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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 21 2010 11:19 am
From: chhotemianinshallah
On Feb 21, 2:17 pm, chhotemianinshallah <citad...@gmx.com> wrote:
> On Feb 21, 2:15 pm, chhotemianinshallah <citad...@gmx.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Feb 21, 2:13 pm, chhotemianinshallah <citad...@gmx.com> wrote:
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> > > On Feb 21, 2:10 pm, chhotemianinshallah <citad...@gmx.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On Feb 21, 10:36 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > On Feb 21, 10:32 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > On Feb 21, 10:28 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > On Feb 21, 10:24 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 10:21 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 10:18 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 10:16 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 10:14 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 10:12 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 2:36 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 2:34 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 9:01 pm, use...@mantra.com and/orwww.mantra.com/jai(Dr.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jai Maharaj) wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hawala and looted money stashed away in tax havens (e.g. Swiss accounts)
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Saturday, February 20, 2010
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Shouldn't the recovery of looted wealth be a matter of concern for RBI?
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > S. Kalyanaraman
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >http://sites.google.com/site/hindunew/recovering-looted-wealth
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I-T officer is off Koda probe just before hitting paydirt
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pradeep Thakur & Sonali Das, TNN, Feb 21, 2010, 12.44am IST
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > New Delhi/Ranchi: Ujjawal Chaudhary, senior Income Tax (I-T) officer,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > who led the probe into the multi-crore Madhu Koda scam, may have been
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > on the verge of unravelling the link between politicians and hawala
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > traders when he was abruptly shifted this week.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sources said the team led by Chaudhary, who has been taken off the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Koda probe and moved to the assessment wing, had gathered strong
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > evidence linking politicians and others to hawala operators engaged
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in laundering black money abroad. Chaudhary was transferred when
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > raids were still continuing at Chaibasa in Jharkhand.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The official and his colleagues are learnt to have hit a `jackpot'
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > during their raids on Pune-based businessman Ajay Bafna, who was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > under surveillance since October last year when the first indication
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of his dealings with Sanjay Chaudhary, close associate of the former
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, surfaced.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The team struck gold also while raiding two hawala traders in Delhi.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The search of the business premises of one Vipin Kapoor, a hawala
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > operator based in Karol Bagh, yielded details of accounts of banks in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Switzerland and other countries which seem to belong to politicians.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kapoor is a familiar face for tax authorities, having been convicted
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for gold smuggling earlier. But evidence seized from him surprised
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the raiding team given the likely connections with influential
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > accounts.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Within Jharkhand, raids by I-T personnel led by Chaudhary over three
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > days beginning February 16, reveaked disclosures of hundreds of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > crores in concealed incomes of bureaucrats and businessmen. Those
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > targeted included Manohar Lal Pal, personal aide to current Jharkhand
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > chief minister Shibu Soren.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A former employee of Coal India Limited who was sacked for allegedly
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > forging his educational qualifications, Pal, faced with evidence,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > declared assets and investments totalling up to Rs 65 crore.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Similarly, two businessmen engaged in mining -- much of it allegedly
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > illegal -- have also admitted to having concealed Rs 30 crore from
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the tax authorities. A similar admission from a Kolkata-based
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > chartered accountant, accused of helping the scamsters fudge accounts
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and who was confronted with papers showing he had not declared income
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > worth Rs 12 crore, had appeared to be on the cards when Chaudhary was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > called off.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The findings of the investigation have generated a sensation in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jharkhand and other places like Delhi and Mumbai as slueths unearthed
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sordid details of the brazen loot of public money. Those who are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > facing charges include officials as well as engineers working in the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mining and electricity departments.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In one particular instance, the team stumbled upon payment of Rs 4.6
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > crore allegedly made by cheque to functionaries of the Koda
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > administration by an Andhra Pradesh-based construction company. In
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > return, the company was allegedly allowed to inflate the cost of the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > project it was assigned under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yojana.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The explanation offered by the tax authorities makes Chaudhary's
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > transfer seem innocuous. "He will be based in Patna and his
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jurisdictions will include both Bihar and Jharkhand. He has just been
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > shifted to the assessment wing because he is best placed to assess
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the value of whatever the accused in the Koda scam and others have
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > been found to possess," it was said.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This does not wash with many because officers are seldom transferred
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mid-way through an investigation. Chaudhary, having spent just seven
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > months at the last station, was not due for a transfer either. He
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > took charge of the investigation on July 14, 2009.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What is puzzling political circles is that the I-T's investigation is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > all against politicians who, with the exception of NCP's Kamlesh
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Singh, former colleague of Koda, are not part of the UPA. In fact,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > many in Congress would be relishing the discomfiture of Shibu Soren
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > over the raid on Pal, considering that he preferred the BJP for an
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > alliance.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Chaudhary's transfer has been taken to the judiciary, with a group of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > lawyers seeking the intervention of the Jharkhand High Court which is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hearing the PIL against Koda.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But members of his team remain wary of more transfers. It is learnt
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that even during the course of investigation, Chaudhary and his team
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mates did not get enough cooperation while probing business dealings
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of Koda and his associates in Mumbai and elsewhere.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/I-T-officer-is-off-Koda-prob...
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > End of forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Om Shanti
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== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 21 2010 11:22 am
From: chhotemianinshallah
On Feb 21, 2:19 pm, chhotemianinshallah <citad...@gmx.com> wrote:
> On Feb 21, 2:17 pm, chhotemianinshallah <citad...@gmx.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Feb 21, 2:15 pm, chhotemianinshallah <citad...@gmx.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Feb 21, 2:13 pm, chhotemianinshallah <citad...@gmx.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On Feb 21, 2:10 pm, chhotemianinshallah <citad...@gmx.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > On Feb 21, 10:36 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > On Feb 21, 10:32 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > On Feb 21, 10:28 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 10:24 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 10:21 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 10:18 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 10:16 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 10:14 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 10:12 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 2:36 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 21, 2:34 am, bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 20, 9:01 pm, use...@mantra.com and/orwww.mantra.com/jai(Dr.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jai Maharaj) wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hawala and looted money stashed away in tax havens (e.g. Swiss accounts)
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Saturday, February 20, 2010
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Shouldn't the recovery of looted wealth be a matter of concern for RBI?
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > S. Kalyanaraman
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >http://sites.google.com/site/hindunew/recovering-looted-wealth
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I-T officer is off Koda probe just before hitting paydirt
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pradeep Thakur & Sonali Das, TNN, Feb 21, 2010, 12.44am IST
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > New Delhi/Ranchi: Ujjawal Chaudhary, senior Income Tax (I-T) officer,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > who led the probe into the multi-crore Madhu Koda scam, may have been
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > on the verge of unravelling the link between politicians and hawala
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > traders when he was abruptly shifted this week.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sources said the team led by Chaudhary, who has been taken off the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Koda probe and moved to the assessment wing, had gathered strong
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > evidence linking politicians and others to hawala operators engaged
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in laundering black money abroad. Chaudhary was transferred when
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > raids were still continuing at Chaibasa in Jharkhand.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The official and his colleagues are learnt to have hit a `jackpot'
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > during their raids on Pune-based businessman Ajay Bafna, who was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > under surveillance since October last year when the first indication
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of his dealings with Sanjay Chaudhary, close associate of the former
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, surfaced.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The team struck gold also while raiding two hawala traders in Delhi.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The search of the business premises of one Vipin Kapoor, a hawala
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > operator based in Karol Bagh, yielded details of accounts of banks in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Switzerland and other countries which seem to belong to politicians.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kapoor is a familiar face for tax authorities, having been convicted
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for gold smuggling earlier. But evidence seized from him surprised
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the raiding team given the likely connections with influential
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > accounts.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Within Jharkhand, raids by I-T personnel led by Chaudhary over three
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > days beginning February 16, reveaked disclosures of hundreds of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > crores in concealed incomes of bureaucrats and businessmen. Those
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > targeted included Manohar Lal Pal, personal aide to current Jharkhand
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > chief minister Shibu Soren.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A former employee of Coal India Limited who was sacked for allegedly
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > forging his educational qualifications, Pal, faced with evidence,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > declared assets and investments totalling up to Rs 65 crore.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Similarly, two businessmen engaged in mining -- much of it allegedly
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > illegal -- have also admitted to having concealed Rs 30 crore from
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the tax authorities. A similar admission from a Kolkata-based
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > chartered accountant, accused of helping the scamsters fudge accounts
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and who was confronted with papers showing he had not declared income
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > worth Rs 12 crore, had appeared to be on the cards when Chaudhary was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > called off.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The findings of the investigation have generated a sensation in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jharkhand and other places like Delhi and Mumbai as slueths unearthed
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sordid details of the brazen loot of public money. Those who are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > facing charges include officials as well as engineers working in the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mining and electricity departments.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In one particular instance, the team stumbled upon payment of Rs 4.6
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > crore allegedly made by cheque to functionaries of the Koda
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > administration by an Andhra Pradesh-based construction company. In
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > return, the company was allegedly allowed to inflate the cost of the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > project it was assigned under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yojana.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The explanation offered by the tax authorities makes Chaudhary's
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > transfer seem innocuous. "He will be based in Patna and his
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jurisdictions will include both Bihar and Jharkhand. He has just been
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > shifted to the assessment wing because he is best placed to assess
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the value of whatever the accused in the Koda scam and others have
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > been found to possess," it was said.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This does not wash with many because officers are seldom transferred
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mid-way through an investigation. Chaudhary, having spent just seven
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > months at the last station, was not due for a transfer either. He
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > took charge of the investigation on July 14, 2009.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What is puzzling political circles is that the I-T's investigation is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > all against politicians who, with the exception of NCP's Kamlesh
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Singh, former colleague of Koda, are not part of the UPA. In fact,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > many in Congress would be relishing the discomfiture of Shibu Soren
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > over the raid on Pal, considering that he preferred the BJP for an
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > alliance.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Chaudhary's transfer has been taken to the judiciary, with a group of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > lawyers seeking the intervention of the Jharkhand High Court which is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hearing the PIL against Koda.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But members of his team remain wary of more transfers. It is learnt
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that even during the course of investigation, Chaudhary and his team
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mates did not get enough cooperation while probing business dealings
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of Koda and his associates in Mumbai and elsewhere.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/I-T-officer-is-off-Koda-prob...
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > End of forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Om Shanti
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the educational
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post may not
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > poster. The contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fair use of copyrighted works.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely not be read,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > considered or answered if it does not contain your full legal name, current
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > e-mail and postal addresses, and live-voice telephone
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Date: Sun, Feb 21 2010 11:29 am
From: chhotemianinshallah
Black Money Monster, Alive and Kicking: Sid Harth
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From: bademiyansubhanallah <elcidha...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:30:20 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Wed, Jul 15 2009 8:30 am
Subject: Black Money Monster, Alive and Kicking: Sid Harth
Black money: In dialogue with Swiss officials, says Pranab15 Comments
Express news service
Posted: Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009 at 1255 hrs
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that New Delhi has
initiated a dialogue with Swiss authorities to obtain information on
Indian black money stashed away in banks there — an issue that had
raised much political heat during the elections with BJP leader L K
Advani making it a major poll plank.
Mukherjee, at the same time, said the Government has no plans to
bring
in a new amnesty scheme for tax evaders, pointing out that in the
past
there have been complaints that the government was penalising the
honest tax payer as in every such scheme the normal rate of tax was
reduced. Efforts to amend the Indo-Mauritius tax treaty to curb its
abuse, however, are being pursued, he said.
Mukherjee said Swiss banks had until now taken a position that they
would not divulge information but as a consequence of global
meltdown,
there is pressure by OECD countries to bring in more transparency and
revision of the Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreements. "I am told
that the Swiss authorities have ultimately agreed to enter into
negotiations," he told the Rajya Sabha while claiming that the
government is working to revise Double Tax Avoidance Agreements,
particularly the secrecy clause, which it has with other countries.
"It is an international commitment. Unilaterally, we cannot simply
ignore it. If we ignore it, then further sources of information will
be dried out. We are, therefore, negotiating with them," he said.
As far as the new amnesty scheme is concerned, he said, "We are not
very enamoured to have another type of disclosure scheme," adding
that
the government was in talks with Mauritius to amend the tax treaty to
check companies evading paying taxes in both countries. Delhi has
also
offered to compensate the Mauritius for any loss in revenues because
of a change in the treaty.
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SWISS MONEY WILL NEVER SEE INDIAN SHORE - SORRY
By: n.r.i | 15-Jul-2009
SWISS MONEY STASHED BY INDIAN CITIZEN WILL NEVER SEE INDIAN SHORE AS
FAR AS ENGLISH MEDIA AND CONGRESS GOVERMENT IS CONCERNED AND HAS
POWER . I HOPE I.E. WILL PRINT THIS COMMENT .
Indian Black Money Abroad
By: Anil Gupta | 15-Jul-2009
Sir, Just talking with Swiss authorities will not help in bringing
back Indian money stashed away in foreign banks.If the GOI is serious
about it they should first make an amendment in FEMA and Money
laundering Act to the effect that any amount above a particular level
deposited by any Indian without informing the RBI and GOI the same
shall automatically vest in the Government of India.Thereafter,the
GOI
can ask the Bank concerned to handover the money to the GOI.According
to one estimate the money stashed away clandestinely in foreign banks
is to the tune of 90 lac crores of rupees that is about 1900 billion
US $.
Nothing will come out they will be fooling the people!!
By: Rajendran | 15-Jul-2009
Nothing is going to come out these fellows will be fooling the people
for some time and then forget it.When it is time for the next
elections this issue will again come out and then also Mr Pranab
Mukerjee will be telling the media and the people that still he is
talking to the concerned government. End result a salaried employee
with all the strain and distress has to pay his tax or else he will
be
punished and a politician who has stacked unaccounted money in
various
foriegn banks will go scott free,That is India and its Government
Hats
off to them>>>
Swiss Bank Accounts.
By: RN | 15-Jul-2009
Indians will be day dreaming for any Politician / Minister to bring
back the money in Swiss Bank Accounts - for at least 80 - 90% of
these
Accounts will be belonging to the Politicians in their own name or
"benaami" accounts. Least UPA will be doing it, as their well wishers
will account for majority of it; evidenced by the release of Mr. Q.
If
at all this happens, it will happen in due course, after allowing
sufficient time for those accounts to be shifted to another safer
place, and for name sake 1 or 2 names will be declared publically.
Before going to Swiss Banks, let the Government verify the source of
the politicians money in India itself, if they dare to do so. All
these are very unlikely to happen - especially when Pranabda declared
that he is not going to contest next Lok Sabha election - so why to
take unnecessary headaches? Indians are fools and will remain fools -
that's why only 55% of electroate go to polling booths.
Black Money in SWISS-Bank
By: Prof. G.Sharma | 15-Jul-2009
I honestly hope that Finance Minister would be serious enough to get
back the Black Money parked in the SWISS-Bank to our National Bank
(RBI), in order to atleast improve India's FISCAL-Deficit Position.
If
used properly, it would also help the economically poor people to
look
after their health, shelter, food etc. in our poor country (with BPL
level touching around 30%). And, punish the corrupt persons engaged
in
Black Money transactions.
...and I am Sid Harth
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From: Sid Harth <sharth...@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:59:03 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Wed, Jul 15 2009 8:59 am
Subject: Re: Black Money Monster, Alive and Kicking: Sid Harth
No plans for tax amnesty scheme, says Pranab
K.V. Prasad
NEW DELHI: The government informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that
there was no proposal under its consideration to introduce any new
tax
amnesty scheme. Steps were being planned to amend the Double Taxation
Avoidance Treaty (DTAT) with Mauritius to prevent abuse by companies
of its provisions.
Responding to supplementaries during question hour on schemes to
unearth black money, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the
government was "not enamoured of (introducing) another disclosure
scheme," and that such schemes could not succeed unless the rate of
taxation was de-linked from current rates.
Such a policy had been criticised on the ground that it amounted to
penalising honest people who paid taxes at a (prevailing) higher
rate.
To questions on the recovery of tax arrears, Mr. Mukherjee said not
all cases fell under evasion, and that it could be a disagreement
over
the assessment of the tax authorities and the tax payer.
Information from Swiss banks
On the issue of getting information from Swiss banks, Mr. Mukherjee
said the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani had
written to the Prime Minister to take an initiative.
He said that while the government had sought the opinion of the
Solicitor-General on the issuance of Letters Rogatory, it planned to
negotiate with the Swiss authorities on DTAT for transparency in the
exchange of information.
On the Mauritius route of investment, Mr. Mukherjee said the
government was seeking an amendment to the Treaty, wherein offshore
firms resident in Mauritius were exempt from tax on capital gains.
He said India had offered to compensate Mauritius for any deemed
losses, since it was a friendly country that wanted to build itself
as
a financial hub. Mauritius did not tax companies, including Foreign
Institutional Investors registering with it, for investing in
overseas
markets such as India.
In his written response, Mr. Mukherjee said there was no official
estimate of the amount of black money in and outside the country.
A study by the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy in
1985
estimated it to be between Rs.31,584 crore and Rs.36,786 crore. The
authors of the report said it was based on numerous assumptions and
approximations, each of which could be challenged.
...and I am Sid Harth
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 21 2010 12:39 pm
From: usenet@mantra.com and/or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj)
Forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman
Hawala and looted money stashed away in tax havens (e.g. Swiss accounts)
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Shouldn't the recovery of looted wealth be a matter of concern for RBI?
S. Kalyanaraman
http://sites.google.com/site/hindunew/recovering-looted-wealth
I-T officer is off Koda probe just before hitting paydirt
Pradeep Thakur & Sonali Das, TNN, Feb 21, 2010, 12.44am IST
New Delhi/Ranchi: Ujjawal Chaudhary, senior Income Tax (I-T) officer,
who led the probe into the multi-crore Madhu Koda scam, may have been
on the verge of unravelling the link between politicians and hawala
traders when he was abruptly shifted this week.
Sources said the team led by Chaudhary, who has been taken off the
Koda probe and moved to the assessment wing, had gathered strong
evidence linking politicians and others to hawala operators engaged
in laundering black money abroad. Chaudhary was transferred when
raids were still continuing at Chaibasa in Jharkhand.
The official and his colleagues are learnt to have hit a `jackpot'
during their raids on Pune-based businessman Ajay Bafna, who was
under surveillance since October last year when the first indication
of his dealings with Sanjay Chaudhary, close associate of the former
Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, surfaced.
The team struck gold also while raiding two hawala traders in Delhi.
The search of the business premises of one Vipin Kapoor, a hawala
operator based in Karol Bagh, yielded details of accounts of banks in
Switzerland and other countries which seem to belong to politicians.
Kapoor is a familiar face for tax authorities, having been convicted
for gold smuggling earlier. But evidence seized from him surprised
the raiding team given the likely connections with influential
accounts.
Within Jharkhand, raids by I-T personnel led by Chaudhary over three
days beginning February 16, reveaked disclosures of hundreds of
crores in concealed incomes of bureaucrats and businessmen. Those
targeted included Manohar Lal Pal, personal aide to current Jharkhand
chief minister Shibu Soren.
A former employee of Coal India Limited who was sacked for allegedly
forging his educational qualifications, Pal, faced with evidence,
declared assets and investments totalling up to Rs 65 crore.
Similarly, two businessmen engaged in mining -- much of it allegedly
illegal -- have also admitted to having concealed Rs 30 crore from
the tax authorities. A similar admission from a Kolkata-based
chartered accountant, accused of helping the scamsters fudge accounts
and who was confronted with papers showing he had not declared income
worth Rs 12 crore, had appeared to be on the cards when Chaudhary was
called off.
The findings of the investigation have generated a sensation in
Jharkhand and other places like Delhi and Mumbai as slueths unearthed
sordid details of the brazen loot of public money. Those who are
facing charges include officials as well as engineers working in the
mining and electricity departments.
In one particular instance, the team stumbled upon payment of Rs 4.6
crore allegedly made by cheque to functionaries of the Koda
administration by an Andhra Pradesh-based construction company. In
return, the company was allegedly allowed to inflate the cost of the
project it was assigned under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran
Yojana.
The explanation offered by the tax authorities makes Chaudhary's
transfer seem innocuous. "He will be based in Patna and his
jurisdictions will include both Bihar and Jharkhand. He has just been
shifted to the assessment wing because he is best placed to assess
the value of whatever the accused in the Koda scam and others have
been found to possess," it was said.
This does not wash with many because officers are seldom transferred
mid-way through an investigation. Chaudhary, having spent just seven
months at the last station, was not due for a transfer either. He
took charge of the investigation on July 14, 2009.
What is puzzling political circles is that the I-T's investigation is
all against politicians who, with the exception of NCP's Kamlesh
Singh, former colleague of Koda, are not part of the UPA. In fact,
many in Congress would be relishing the discomfiture of Shibu Soren
over the raid on Pal, considering that he preferred the BJP for an
alliance.
Chaudhary's transfer has been taken to the judiciary, with a group of
lawyers seeking the intervention of the Jharkhand High Court which is
hearing the PIL against Koda.
But members of his team remain wary of more transfers. It is learnt
that even during the course of investigation, Chaudhary and his team
mates did not get enough cooperation while probing business dealings
of Koda and his associates in Mumbai and elsewhere.
End of forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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Date: Sun, Feb 21 2010 1:44 pm
From: usenet@mantra.com and/or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj)
In article <37cbeba0-97a4-41cd-91df-f58771883672@g25g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
uNmaiviLambi <tripurantaka@yahoo.com> posted:
> On Jan 14, 3:07=A0pm, "harmony" <a...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > without sanskrit you could know the facts, but knowing truth is an
> > entirely
> > different matter for which sanskrit is very helpful.
> Well said. Idiots think Sanskrit is the only way to Truth. That is why
> Adhi Shankara said nahi nahi rakshathi dukrN karaNE! Sanskrit can help
> but people can get mired in the language and lose the truth!
Ultimately, one transcends even language to know the truth.
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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Date: Sun, Feb 21 2010 10:58 pm
From: usenet@mantra.com and/or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj)
Avatar's Dirty Little Secret
The SP Sula Review
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Aaah Avatar. The epic saga of evil colonialists savaging the peaceful
indigenous inhabitants of...oh hell, does it really matter? It's
white Americans and we should all feel guilty for the brutality
wrought upon the Native Americans, Mexicans, and/or slaves. And yes,
this includes all white people, even if your ancestors were not here
during any of those periods. You're guilty no matter what. You're
white. You're automatically a bigot.
Or if you don't like the racist approach, you can go with the
plundering nature theme. That works just as well. The earth is
warming after all. Or is it cooling? That's right, it's cooling.
Wait. Can I use a lifeline for that one? Because honestly, I think
that's a trick question. Uh, you know what, I'm gonna go with the
earth is...spinning?
The problem is, it's all about as real as that stick figure you're
looking at.
I'm going to tell you a secret. A truth that James Cameron may come
to regret having unleashed into the world. But a truth nonetheless.
The secret? This film is not Dances with Wolves in space and the
imperialistic thematic underpinning is just window dressing; a hoax
to distract you from what this film really is.
While perusing review sites online, I found something astonishingly
disturbing. Cameron spent 17 million dollars on one single aspect of
the film. No, it wasn't creating Pandora. No, it wasn't designing all
of the military technology. 17 million dollars was spent on
developing his alien's breasts. Now why would the man spend the
budget of a small city's government on the non-mammary glands of a
glorified CGI muppet? Because in his own words:
"These breasts, they need to make every 13-to-17-year-old kid who
buys a ticket to this thing want to run home, still chubbed up from
having them bounce around his zit-pocked face for two hours in three
glorious dimensions, and touch himself with furious abandon. Then
come back the next day for another go-around." (Playboy Interview,
Nov 2009) [1]
And that, my friends, is what this movie was really about. Selling
sex to children.
To put it bluntly: Cameron wants your male child to spend the entire
film becoming aroused, go home with an erection, masturbate and then
come back to the theater and spend your money on another ticket so
that he can have another "go-around". Cameron was banking on these
sex organs to bring in repeat business. Does Cameron seriously intend
to turn theaters into the equivalent of under-aged strip joints? That
may be pushing it a little, but even he would tell you that 17
million was a small price to pay, considering this film has already
made 2 billion. Much of it, the very repeat business from the
children he spoke of and the result of his 17 million dollar
investment.
Now, I know what some are thinking. I'm taking this quote out of
context (if that's possible). I'm twisting this whole situation so it
will fit into some convoluted narrative. Unfortunately, I'm not. In
this part of the interview, he openly admitted to giving his
imaginary aliens human sex organs, [2] ones that serve no legitimate
biological function. His sole purpose for doing this was titillation.
This, along with other wanton sexist declarations have become quite a
controversy across the web. Not to mention, there was the notorious
sex scene which was edited out. Cameron readily confessed he did this
so he wouldn't lose his PG-13 rating and that under-aged crowd he was
so ardently targeting. However, if this film was intended to be kid-
friendly, why was a sex scene [3] written into the script in the
first place? Unless he had planned to market sex to kids from the
very beginning.
Avatar wasn't about slavery or Native Americans or the earth or
anything noble. It was about using those things as cover so that
James Cameron could make money off of the sexual arousal of children.
This is at best patently grotesque and at worst depraved and
perverse. When looking at this objectively, one must consider that
Cameron does, in fact, believe in the message of the film. And that,
perhaps, he took a horribly wrong turn in the selling of it. But, in
weighing the cavalier manner of his admissions, the calculation of
spending such an obscene amount of money for something so arbitrary,
and the intricate planning of sexual content, I concluded this was no
"wrong turn". I truly believe this man fully intended to do what he
did, because he saw a profit in doing so. I believe he didn't
consider that it was abusive because he is completely removed from
the accepted psychology that children are not, in fact, sexual
objects. And I believe that if confronted about his statements, he
will either lie, or simply won't care.
Now, it's not that I'm naive or that I haven't noticed our children
are being targeted by these people in so many ways. But I have
nephews and I suppose this one hit home. Hard. I see men like James
Cameron and Roman Polanski profiting, while our children are
sexualized. Hollywood rails about global warming, while under the
table, they're hooks sink even deeper into our kids. And we still
haven't been able to change the dialog to a subject that actually
matters; like child trafficking or sexual predators. Of course, our
children don't actually rate concern in Hollywood unless a director
can make a buck off them.
Maybe if parents started demanding refunds for their children's
tickets to this film, Hollywood might get the message. Although, I'm
guessing they will only raise their proverbial middle finger at us
and give Cameron the Oscar. After all, they did it for Polanski.
Beth Haper
Editor
Posted by The SP Sula Review on Wednesday, February 10, 2010
[1] http://www.movieline.com/2009/11/movieline-explores-james-camerons-exhaustive-search-for-the-perfect-alien-breasts.php
[2] http://www.globalshift.org/2009/12/dances-with-discrimination-on-avatar-racism-misogyny-and-disabled-prejudice/
[3] http://gawker.com/5445955/if-avatars-sex-scene-was-cut-for-its-pg+13-then-tendril-sex-is-as-obscene-as-the-penis-kind
More at:
http://thespsulareview.blogspot.com/2010/02/avatars-dirty-little-secret.html
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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