I just got carried away, and i appolize for it, but i am a person who has some principles ethics and even if its not like the samurai code of honor, i have something of that sort that i uphold. I didnt say that she wouldnt get her pension, as long as she musters and provides proof that she is alive she would get it.
but ethics is something else, its about doing the RIGHT/JUST thing. well if every one was nice this would be paradise, would it not ?
i just meant considering india as a country struggling to feed its under privillaged share of the population. and these people are fortunate, in india now adays the poverty is not really because lack of eduction, its because of malnutrition a people who cant afford to get quality healthcare, and its all because the govt cant draw the line to distinguish the two sides. the money could be used for the benefit of the country to feed the underprivillaged.
With exchange rates, of Rs. 46.00+ against a dollar, what on earth would you get when you have the currency exchanged. buy a pack of ciggeretts, some chewing gum and TP??????
If she wants to give the money to charity, missionary or one of the many orphanages, let me be doomed and burn in hell for making the comments and i shall never post anything on the site ever again!!!!
Gandhi's Talisman
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."
if she puts herself against the talisman, what i would say is rather than improving the condition of the poorest of the poor, people like her and her mother in law would actually be depriving them from their one meal (and only the govt gives them as the govt cant afford to give three meals a day for the poor) thy may have been rationed from the govt , or may but made of half of what they were originally being given........................
when you are privillaged, and if you could afford to, give something back to the society..............
let me tell you another story, one of my friends who is an Investment Banker, here in New york, he got naturalized, has his family here, and his dad was in india as he wanted to be burried next to the wife and wanted to die in india in the home they had in chennai(india, tamil nadu) his dad died, after that my friend sold his house, that house (the house was built by his dad from the very little money he earned from his job as a mail man) for Rs Rs. 3000,000 he got the currency exchanged and brought the money to america and it was like $65,000. he bought a BMW.
He got his dad's life insurence as he was the beneficiery and that was Rs.500,000
and he took a vacation in Europe for that money.
Are these the right things to do...........i may be taking my passion for humanity on the rest of the people, but i am really sorry..............
wouldnt it have been something really gr8 if he left the money for charity, fed the children at some orphanage for a whole year......
coming back to the topic of the original discussion,
1)Your mother in law should get all the money she is entitled to. Legaly all you have to do is to muster. its a document that you have to send them notorized. or you can do mustering at the bank where the money is being deposited to. Its a once in a year thing.
2)being Senior Citizens you would be entitled to higher interest rates at the indian banks, may be 1 % more , the last time i was there for fixed accounts/ CDs it was 10% for senior citizens and 9% for regular.
3)As you a india you would be having a ration card and you would be entitled for grains-cereals(rice, wheat, atta), sugar, and kerosene,. which is given by the department of civil supplies under the ministry of civil supplies and distribution, you should make use of it.......... you can get rice for atleast Rs. 5.00/kilogram lower than the normal market, would it not be a huge loss. for u. the case is kinda smiliar for kerosene, u would get it for half the price of it in the open market...... you shouldnt waste it... its ur right, being an indian citizen. and sugar...............
deepa, if your an indian citizen, you could try for unemployment benefits in india, as you dont have a job in india , it may be tricky but you may get a hundred rupeees a month, just prove that ur in india and not working.
Recently the govt of india announced 2 other benefits, they give financial aid for pregnant women , so they can be nurished better and to help with the hospital expenses.
if you have a just one child and if its a girl, the federal govt, provides financial aid for their single kid-daughter programme to promote female children.
also i think the department of human welfare does, free vasactomy surgeries for population control and give free condoms !!!!!!
every indian is entitled to it, not every one makes use of it, but you guys would like to make the best of what you are entitled to. and Deeps you should do ur research and get everything ur entitled to, its india, even if things are hard, you could bribe the officers, and get things ur way, you can do ur research, and get the gold at the end of the rainbow.................... and i shall pray that its not boobytrapped !!!