New Delhi: The government is likely to discuss and approve on Thursday the revised tax information sharing treaty between India and Sri Lanka, in its aggressive bid to hunt black money stashed abroad. "The India-Sri Lanka Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) is listed for tommorow (Thursday). The approval is for revising the terms of existing DTAA," a source said. In 2005, India had signed tax information exchange treaties with other...
10:24 PM, May 30, 2012
Washington: Bharatiya Janata Party would make public the names of 800 Indian account holders in Swiss Banks if it comes into power in the 2014 general elections, senior party leader Yashwant Sinha has said. "Of course, we will do. Of course, we will do," Sinha told a small audience at an event organised by a recently formed Washington-based Indian American think-tank Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS). "Will...
05:53 PM, May 30, 2012
Rewari: The Congress-led UPA government at the Centre will not be able to complete its full term as its condition is like that of a patient surviving on ventilator, says yoga guru Ramdev. Addressing a press conference here yesterday, he alleged the accumulation of black money during the UPA regime had crossed all limits. Ramdev said the white paper on black money presented in Parliament by the UPA government was...
03:47 AM, May 30, 2012
Ahmedabad: Lashing out at Congress-led UPA government, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the white paper on black money released by the Centre was nothing but 'blatant lies'. Last Monday, the government tabled a White Paper on black money in Parliament which did not disclose any name but made a strong case for setting up Lokpal and Lokayuktas to deal with the menace. "The White Paper on...
11:05 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: The illicit outflow of money from India has been estimated at $104 billion as of December last year, according to a report of the Global Financial Integrity (GFI). This has been disclosed by the white paper on black money tabled in Parliament on Monday. But the report does not give any estimate of the government about either black money in India or the amount stashed away in banks...
12:33 AM, May 22, 2012
Minister of State Parliamentary Affairs V Narayanasami tabled the Bill and announced the proposed amendments. ...
10:27 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Describing the government's White Paper on black money as "disappointing" and a "non-paper", BJP on Monday said it is "like a bikini" as it hides the essentials and reveals only the less significant details. "This White Paper is in reality a non-paper. It is rather like a bikini as it conceals all the essentials and reveals only the non-essentials," senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh told reporters on Monday....
10:03 PM, May 21, 2012
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee tabled white paper on black money in Parliament on Monday. ...
09:52 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee tabled white paper on black money in Parliament on Monday. According to the white paper black money in bank accounts in Switzerland has reduced from Rs 23,373 crore in 2006 to Rs 9,295 crore in 2010. Here's the full text of the document: ...
04:42 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Monday tabled the much-awaited White Paper on black money in Parliament which did not disclose any name but made a strong case for setting up Lokpal and Lokayuktas to deal with the menace. The White Paper, which was tabled by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha, also did not provide government's estimate of black money, within and outside the country, though it quoted...
03:26 PM, May 21, 2012
Former secretary general of the Lok Sabha, Subhash Kashyap said that bringing back black money was a matter of political will. ...
02:38 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee tabled white paper on black money in Parliament on Monday. According to the white paper black money in bank accounts in Switzerland has reduced from Rs 23,373 crore in 2006 to Rs 9,295 crore in 2010. Apart from the five per cent stamp duty and NOC from the tax department on property deals, the government has suggested tax incentives on use of credit/debit cards...
12:31 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: As the UPA II completes three tumultuous years - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to table a white paper on black money in Parliament on Monday - crucially the report is unlikely to favour any amnesty for tax evaders. The paper is likely to give a comprehensive strategy on bringing back black money stashed abroad. It will also focus on bullion, gold jewellery and the real estate...
07:01 AM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to table the White Paper on black money in Parliament on Monday. The tabling of White Paper by the Finance Minister figures in the list of business of the Lok Sabha for Monday. Reports say it will provide information about the steps that the government has taken to tackle the issue but may not divulge estimates of the black money stashed abroad,...
09:41 PM, May 20, 2012
Hisar: The Indian Premier League (IPL) is nothing but an array of corruption and graft, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said in Hisar on Saturday. "Huge black money is being invested in it," he said adding "this is a black game now". "It is a token of debauchery," Ramdev told people at his roadshow in the city. "This vicious circle shall be brought to an end for the sake of the...
11:10 PM, May 19, 2012
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