Some new names have been revealed in the list of the people having account in the foreign Banks. This was stated by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while commenting on a news paper report which appeared today. It has revealed 1195 names including of businessmen and politicians. He said that the veracity of these names is being checked by the Ministry. He said, most of the names revealed in the list are known to the Government. Emphasizing that the new government has put a vigorous system in digging the black money in the last six months, Mr.Jaitley said that sixty prosecutions have been launched on those who have stashed money in foreign banks. AIR correspondent reports while some names are common to the old and new HSBC lists. Both the lists will be carefully examined. The original list of 600 Indians was based on information for the period 1999-2000. The new list is compiled in the new report with far more recent data from 2006-2007.The Special Investigation Team is already probing into the illicit accounts.
News On AIR | February 9, 2015 8:41 PM
Black money: Govt will probe new names revealed in foreign account holders' list, says Jaitley