Black Money - Issues, Causes, Solutions
One of the top 10 priorities highlighted by you for the Modi Government was to address the issue of Black Money and bring the illegal funds stashed abroad in Swiss Banks.
Based on your inputs on the subject over the last month, we have summarized the Key Issues, Root Causes and Solutions to address the menace of Black Money.
Please review them and share any additional inputs you have on Solutions. We will soon be compiling the Whitepaper and submitting it to PMO and the various ministries associated with the subject for actions.
Thanks for your participation,
Rajendra Pratap Gupta
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Black Money – Solutions
1. Use of cash in property transactions should be banned
2. Our Government should start working with the foreign Governments to get the black money back to India
3. Farmhouses of ministers should be raided to find illegal cash stashed
4. A crackdown should be made on the educational institutions asking for donations and collecting cash
5. 500 and 1000 notes should be withdrawn from the market
6. Trim the protection given by law to prosecute the government officials & Politicians for corruption
7. Get the buried black money out by ‘voluntary disclosure systems’ so that it gets into accountable transactions
8. Eradicate corruption by installing CCTV cameras in Government offices
9. Tenders/contracts should be allotted through a computerised process. This would decrease the human interactions and use of black money for bribing
10. Giving a printed invoice on purchase should be made mandatory
11. Government must encourage use of plastic money i.e.- credit cards & debit cards
12. An ‘Anti-Corruption Bureau’ should be established which should be free from any political interference
13. A dedicated helpline should be created for people who want to inform about big ticket cash transactions and black money
14. Introduce a fully transparent system for political parties to raise electoral funding from businesses and citizens
15. Money for elections to be provided by parties to their candidates
16. Disclosure of expenditure should be made mandatory during election campaigns
Black Money – Issues and Root Causes
1. Majorly used in property transactions
2. Used to offer bribes and kickbacks to officials for favors
3. Stashed in unknown accounts and foreign banks
4. Black money being stashed in warehouses, godowns and farmhouses
5. Educational institutions collect black money by asking for donations
6. Major business transactions in wholesale markets take place in black cash
7. Shopkeepers ask the customers to pay in cash so that they don’t have to generate an invoice and pay tax
8. Bogus registers maintained by contractors for inflating purchase bills, number of workers etc.
9. Black money used to convert rupee to foreign currency
10. Companies are registered in foreign land & black money is transacting back to subsidiaries in India
11. Under-disclosure of accounts/ profits statements & tax evasion
12. Transactions in form of assets like properties under different names
13. Rupees 500 and 1000 currency notes are used to stash black money
14. Most liquor excise transactions generate black money
15. Black money is used for smuggling different kinds of products
16. A lot of black money is used in election campaigns more