a comprehensive talk. Along with Advocate Devang Mehta,
partner at Solicis Lex and Mr Prashant Khandelwal, COO at Agami
Realty, Mr Bhimani covered all aspects of self-redevelopment - the
entire process, challenges expected and drawbacks of going through
such a process. The session was very well attended and if you
missed out this time around, you can still watch a video recording of
the session on our YouTube Channel. Please send us a mail at
foundation@moneylife.in if you would like us to organise another
such session.
We also had DG Kale, retd. CGM, RBI talk about maximising rewards
and cashbacks from smartphone apps. It is testament to Mr Kale's
vast knowledge that his talks always cover the topic from all aspects.
We are organising another session with him on Saturday 8 June,
where he will explain the proper way of filing complaints with your
bank. The topic is of great importance to us all as a recent report
from RBI indicates that most complaints to the Banking Ombudsman
are rejected because they are in the wrong format.
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On the RTI front, we had activist Anand Bhandare and one of his
volunteering students give an inspirational talk on how RTI
applications can be used to evaluate local municipal corporators.
Although this past year, he has only been able to conduct evaluations
on 17 corporators, with the help of more volunteers and concerned
citizens, he is expecting to cover a large range this time around. If
you are concerned about your local corporator and are interested in
conducting such an evaluation yourself, then please contact Mr
Bhandare at bhandare.anand2019@gmail.com.
Veteran RTI
‘tivist Anil Galgali conducted the other valuable RTI
session, talking about his most successful RTI applications and
lessons that can be learned from his experiences. Mr Gagali often
files RTIs on civic issues and has been instrumental in bringing to
light several important issues in and around Mumbai. If you could
not attend this important session, you can still view a video
recording published on our YouTube Channel here.
We are also open to conducting such RTI workshops at your
organisation at no cost to you. All we would require is access to your
meeting hall or an auditorium for a seating for more than 100 people
with your suggestions or requests
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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