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Sucheta Dalal
@suchetadalal
Journalist, Activist, Author #PuttingSaversFirst. Managing Editor @MoneylifeIndia Trustee @MoneylifeF Join us: https://t.co/4HHYzuTL2J
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Apr 13 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Dear @mybmc and @CMOMaharashtra @AjitPawarSpeaks @Dev_Fadnavis a thread in the life of ordinary Mumbaikars! The reality is different from what you project! Take a look - dadar chowpatty from @mybmcWardGS to @mybmcWardGN - let me tell you how it is about infrastructure and not dirty people! The two CSR funded mechanised garbage collectors are overwhelmed. The sea throws up far too much waste because of the current and tide. The matter has been studied and the solution is TRASH BOOMS at Worli village and Mithi river exit. Until then here is the reality for our kids practicing kabbadi, boxing or boxing and those training for police exams. @IqbalSinghChah2 has checked this. He is still in govt!
Jun 24, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Hearing horror stories about corruption in #SEBI. Someone set to become Wholetime member was sidelined ONLY after a pendrive with audio of bribe negotiations was sent to chairperson. A letter of displeasure was served on his last day & top management stayed away from farewell! Does @FinMinIndia and secretaries on SEBI board know of this? Or other regulators? @RBI DG? @DFS_India ? @nsitharaman ? What about opposition leaders? Standing committee on finance?
May 20, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Twitter is a place where facts are irrelevant and Google is an enemy! 1. Takes 1 minute to check SEBI board of directors 2. corp governance committee doesn’t influence policy 3. Lawyers have a far bigger influence even without family connections by marriage.They include… ..such lawyers are across the political divide. So results would be no different even if govt changed. 4. For heaven sake neither #SupremeCourt nor #SEBI has given #Adani a clean chit. A SC appointed committee has done it in a jhatphat report that goes far beyond Adani…
Apr 1, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
On tolls - the government fools all the people all the time with such ease. Toll charge continues even after cost of the road is recovered. At the very least the contract and escalation should end. Since traffic is increasing- there should be new bids. Nothing happens #TollJhol And yes very good activists and lawyers have taken the matter to court. But typically we go tareek pe tareek for a decade. There is no justice for ordinary people! #sanjayshirodkar #PravinWategaonkar #VivekVelankar have been fighting OUR battle. How many know it? 🙏🫡
Mar 29, 2023 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
As I am concentrating on a deadline I get this call from my bank in one smooth flow: "Given your relationship with us we are issuing you a card that will give you access to priority lounges at airports and much more. it is life time free, i only need to confirm your address". 1/n Me: say it again. Bank person: ... 'grrrr...gup...need to confirm your address". Me: Hold on. you are hawking a credit card, aren't you? Why aren't you saying that up front? (REMEMBER CONFIRMING ADDRESS WILL BE RECORDED AS ACCEPTANCE OF THE CARD). 2/N
Nov 6, 2022 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
This is absolutely stunning stuff ... completely . I HAVE NEVER MET VINOD DUA NOR HAVE I ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIM IN ALL MY 35 YEARS OF JOURNALISM. WHY ON EARTH WOULD I DO THIS?
defamatory.opindia.com/2022/11/twitte… This is a reason why we need verification of EVERY TWITTER ID. This was an email that I marked to all editors because the guy SENT threatening mails demanding info on whether we had ME TOO ISSUES IN OUR OFFICE. For heaven's sake Vinod Dua never worked with us.
Jul 30, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Such a sad and distressing thread. But we see this all the time don't we? The bravery of a war hero is questioned by an anchor. Generals are constantly lectured about war and strategy! And the ugly claim about how defence services live a good life is bandied all the time! What is more worrying is that this disrespect, suspicion and ugliness is not limited to the services... we have lost the faculty to distinguish good from the bad. Teachers & doctors face similar abuse - all are tarred by the same brush. Don't we see how doctors are bashed up?
Apr 25, 2022 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
Completed two major books this week which are crucial to jog our memory about how badly we have been governed. #MustRead Arun Shourie’s book goes to the 1980s and 1990s the time when we were getting into journalism with great idealism and chasing stories was encouraged!
Feb 14, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
“Company is running only because of THY Grace and my G’s blessings, Swami” Said #NSE MD to Himalayan Yogi in her email. Part of SEBI order Para 28.7.12 @TVMohandasPai - Do you not believe her??? Lets not defend the indefensible. Where is the falsehood? @TVMohandasPai Chitra, MD&CEO, 2nd highest paid exec in India further says: “Swami, we are still in preparation of the briefing note regarding the complaint....
Feb 12, 2022 • 16 tweets • 8 min read
#ChitraR Is this seriously the largest derivatives exchange in the world? @nseindia Has @FinMinIndia or @SEBI_India done a white paper to show a complete clean up? We know all the smut in Ernst&Young forensic audit is not mentioned in the report. @NSEIndia @FinMinIndia @SEBI_India Same WTM has submitted a 9-page note to facilitate NSE IPO. Is raising money the primary objective or will this first level regulator with 29 broker defaults since 2020 be made accountable at all? Or is it that in #MeraBharatMahan SOME ENTITIES have #easeofdoingbusiness & living
Oct 2, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
The comments to this article show the frightening lack of financial literacy+ awareness in India. DHFL FD Investors are still clueless about resolution!! How does one tackle this? @MoneylifeIndia has reported this relentlessly & these are our readers! moneylife.in/article/dhfl-f… @MoneylifeIndia Some FD holders were mindlessly abusing us because they received 23%, we finally blocked them. Many equity investors are clueless their shares have long been extinguished! Some are still in the process of waking up from deep slumber! @MoneylifeIndia
Sep 30, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Has he fulfilled his promise on JetAirways? The disastrous revival plan he hatched? some reminders required -- since Google and tweepler don't seem to connect and news is forgotten instantly! Who paid the price of a failed bailout? Employees!! moneylife.in/article/if-jet…
Jul 28, 2021 • 8 tweets • 8 min read
Yes a BIG part... but people are ignorant. Also while IEPF prominently says DONT GO TO AGENTS -- it is extremely difficult to file claims successfully - that too online! People wont fight and @nsitharaman @FinMinIndia dont care. IEPF authority unaccountable. MPsSquabble! @nsitharaman @FinMinIndia Many people dont even know there are shares in their names. companies have stopped paying dividends etc. So it is agents who search & approach investors. Fees range from 15% to 50%, depending on your ignorance levels! But often, what is the choice when REDTAPE is mindboggling?
Jun 30, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I am bombarded by emails/tweets from Uttam Value Steel. Level of ignorance is stupefying! one guy with 94.11 lakh shares has woken up today. Most others just learnt about 6-month old NCLT order extinguishing shares. Sure @SEBI_India is sleeping but so are these investors! 🤦🏻‍♀️😡 @SEBI_India Lesson No 1. Equity is Risk Capital. So forget about Ishq with your equity, you need to look at prices, results and announcements every day! Otherwise stay away!
Feb 9, 2021 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
Thread: Some experiences at @MoneylifeF : Young techies who abuse us for 'cribbing' all the time, suddenly discover their parents have lost lakhs in Helios, Plethico etc FD frauds. Google, find our work and ask for "updates"! Lost inheritance opens minds! But that war long over @MoneylifeF Youngsters will abuse renowned activist who is in her 80s for demanding promised service from banks/telecom etc. It is 50 years of people like her that gave you your rights. Google & tech didn't! Have respect: moneylife.in/article/dis-se… @MoneylifeF
Dec 28, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Would anyone like to guess who is India's largest corporate defaulter? Think hard. It is not Mallya, NiravModi, Not even Essar-Ruia or Sandesara, JatinMehta etc. NO ACTION taken against him by strong GOVT of INDIA!! This is a nice exercise in basic knowledge -- 1) a defaulter is NOT someone with a huge debt. You can have a MASSIVE and worrying borrowing but that is NOT a default. This one has filed bankruptcy!
Nov 9, 2020 • 10 tweets • 11 min read
With huge thanks to #UshaLaxman & #SrinivasLaxman, sharing a threat on #Scam1992 through #RKLaxman 's eyes. Hopefully few will be educated on how everybody was covered. But be patient.. will update only one a day
@Moneylifers

@yogtoday Image This is when #chidambaram resigned over #Fairgrowth and there was a media frenzy. Eventually only #shankaranand really bowed out of politics. Every other neta escaped as always! Image
May 31, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Thread: here’s praying nobody has to look for a hospital bed in Mumbai. Spent the last hour trying to do that despite help from a ‘group’ of hospitals! Also help people dial 1916. Our @mybmc babus have made it the 1St BIGGEST hurdle for admission @IqbalSinghChah2 @CMOMaharashtra Don’t get carried away by aggressive TV interviews about more lines. Try 1916! Nothing like trying & sharing what happens when a COVID suspect needs help. Only God can help then! Bureaucracy kills! @sardesairajdeep @sanjaynagral @hegde_aparna @SonaliVaid @d_s_thakur
May 18, 2020 • 9 tweets • 7 min read
There are young doctors out there risking their lives in the battle against #COVID but there are also a lot of questions about govt hospitals and sr. doctors that need to be asked NOW. Request @mybmc @CMOMaharashtra @OfficeofUT @PawarSpeaks @prithvrj to help get facts: do read on @mybmc @CMOMaharashtra @OfficeofUT @PawarSpeaks @prithvrj How many senior doctors, HODs have not turned up to work since the lockdown began. A count is required. Those who have been working, in all depts. including optal, gynac, etc need increments. Those who ran away need pay-cuts. lets be fair and reward those who worked, not others!
May 9, 2020 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
Really worrying feedback from young doctors in Mumbai. #ThinkAboutIt they say. No leader or sr bureaucrat wants to visit COVID hospitals in PPE. Even the investigation into #SionHospital episode will happen on Zoom or video conference! @d_s_thakur @sardesairajdeep @sanjaynagral The doctors at #SionHospital , especially residents who do the heavy lifting are utterly demoralised at the transfer of a hard-working Dean who was desperately trying to cope in trying conditions! Insensitive Govt.
Apr 28, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Good morning. Think about this. Most countries have begun to open up carefully!China is importing steel. Italy with 40K deaths is not shut like us. We are dragging our feet because bureaucrats &netas enjoy power of lockdown! Damn the economy or poverty! Back to pre1990 privilege For those born in 2000 if you think Govt and bureaucracy gives a damn about shortages, queues, ban on imports, no foreign travel- you are in cuckoo land. The netas and babus will enjoy power. Our industry will rip off every kind of stimulus and stash it abroad! ...