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ALERT CITIZENS FORUM OF INDIA A7/303, Saket CHSL, Saket Marg, Thane (W), 400601 # 8879528575 July 15, 2017 The Hon.Railway Minister, Government of India, New Delhi. Respected Sir, At your initiative, Medical facilities that charge patients Re 1 have come up at five Central Railway (CR) stations in the past six months.   For these ' One Rupee Clinic ', the railways provide space free of cost and a clinic has agreed to extend medical services at one rupee.   Apart from providing emergency help to railway accident victims in the golden hour, the clinic  has MBBS doctors 24x7 for patients with routine illness. There are visiting doctors like specialists in skin disease, diabetes and gynaecology.   A pathology lab is available offering tests at a discount and pharmacists will sell medicines at discounted rates. These “Emergency Medical Rooms (EMRs) with one-rupee clinic have come up at Kurla, Ghatkopar, Mulund, Wadala and Dadar.   We understand t...

​ ALERT CITIZENS FORUM OF INDIA A7/303, Saket CHSL, Saket Marg, Thane (W) 400601 # 8879528575 July 14, 2017 The Hon. Minister for Railways, New Delhi. Respected Sir, Sub: Request to exempt GST from Toilet Contracts to Contractors.  As the prevalent confusion over the newly implemented Goods and Services Tax gradually settles down, the people and the states are getting to understand the things better. Now that pay and use toilets have also been brought under GST, the rail commuters are wary of the same at least at railway stations. On behalf of the 60 lakhs Railway Commuters of Mumbai, Alert Citizens Forum of India requests you to follow up with the Centre to exempt pay-and-use toilets on railway stations from GST. Toilets are a basic amenity and should not be charged the 18 per cent GST. If GST is taken, then the contractors who have been given the tender of the toilets would take it from the commuters at a later stage, once the picture i...

The incident: Hotel Utsav near Viviana Mall, Thane selling packaged water @ RS. 60/- + GST.Clear violation of MRP. Section 36 of Legal Metrology Act clearly says anyone caught selling, distributing or delivering any pre-packaged commodity that does not conform to the declarations on the package shall be punished with fine up to Rs 25,000 for the first offence. It can increase to Rs 50,000 for second offence and subsequent offences can attract a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh or imprisonment for  one year or both. Though the law came into effect in 2009, there is little awareness about the provisions of this law to protect consumers from charging more than MRP or difference between the exact content of a packaged commodity and what is mentioned on the wrapper. Sent message to Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister and going to lodge complaint tomorrow. The effect: Good news: After I posted this news, today afternoon I received a call from one of the owners of this restaurant. H...

Restaurants and Hotels in Mumbai and Thane are cheating customers by overcharging in the name of GST. Their 30 June rate was inclusive of VAT and they were supposed to have reduced that much component before levying GST, which nobody seems to have done. Have lodged a complaint with the Minister.

Good news: *अनधिकृतमधून ‘अभय’* *दंडात्मक रकमेतून ९० टक्के सवलत* *नियमित होण्याजोग्या शेकडो इमारतींना योजनेतून संधी* *डीम्ड कन्व्हेअन्स, पुनर्विकासाचा मार्गही मोकळा* ठाणे ः महापालिकेची रितसर परवानगी घेऊन उभारलेल्या मात्र वाढीव बांधकामामुळे भोगवटा प्रमाणपत्र (ओसी) न मिळू शकलेल्या ठाण्यातील शेकडो इमारतींना दिलासा देण्यासाठी पालिकेने तीन वर्षांपूर्वी जाहीर केलेली अभय योजना फसली होती. मात्र, या योजनेत मुख्य अडसर ठरणाऱ्या दंडात्मक रकमेत (गुन्हा क्षमापन शुल्क) महापालिकेने घसघशीत अशी ९० टक्के सवलत देण्याचा निर्णय पालिकेने घेतला आहे. दंड भरून नियमित होण्याजोग्या शहरातील शेकडो इमारतींना त्यामुळे मोठा दिलासा मिळणार असून ओसी मिळाल्याने त्यांचा त्यांचा डीम्ड कन्व्हेअन्स आणि पुनर्विकासाचा मार्गही मोकळा होईल अशी आशा पल्लवित झाली आहे. पालिकेची रितसर परवानगी घेऊन उभ्या राहिलेल्या ठाण्यातील शेकडो इमारतींवर बेकायदा मजले उभारण्याचा प्रताप अनेक बिल्डरांनी केला आहे. त्यामुळे पूर्ण इमारत बेकायदा ठरवून तिला ओसी दिली जात नाही. अनेक बिल्डरांनी ओसी न घेताच इमारती वास्तव्यासाठी खुल्या केल्या आहेत. इमारतीला ओसी न...

​ALERT CITIZENS FORUM OF INDIA​ A7/303, Saket CHSL, Saket Marg, Thane (W) 400601 # 8879528575/9004028575 July 14, 2017. The Hon. Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, ​ Dr Rajendra Prasad Rd, Shastri Bhavan,  New Delhi, Delhi 110001 ​ Respected Sir, We wish to draw your kind attention to the different television serials telecast on different channels like Zee, Star Plus, Colors etc who portray women in a very bad taste. With the rapid growth of television networks, viewership has increased manifold. This has given rise to a number of daily soaps, 'serials' as we call them. They revolve around various themes, like love, family and marriage.  They often touch upon various women's issues. From teenagers to grandmothers, the entertaining story-lines  of these serials have got the audience hooked on to them. Watching them have become a part of our daily lives. They also highlight different issues and taboos in our ...