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BSE sets up new system for reporting suspicious trades
Bombay Stock Exchange has instituted new system Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) for reporting suspicious trades in order to check money laundering through stock markets. The national stock exchange has asked its members to report details of the STRs submitted to ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
Union Government opens compliance window for black money disclosure
Union Government has notified the compliance window for black money disclosure under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Asset) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015. The notified compliance window makes it mandatory for people to disclose their foreign income ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2015
RBI extends deadline for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes till December 2015
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the date to exchange pre-2005 bank notes till December 31, 2015 for third time. Earlier in December 2014, RBI had set the last date for public to exchange these notes as June ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2015
India joins the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Information
India has joined the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (AEOI). The new global standards has wide in scope and oblige the treaty partners to exchange wide range of financial information from institutions from ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2015
Union Cabinet gives nod to Benami Transactions (Prohibition) (Amendment) Bill, 2015
Union Cabinet has given its approval to Benami Transactions (Prohibition) (Amendment) Bill, 2015. The Bill seeks to amend the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 by adding additional provisions that provides for stringent measures against violators in order to curb and ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015
Lok Sabha passes Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Bill, 2015
Lok Sabha on 11 May 2015 passed Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Bill, 2015 by a voice vote. The bill seeks to deal with the menace of black money and to replace the Income Tax (IT) Act, ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015
Union Cabinet gives nod to black money bill
Union Cabinet has cleared the black money bill to curb the menace of black money in the country. Decision in this regard was taken at the cabinet meeting in New Delhi. Union Government is seeking to introduce this bill the ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
India third on black money list: GIF report
As per recently released Global Financial Integrity’s (GFI’s) 2014 Annual Global Update on Illicit Financial Flows report has placed India on third rank on black money list. Key facts of report This report estimated that nearly $94.76 billion (nearly Rs ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2014
Government submits list of 627 people having illegal accounts in foreign banks to SC
The Centre has submitted a list of people having illegal accounts in foreign banks to the Supreme Court (SC), who handed it over to the SC appointed SIT (Special Investigation Team) Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi filed a set of three documents ..