Our Effort Leads To Action:
Retirement Home Guidelines
Released By The Govt!
Dear Moneylifers,
Greetings! Let me start by telling you how our effort at getting the
government to regulate Retirement Homes has finally paid off. After
3 years of pushing for regulations on Retirement Homes, finally on
March 6th, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, the Minister of Housing and
Urban Affairs, released a set of guidelines for regulation of
retirement homes in India.
The Ministry has used our Retirement Homes Study as the basis for
their research to form these guidelines. Although these guidelines
do not fully cover all the necessary aspects of Retirement Homes, it
is a most welcome step in the right direction. The Ministry intends
to have these guidelines as a framework for individual States and
Union Territories, to be used for implementing and enforcing
regulations. We intend to take this up further with the State
government to have a more detailed set of issues addressed.
Moneylife Foundation has also crossed another important milestone
with regards to our registered members. We have recently crossed 1
lakh members and are continuing to grow at a rapid pace. But India
has a large population, unless our numbers are truly significant,
policy makers do not pay attention to the issues and problems of
middle-class, tax-paying Indians. So spread the word and ask people
to become members. It is a simple click of a button and it is free!
Programmes This Month:
We had a couple of interesting programmes this month. Mumbai has
been afflicted by far too many a
idental fires in these past few
years and we felt that understanding how to handle a fire situation is
vital for all citizens. The Deputy Controller of Civil Defence,
Shivajirao Bagat and Adv. Bapoo Malcolm shared important
information that could save lives in an emergency.
We also joined hands with the International Legal Alliance, which is
led by Advocate Jamshed Mistry to hold the first of many sessions on
important legal issues. The first talk on the law relating to contempt
and defamation was by Sr. Counsel Mihir Desai. We had a packed
hall comprising journalists, activists, concerned citizens and
Moneylife members to hear Mr Desai, one of Mumbai's most
respected lawyers, for his comprehensive and enlightening take on
the subject. This was followed by an extremely active and insightful
disc
ion where many activists cited their own experiences with
defamation and contempt. Debashis Basu, Founder Trustee of
Moneylife Foundation made a quick presentation on five famous
cases that have led to path-breaking judgements in this area. Adv.
Jamshed Mistry, the main discussant, brought in his vast experience
of advocating social causes and of being an amicus curiae several
times, to make the discussion meaningful from the perspective of
activists taking up public causes.
We also continued our crusade to get people involved with the Right
to Information movement, led by Shailesh Gandhi. We are always
open to conducting such RTI sessions 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.
We have received several requests from members to have as
sion
on Self-Redevelopment of Housing Societies. We would like to
understand the level of interest in thi
sue before going ahead, so
that we are able to make proper arrangements. If you want such a
talk, please call (022-49205000 or email us foundation@moneylife.in)
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As always, if you are not a Mumbaikar, you can catch our events on
Eacebook live or watch them on our YouTube Channel.
You will find a list of activities and programmes conducted in March
below.
Past Programmes
1st March, 2019: "Harness the Power of Social Media to Deliver
Your Message Effectively" - Keya Madhvani Singh
Keya Madhvani Singh, Head, Entertainment Partnerships at Twitter
India delivered an insightful talk at Saraswat Bank's auditorium on
using social media and especially Twitter effectively. The session
was well attended by activists, banker, concerned citizens and
Moneylife Foundation members.
Read here
Watch the video on our YouTube Channel here
15th March, 2019: "Do's & Don'ts of Fire Safety" - Adv Bapoo
Malcolm & Shivajirao Bagat
In a special seminar, we had two eminent speakers - Adv Bapoo
Malcom and from Civil Defence Shivajirao Bagat, deliver a detailed
talk on fire safety and the preventive measures one should take to
stay safe from fires.
Read here
22nd March, 2019: RTI Workshops for B.Com and B.MS students at
SIES College, Nerul
With the assistance of former CIC Shailesh Gandhi, we conducted
two back to back workshops for students of SIES College on
understanding the RTI Act and filing effective applications to
promote transparency with the government.
30th March, 2019: "Contempt & Defamation: Two Legal Issues
Every Journalist, Activist & Concerned Citizen Must Understand" -
Sr. Counsel Mihir Desai
In collaboration with Adv Jamshed Mistry's International Legal
Alliance, we had organised a session with Sr. Counsel Mihir Desai on
two important legal issues of Contempt and Defamation. The session
was well attended by advocates, activists, journalists and concerned
citizens alike.
Read here
Watch the video on our YouTube Channel here,
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always.
Best regards,
Sucheta Dalal
Founder-Trustee, Moneylife Foundation
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