Civil Society calls for Extension of Bihar Postal Rule for all Elections
The move would improve participative democracy and help senior citizens Team TT Lauding the move by the Election Commission enabling voters aged 65 years and above and those infected or suspected to be infected of Covid-19, to vote through a postal ballot in the forthcoming Assembly elections in Bihar, senior citizens’ bodies have called for the extension of the option for elections across the country. By enabling senior citizens to use the postal ballot would increase the overall voter percentages apart from making participative democracy eas…
APFERWAS observes Doctors’ Day
Solicits Guidelines for Covid-19 from Medical Experts The Andhra Pradesh Federation of Residents Welfare Associations (APFERWAS) in association with Prajarogya Vedika, Visakhapatnam organised an interactive session with eminent medical professions, on Sunday, 21st June, to mark the Doctor’s Day. Given the current pandemic situation the topic of discussion was understandably focused on guidelines to be followed control the spread of the Coronavirus. This program was coordinated by Sri AV Ramana Rao, General Secretary, APFERWAS and …
Greener Interiors for the Urban Resident: Campaign-2020
Thanks to the suffering we are facing on account of pollution, concern for safeguarding the environment is at its peak. Air pollution, including indoor air pollution, is perhaps as damaging as most other forms of pollution, especially to children and senior citizens apart from women who spend more time than men in the house. As we all know, the atmosphere sustains life in nature by providing oxygen for humans to breathe and carbon dioxide for plants to make food. Air clean and not so clean We the humans consume oxygen in the ai…
Frequently Asked Questions on RWAs
From Sri S.Muralidharan of MH2 Owners welfare Association: Which is the competent authority for registering the Resident Welfare Association? 1. Apartment Owners’ Associations (consisting of either one or more towers) can be registered: Under Rule 7 (c) of Telangana Apartments (Promotion of Construction & Ownership) Rules, 1987 (Rules). The Competent Authority to register the Association is Commissioner for Co-operation and Registrar of Co-operative Societies. Requirement to be fulfilled: Minimum number of members 5 – S…
RWA SPOTLIGHT - VOG
Voice of Gajuwaka: A Brief Profile Visakhapatnam, called the City of Destiny, is the biggest city in the State of Andhra Pradesh, a port city, often called as "The Jewel of the East Coast", with a population of about 20 lakhs. The Voice of Gajuwaka (A Federation of the Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) of Gajuwaka (GVMC – Zone V), is a part of our APFERWAS (AP Federation of RWAs). Having stood as a municipality and later as Special Grade Municipality and by virtue of being amidst several leading & important industr…
Senior Citizens’ Associations Activities
The World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD)-2020 HelpAge India: HelpAge India is a leading charitable organization working with and for older people in India for the past 42 years (Estd in 1978). It runs Age Care programmes throughout the country & advocates strongly for the cause of the elderly and fights for their rights. It also advises and facilitates the Central as well as State Government in formation of policies related to the elderly. On 15th June every year HelpAge India observes World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) and…
CoRWA Updates
U-FERWAS Minutes of the Zoom Meeting A meeting of the U-FERWAS was held online on 8 June 2020. In his opening remarks Shri B.T.Srinivasan proposed a dialogue with higher ups in the ministry on the fallout of the lockdown in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr. Ashwin Naidu, Anita Chavali, Major Shiv Kiran, Venu from Vijayawada, Suryaprakash from Alwal, Syed Khaled Shah joined the discussions. A few Core Points: 1.Relaxation of lockdown is playing havoc with the lives of common people 2. Health Infrastructure needs to be our maj…
Senior Citizens Updates - June 2020
Senior Citizens Associations HelpAge India On 21st May, GE & HelpAge India have distributed 500 hygienic kits in 3 remote villages of Huzurabad, Karimnagar Dist. TS. Also in cooperation with Fullerton, they distributed 785 hygienic Kits to the needy people in Razole & Mangalagiri of East Godavari & Guntur Districts in AP. Further, on the request of Dr. Nageswara Rao,Vice President Aasara in GHMC, Mohammad Ali of ‘Let’s Serve Foundation’ has distributed four monthly ration kits to poor Muslim families at Sriramnagar of yousaf…
RWA Management During the Lockdown
By Rao VBJ Chelikani Society leaders at the 4th Tier of Governance should avoid the temptation to don the mantle of dictatorial control and rather choose expressions of ‘soft power’ by persuading and convincing people Are the Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) becoming unpopular? Before we reflect upon it, we have to register certain facts and events that confirm the phenomenon of RWAs as the undisputed representatives of urban micro-communities. No authority can ignore them anymore. No order of the government or the co…
CoRWA Updates - June 2020
On RERA Act A Zoom conference was held on Sunday, 31st May, 2020 from 11 am to 12h30 pm On the subject of: Provisions in respect of Advertisement, Marketing and Promotions U/ S 12 of RERA and its applicable Rules. Program Moderator – CA Vinay Thyagaraj, Bengaluru. Speakers: 1. CA. Ramesh Prabhu Mumbai - Opening Remarks on Importance of Promotion and Advertisement under RERA. 2. Adv. E Suhail Ahmed, Bengaluru - Requirement of Sec 12 and types of promotions etc. 3. CA. Pulkit Mehta, Indore, MP - Circular / Guidelines …
RWAs - Do They Require Re-registration?
By G. Jagadeswara Rao, B.Com., FCA.,DISA (ICAI), Tarnaka, Hyderabad I have explained the necessity and benefits of registration of a Resident Welfare Association (RWA) in Tarnaka Times in the month of June 2019, wherein I have written that Resident Welfare Association can still be registered under Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001 as Telangana State Real Estate (Development and Regulation) Rules 2017 permit it, and in the same article I have also explained the reasons why it is better to register the RWA as a Mut…
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