White Paper on Black Money Government of India, Ministry of Finance, May 2012 Strategies for Curbing Generation of Black Money

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
   
Keyword(s):  
White Paper ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Tax Havens ◽  
The Public ◽  
Members Of Parliament ◽  
Supreme Court Of India ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Ministry Of Finance ◽  
The Government ◽  
Near Future

Generation of black money and its stashing abroad in tax havens and offshore financial centres have dominated discussions and debate in public fora during the recent past. Members of Parliament, the Supreme Court of India and the public at large have unequivocally expressed concern on the issue, particularly after some reports suggested estimates of such unaccounted wealth being held abroad. After uproar in Parliament, Government of India came out with a White Paper on Black Money in May 2012. The White Paper presented the different facets of black money and its complex relationship with policy and administrative regime in the country. It also reflected upon the policy options and strategies that the Government had been pursuing in the context of recent initiatives, or need to take up in the near future, to address the issue of black money and corruption in public life. Extracts from the White Paper are presented below.

Black Money and Tax Evasion in India

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Sury
Keyword(s):  
Tax Evasion ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Tax Havens ◽  
The Public ◽  
Members Of Parliament ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Financial Scandals ◽  
The Government ◽  
Near Future

Of late, the issue of corruption and black money has come in the forefront after a series of financial scandals. Generation of black money and its stashing abroad in tax havens and offshore financial centers have dominated discussions and debate in public fora during the recent past. Members of Parliament, the Supreme Court of India and the public at large have unequivocally expressed concern on the issue, particularly after some reports suggested estimates of such unaccounted wealth being held abroad. After uproar in Parliament, Government of India came out with a White Paper on Black Money in May 2012. The White Paper presented the different facets of black money and its complex relationship with policy and administrative regime in the country. It also reflected upon the policy options and strategies that the Government had been pursuing in the context of recent initiatives, or need to take up in the near future, to address the issue of black money and corruption in public life. The objective of this paper is to explain various facets and dimensions of black money and tax evasion and their complex relationship with the policy and administrative regime in India. It describes the factors which lead to the generation of black money, and records various estimates of black money and tax evasion. It also presents the measures/strategies that the Government of India has been pursuing to tackle this issue, especially recent initiatives and developments.

Pelaksanaan Jaminan Kesehatan Oleh BPJS Kesehatan Dalam Perspektif Syariah

Liquidity ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-118
Author(s):  
Iwan Subandi ◽  
Fathurrahman Djamil
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
Social Supports ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ministry Of Finance ◽  
Health Support ◽  
The Government

Health is the basic right for everybody, therefore every citizen is entitled to get the health care. In enforcing the regulation for Jaringan Kesehatan Nasional (National Health Supports), it is heavily influenced by the foreign interests. Economically, this program does not reduce the people’s burdens, on the contrary, it will increase them. This means the health supports in which should place the government as the guarantor of the public health, but the people themselves that should pay for the health care. In the realization of the health support the are elements against the Syariah principles. Indonesian Muslim Religious Leaders (MUI) only say that the BPJS Kesehatan (Sosial Support Institution for Health) does not conform with the syariah. The society is asked to register and continue the participation in the program of Social Supports Institution for Health. The best solution is to enforce the mechanism which is in accordance with the syariah principles. The establishment of BPJS based on syariah has to be carried out in cooperation from the elements of Social Supports Institution (BPJS), Indonesian Muslim Religious (MUI), Financial Institution Authorities, National Social Supports Council, Ministry of Health, and Ministry of Finance. Accordingly, the Social Supports Institution for Helath (BPJS Kesehatan) based on syariah principles could be obtained and could became the solution of the polemics in the society.

Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution: Could it include ‘Right to Sanitation’?

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 291-296
Author(s):  
Anil Kumar Mohapatra
Keyword(s):  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Safe Drinking Water ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Personal Liberty ◽  
Sanitation Facility ◽  
Supreme Court Of India ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

Long before India gained independence, M.K. Gandhi remarked that the availability of Sanitation facility is more important than gaining Independence for an Indian. Of late, it is now increasingly felt and realized in India that facilities like toilet, safe drinking water, accompanied by good hygienic conditions are fundamental necessities of a person. These are prerequisites of social and economic justice and genuine development. The Supreme Court of India in one judgement held that Right to life and personal liberty, should include right to privacy and human dignity etc. Despite that it has been an admitted shame that India still has the largest number of people defecating in open in the world. There are reported incidences of rape and murder of women in many places in India as women rely on open field for attending to the call of nature in morning and evening. The attempts like Community toi-let system, pay-and-use toilet system and schemes like ‘Mo Swabhiman -Mo Paikhana’ have been found to be less effective. In this connection the ‘Clean India Mission’ campaign launched by the Government of India in 2014 has been regarded as a right approach in that direction. Government of the day is actively considering the demand to convert the Right to Sanitation from a developmental right to a fundamental right. It would make the state more accountable and responsible. Against this background, the paper argues that spending huge money on that would yield good dividend in future for the country.

scholarly journals PEMBUBARAN PARTAI POLITIK DALAM SISTEM KETATANEGARAAN INDONESIA

Jurnal Hukum ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 612
Author(s):  
Widayati
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Political Party ◽  
District Court ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Members Of Parliament ◽  
The People ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Government

Indonesia is a sovereign country folk. One implementation of the sovereignty of the people is the election that followed by political parties for members of Parliament and members of parliament and individuals for DPD.Political parties are the main pillars of democracy. Establishment of political parties must meet the requirements in accordance with legislation. Terms of founding a political party regulated under Article 2 of Law No. 2 of 2008 on Political Parties.As the main pillar of democracy, political parties should be able to carry out its functions properly. There are some restrictions on political parties, among others, are prohibited from engaging in activities contrary to the Constitution of 1945 NRI and legislation; engage in activities that endanger the integrity and safety Homeland. If the ban is violated, then the government may ask the parties to the freezing of the District Court. If the parties do not accept the decision of freezing the District Court, it can be appealed to the Supreme Court. If the Supreme Court confirmed the decision of the PN, then the Government may propose the dissolution of the parties to the Court.The procedure by which parties to the Court daitur dissolution under Article 68 paragraph (1) and (2) of Law No 24 of 2003 on the Constitutional Court. Constitutional Court's decision regarding the request for the dissolution of political parties must be decided upon within a period of 60 (sixty) days after pemoohonan recorded in the Register of Case Constitution.Keywords: Parati dissolution of political, constitutional systemIndonesia

scholarly journals دور نظام إحصاءات مالية الحكومة في تحسين كفاءة نظام الرقابة الداخلية في المؤسسات العامة

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 228-266
Author(s):  
د. بابكر ابراهيم الصديق محمد ◽  
د. عاصم إبراهيم محمد يوسف
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Wealth Distribution ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
The Public ◽  
Internal Control System ◽  
Ministry Of Finance ◽  
The Government

This study focuses on the role of Government Financial Statistics Systems in developing the efficiency of Internal Control System. The statement of the problem presented that, Government Financial Statistics Systems have not been applied in the center and states. The researcher raised the following questions: Dose application of Government Financial Statistics Systems has an impact on the efficiency of Internal Control System. Is there any administrative constrains in the Ministry of Finance affecting the G.F.S, Do Internal Control System regulations established in the Ministry have an impact on the application of the Government Financial Statistics System? The importance of study is derived from the absence of scientific studies on the role of significance of Government Financial Statistics. The efficiency of organization is based on the strength and weakness of internal control system on the public institution. The study concluded with very important results that, centre and states accountants training on the Government Financial Statistics System will increase the efficiency of internal control system, and introducing the G.F.S as a syllabus in the universities will increase students’ capabilities when joining the employment, and the provision of computers will help the application of the Government Financial Statistics System. The Study recommended that, Government Financial Statistics System should be studied at Universities so that; students who are joining the service can easy understand their function. And application of F.F.S will help in transparency and wealth and wealth distribution.  

scholarly journals Reducing the difference between citizens and consumers: a critical discourse analysis of the Communications White Paper 2000

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Dawes
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Active Agent ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Government

By conducting a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of the Communications White Paper 2000, this article demonstrates the processes by which the government has socially and discursively reconstructed the public service ethos of broadcasting and the relations between citizenship and consumerism. Focussing on the occurrences of the citizen- and consumer-signifiers, the analysis confirms the claims of critical social theorists that there has been a shift in the government’s conception of the public from citizens to consumers. However, by adopting a cross-disciplinary methodology to the analysis of the texts, the complex processes and tensions involved in this shift can be made manifest, and the ways in which the differences between public and private oppositions are rhetorically reduced – so that the consumer becomes an active agent, able to act collectively, while the citizen becomes a passive individual – can be demonstrated.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and the judiciary: the case for access to testing Sudhi versus Union of India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 3769
Author(s):  
Diya Uberoi
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
The State ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Supreme Court Of India ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Significant Step ◽  
The Government

In an effort to protect citizens’ right-to-health, the Supreme Court of India on April 8th ordered the government to make COVID-19 testing free in all private hospitals and labs. The Court’s decision in Sudhi v. Union of India marked a significant step towards ensuring that all people, especially poor workers in the informal sector have access to necessary care. Five days later, however, after facing objections from private companies and the state, the Supreme Court reversed its previous order and made testing free for only those living below the poverty line, an obligation already mandated under the National Health Policy Scheme.This commentary suggests that judicial action should be strengthened, not hampered, in times of global health crisis. While no state has unlimited resources to ensure the protection of health, the judiciary should be emboldened to hold the state to account.   

Medium-Term Planning in UK Nationalised Industries: An Enquiry

1978 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
T.D. Sheriff
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
National Income ◽  
White Paper ◽  
National Plan ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
The Public ◽  
Distribution Of Resources ◽  
The Government

There is now, of course, no official medium-term National Plan. The Government in recent years has published very little about possible medium-term developments. In the Public Expenditure White Paper, from December 1972 up to February 1976, there was a single table outlining the possible evolution of the economy over the four-year period which the public expenditure forward estimates cover. In the last two public expenditure white papers, even this single table has been dropped. In the latest paper there is the highly tentative suggestion that gross domestic product might rise at 3½ per cent a year up to 1979-80—but nothing is said about the macro-economic assumptions for later years. There is now no table showing the distribution of resources which might accompany this growth-rate—merely a text reference which says that ‘a rise in the proportion of national income devoted to industrial investment is essential…’

The Fiduciary Role of Members of Parliament and Ministers

ICL Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laith K. Nasrawin
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Fiduciary Duty ◽  
The Public ◽  
Members Of Parliament ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Legitimate Expectations ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis article sheds light on the relationship between politicians and the voting public to establish the grounds on which the electorate build their legitimate expectations that both members of the legislative authorities and government ministers should act in the public interest in order to fulfill their fiduciary duty.Both members of parliaments and ministers in government are expected to promote the interests of their constituents in parliaments and to serve the political interests of their parties when joining the government. They should comply with the principles of ‘Public Duty’ and ‘Duty as a Representative’, that is, they should act on behalf of their electorate and also in accordance with the public trust placed in them. This underlying duty could be elevated to a ‘fiduciary duty’ on elected members and ministers to act in the interests of their constituents, the beneficiaries, as an underscore of all models of representation, and as an emphasis of the ethical decision-making, which includes impartiality, accountability and integrity.

Indian Judiciary: An Analysis of the Cyclic Syndrome of Delay, Arrears and Pendency

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-39
Author(s):  
Yashomati Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Committee Report ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
Timely Delivery

India has been experiencing docket explosion and the problem of huge arrears of pending cases for the past seventy years. At present there are more than 22 million cases pending in various courts across the country. The large number of pending cases has crippled the efficient working of the judiciary and had adversely affected the right of the citizens to timely delivery of justice. In this paper a comprehensive analysis of the state of Indian judiciary has been made. The various factors which have attributed to docket explosion and arrears have been discussed by looking into various government and judicial reports, starting from the Arrears Committee Report of 1949 to the Supreme Court Report on Access to Justice (2016). The paper further discusses the challenges and impediments faced in dealing with the burdens of pendency and arrears, and analyses the recommendations of the various committee reports relating to judicial reforms. The article critically analyses the various procedural, legal and infrastructural reforms introduced in the recent past to bring about substantive judicial reforms, however these efforts have largely been piecemeal in nature. In addition the difference of perception between the judiciary and the government regarding the right solution has further aggravated the crisis. In this context the harmonious functioning of the three organs of the state and honest commitment of all the important stakeholders such as the Bar Council, the members of the legal profession and litigants holds the key to resolve the cyclic syndrome of delay, arrears and pendency.

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