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| Counselling Services Back in Full Swing! |
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| Dear Moneylifers, |
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| Greetings! I’m especially happy to share some heartening news this month — the indomitable Mr Shirish Shanbhag is back! After a long medical break, he is once again doing what he loves to do – generously devoting his time to guide members on housing society related issues such as repairs, maintenance, conveyance, parking, property transfer, tenancy rights, redevelopment and more. |
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 We are delighted to have him back. As earlier, these will take place every Wednesday between 3pm and 6pm, at our Prabhadevi office, strictly by appointment. Mr Shanbhag will also respond to online queries received through our helpline and select queries will be published in Q&A form on our website. Since this is now a repository for common issues that plague societies, do check if your problem has already been answered here: https://www.mlfoundation.in/CHS-Problems-Solutions.html. A practical and actionable solution may already be available for you. |
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 As before, Advocate Avinash Phatak, retired advisor and standing counsel to the Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority (MHADA) will continue to make his enormous expertise available to members on MHADA, slum rehabilitation authority (SRA), cessed buildings and other criminal or consumer litigation matters. His formidable legal experience provides invaluable help to those who cannot afford expensive legal help and we feel happy that so many members have benefitted from this generous donation of time and expertise. |
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 Of course, Mr Abhay Datar, a seasoned consumer activist and retired banker, is available for guidance on most Tuesdays at our Prabhadevi office, particularly for banking, insurance, medi-claim and consumer complaints. He also offers guidance via a phone or video call. However, if you’re seeking a telephonic or video consultation, please allow Mr Datar the time to through your details and/or documents in advance. |
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| If you or someone you know needs help on any of the topics mentioned above, please call our office (022- 35131664 or 022-35036925) during business hours to schedule an appointment. |
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| I’d also like to take a moment to thank all our counsellors and experts who go above and beyond to help our members enabling out helpline to handle over 670 queries this past. None of this would be possible without the generous support of our donors especially through corporate social responsibility programmes. If you’d like to support this effort you can contribute by clicking here: https://www.mlfoundation.in/donate.html |
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| We’re in the process of planning seminars for the new financial year. If there’s a topic you’d like us to cover, feel free to write in ([email protected]) with your suggestions. |
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| We are also continuing our work on Adult Guardianship – your ideas on the issue, especially legal remedies would be welcome. |
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| We realise that most members find it easier to access information on WhatsApp /Telegram etc. If you are not already on our lists, please click on this link to join – https://api.whatsapp.com/send/?phone= 917045156415&text= Hi%21+Please+add+me+to+your+broadcast+ lists+and+make+me+a+member.&app_absent=0 and follow our Telegram channel here – https://telegram.me/moneylife_foundation. |
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| Check our Free Helplines and Guides or Templates as well as our YouTube Channel, where you will find a wide repository of videos on various topics. |
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| Video recordings of all our webinars are available on our YouTube channel and will come to your inbox regularly if you hit the subscribe button. But if you want to be notified about future events through our mailing list, you do need to be a member. |
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| Moneylife TV & Helplines |
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| Financial Literacy Videos in Indian Languages: |
- Credit cards
- Online frauds
- Fallacy of gold loans and more in Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi and Tamil, all on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/moneylifetv).
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| Get guidance and counselling through our Legal Helpline or Credit Helpline. |
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| Sucheta Dalal |
| Founder-Trustee, Moneylife Foundation |
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| Trustees: 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  | | | |
