Tag: Black Money

• How demonetisation helped India

  Demonetisation led to the government promoting a cashless economy and this proved to be a boon during the lockdown as people were able to make digital payments from their homes New Delhi, Jan 02: The Supreme Court today gave its stamp of approval on a 2016 decision of the government which had announced demonetisation. The…

  Vicky Nanjappa

  January 2, 2023

• Lady arrested by NIA worked to whitewash Sachin Waze’s black money

  New Delhi, Apr 02: The National Investigation Agency has detained a woman seen with suspended Mumbai cop Sachin Waze. CCTV footage showed the lady leaving a hotel in South Mumbai with Waze before the Antilla bomb scare. The NIA conducted searches at the flat of the woman and even questioned her. It is alleged that…

  Vicky Nanjappa

  April 2, 2021

• Karti gets midnight bail, granted protection from arrest

  Karti Chidambaram was granted anticipatory bail by the Madras High Court, hours after the Income Tax department had issued a warrant against him in a case relating to black money. He was granted bail in a midnight hearing of the Madras HC. Read more

  Vicky Nanjappa

  June 13, 2018

• IT raids at Delhi farm house unearths Rs 215 crore black money

  The Income Tax Department (ITD) has unearthed black money of over Rs 215 crore after it conducted multiple raids over the weekend against two real estate groups who were selling land and farmhouses on the Yamuna plains to high-end investors in the national capital, officials said. Read more

  Vicky Nanjappa

  May 23, 2018

• Chidambaram pushed 80:20 gold scheme despite DRI warning on black money and laundering

  Former Union Minister, P Chidambaram would find himself in a spot of bother after the Public Accounts Sub Committee sought a CBI probe against him for the controversial 80:20 gold import scheme. The PAC has alleged that Chidambaram had ignored objections of the Department of Revenue Intelligence. Read more

  Vicky Nanjappa

  March 9, 2018

• Gujarat polls: From Dawood to a neta, how the Angadias are being used

  The scanner is on the Angadias following an expose that suggested huge sums of black money was being brought in for the Gujarat elections. With the Election Commission capping the expenditure at Rs 28 lakh per candidate, many are relying heavily on black money. Read more 

  Vicky Nanjappa

  November 24, 2017

• How much black money has Jaitley brought back asks Yashwant Sinha

  Arun Jaitley delivered a well researched speech, but overlooked L K Advani’s advise to refrain from personal attacks says former finance minister of India,. Yashwant Sinha. Read more 

  Vicky Nanjappa

  October 3, 2017

• Black money war: India, Switzerland to exchange banking information

  Providing a major boost in the war against black money, India and Switzerland have decided to exchange banking information. Read more 

  Vicky Nanjappa

  August 7, 2017

• Rs 560 crore black money unearthed during last fiscal: FIU

  At least Rs 560 crore black has been unearthed in the last fiscal year, the government has said in a report.  Read more

  Vicky Nanjappa

  August 1, 2017

• Padma Bhushan awardee doctor, 5 others booked for transporting demonetised currency

  New Delhi, Dec 24: A top doctor from Mumbai who is a Padma Bhushan awardee has been booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the ongoing crackdown against black money. The CBI registered a case against the doctor, Sureh Advani, Yoesh Shiroye, Dharam Raj Tilak, Krish, Gajanand Somnath and B M Shah. The CBI…

  Vicky Nanjappa

  December 27, 2016