by SatbirSinghBedi, June 23, 2009 15:49
According to the news reports in the Times of India dated the 22nd June, 2009, the Centre on Monday banned the CPI (Maoist) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, calling it a terrorist organization.
Home ministry sources said the decision was taken at a high-level meeting.
"The decision has been taken to ban CPI (Maoist) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act as a terrorist organisation," they said.
CPI (Maoist), which is the main Naxal group in the country, has been bracketed with 34 other organizations including LeT and SIMI who are in the list of banned outfits.
West Bengal's ruling Left Front on Monday said it was against banning the CPI (Maoist) and will counter such outfits politically, days after chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee stated that his government will give a serious thought to proscribing the Naxals.
"We have decided that such outfits, which follow misguided politics, cannot be countered by banning them. It is important to counter the activities of these outfits politically," Left Front chairman Biman Bose said.
He said that the fight of the Leftists against the "misguided politics" of the Maoists was on. "We are opposing the terrorist activities of the Maoists and that is why we are attacked," he said in a statement.
Bose said it was a continuous political process to "alienate" people from the "dangerous politics" pursued by the Maoists. "This work has to be carried on," he said.
He, however, said that it was necessary to take administrative steps to restore normal life of the people.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union home minister P Chidambaram on Saturday, had stated that his government was considering banning the CPI (Maoist) after the Centre's suggestion in this regard following the Naxal violence in Lalgarh.
"Home minister Chidamabarm advised me to ban this organisation. We have to give it a serious thought," Bhattacharjee had told reporters in New Delhi. "We have started thinking what to do," he had said.
Chidambaram had earlier said that the state government should ban the Maoists. "We think they (Maoists) should be banned in West Bengal as in other states," he had said.
The CPI and Forward Bloc, two major LF constituents, also said that the problem would not be solved by banning the Maoists.
CPI state council secretary Manju Kumar Majumdar said, "We do not think a ban on them will solve the problem; it has to be solved politically. There may be a dialogue with the ultras, but before that they have to eschew the politics of murder and anarchy."
Echoing his views, Forward Bloc secretary Ashok Ghose said, "We have fundamental differences with the Maoists, but they are not our class enemies. We are against imposing ban on them. We want them to follow the democratic path and we are totally against their politics of terrorism."
I am of the opinion that Maoism being active in the tribal areas of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chchatisgarh and Andhra Pradesh etc. reflects that there are not enough welfare measure schemes for the tribal people and the benefits under the welfare schemes do not reach the tribal people. The money granted under the welfare schemes is cornered by corrupt politicians and bureaucrats. These people send this money out of India and store it in Swiss banks. Hence, Government should rather than banning the Maoists should take action against these corrupt politicians and bureaucrats who have money stored in Swiss banks. In fact, the Government need to bring out a law to the effect that any person who is an Indian citizen and has an account in any Swiss bank, would be liable to undergo imprisonment for life and it should indeed be for the full life of the person having an account in the Swiss bank. Tribals are fed up with various Governments who do nothing for them and are also fed up with corrupt people. Govt. should ,therefore, take action on the lines suggested above. We must get all the money stacked in Swiss banks.
In this connection, I give below the following news item:
Home ministry sources said the decision was taken at a high-level meeting.
"The decision has been taken to ban CPI (Maoist) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act as a terrorist organisation," they said.
CPI (Maoist), which is the main Naxal group in the country, has been bracketed with 34 other organizations including LeT and SIMI who are in the list of banned outfits.
West Bengal's ruling Left Front on Monday said it was against banning the CPI (Maoist) and will counter such outfits politically, days after chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee stated that his government will give a serious thought to proscribing the Naxals.
"We have decided that such outfits, which follow misguided politics, cannot be countered by banning them. It is important to counter the activities of these outfits politically," Left Front chairman Biman Bose said.
He said that the fight of the Leftists against the "misguided politics" of the Maoists was on. "We are opposing the terrorist activities of the Maoists and that is why we are attacked," he said in a statement.
Bose said it was a continuous political process to "alienate" people from the "dangerous politics" pursued by the Maoists. "This work has to be carried on," he said.
He, however, said that it was necessary to take administrative steps to restore normal life of the people.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union home minister P Chidambaram on Saturday, had stated that his government was considering banning the CPI (Maoist) after the Centre's suggestion in this regard following the Naxal violence in Lalgarh.
"Home minister Chidamabarm advised me to ban this organisation. We have to give it a serious thought," Bhattacharjee had told reporters in New Delhi. "We have started thinking what to do," he had said.
Chidambaram had earlier said that the state government should ban the Maoists. "We think they (Maoists) should be banned in West Bengal as in other states," he had said.
The CPI and Forward Bloc, two major LF constituents, also said that the problem would not be solved by banning the Maoists.
CPI state council secretary Manju Kumar Majumdar said, "We do not think a ban on them will solve the problem; it has to be solved politically. There may be a dialogue with the ultras, but before that they have to eschew the politics of murder and anarchy."
Echoing his views, Forward Bloc secretary Ashok Ghose said, "We have fundamental differences with the Maoists, but they are not our class enemies. We are against imposing ban on them. We want them to follow the democratic path and we are totally against their politics of terrorism."
I am of the opinion that Maoism being active in the tribal areas of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chchatisgarh and Andhra Pradesh etc. reflects that there are not enough welfare measure schemes for the tribal people and the benefits under the welfare schemes do not reach the tribal people. The money granted under the welfare schemes is cornered by corrupt politicians and bureaucrats. These people send this money out of India and store it in Swiss banks. Hence, Government should rather than banning the Maoists should take action against these corrupt politicians and bureaucrats who have money stored in Swiss banks. In fact, the Government need to bring out a law to the effect that any person who is an Indian citizen and has an account in any Swiss bank, would be liable to undergo imprisonment for life and it should indeed be for the full life of the person having an account in the Swiss bank. Tribals are fed up with various Governments who do nothing for them and are also fed up with corrupt people. Govt. should ,therefore, take action on the lines suggested above. We must get all the money stacked in Swiss banks.
In this connection, I give below the following news item:
"Swiss govt agrees to share data on tax evasion
Niharika Chandola in New Delhi
June 23, 2009 09:48 IST
The Swiss government has agreed to loosen its banking secrecy laws and share data on tax evasion cases that India may be pursuing, as part of a renegotiation of the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement that the two countries signed in 1995.
Such a reformulated tax agreement will help tighten the legal noose on tax evaders secreting their money abroad. Under present Swiss law, foreign-held accounts are protected unless there is evidence of proceeds from drugs or bribes.
Confirming that they have received the request to renegotiate the DTAA, Swiss Ambassador Philippe Welti, however, told Business Standard that his government would share tax evasion data "on specific request by the government".
This means India will be able to seek details of bank accounts kept by citizens who are believed to have evaded taxes in India and deposited the money in overseas bank accounts. A "roving" or "fishing" enquiry is not possible.
Under the existing Indo-Swiss DTAA information on the Swiss bank deposits of Indian residents was not to be revealed under any circumstances.
Earlier this year, however, the Indian government filed an affidavit with the Supreme Court saying it had approached the Swiss government to renegotiate the 1995 DTAA. The affidavit was filed in response to a public interest litigation saying the Centre did not take adequate steps to get back illegal money kept abroad by Indian citizens.
The affidavit was filed after Switzerland agreed to comply with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's model tax convention in March 2009, which meant jettisoning its banking secrecy laws under certain circumstances. Switzerland currently has over 70 DTAAs in the pipeline to be renegotiated as a result of the tax convention.
In the past, Swiss authorities refused to share bank details under the DTAA, saying that such information concerned the enforcement of India's tax laws and not Switzerland's. For example, when the income tax department sought to verify the contents of bank documents seized from racehorse owner Hassan Ali Khan, who has been accused of depositing tax-evaded money in UBS, the Swiss authorities declined to provide the information.
Countries like Switzerland and other known tax havens finally agreed to comply with OECD's tax convention after a group of 20 nations which constitute more than 85 per cent of the world's output (G 20), threatened to take action against uncooperative nations.
"In Switzerland, tax evasion is also illegal but is normally only punishable as an offence, ie with a fine," Welti said, reiterating that Swiss laws remain tough on cases like criminal and terrorist money.
India has signed DTAAs with more than 70 nations. Twenty-nine of these are classified by OECD as jurisdictions that have substantially complied with international tax standards."
Niharika Chandola in New Delhi
June 23, 2009 09:48 IST
The Swiss government has agreed to loosen its banking secrecy laws and share data on tax evasion cases that India may be pursuing, as part of a renegotiation of the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement that the two countries signed in 1995.
Such a reformulated tax agreement will help tighten the legal noose on tax evaders secreting their money abroad. Under present Swiss law, foreign-held accounts are protected unless there is evidence of proceeds from drugs or bribes.
Confirming that they have received the request to renegotiate the DTAA, Swiss Ambassador Philippe Welti, however, told Business Standard that his government would share tax evasion data "on specific request by the government".
This means India will be able to seek details of bank accounts kept by citizens who are believed to have evaded taxes in India and deposited the money in overseas bank accounts. A "roving" or "fishing" enquiry is not possible.
Under the existing Indo-Swiss DTAA information on the Swiss bank deposits of Indian residents was not to be revealed under any circumstances.
Earlier this year, however, the Indian government filed an affidavit with the Supreme Court saying it had approached the Swiss government to renegotiate the 1995 DTAA. The affidavit was filed in response to a public interest litigation saying the Centre did not take adequate steps to get back illegal money kept abroad by Indian citizens.
The affidavit was filed after Switzerland agreed to comply with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's model tax convention in March 2009, which meant jettisoning its banking secrecy laws under certain circumstances. Switzerland currently has over 70 DTAAs in the pipeline to be renegotiated as a result of the tax convention.
In the past, Swiss authorities refused to share bank details under the DTAA, saying that such information concerned the enforcement of India's tax laws and not Switzerland's. For example, when the income tax department sought to verify the contents of bank documents seized from racehorse owner Hassan Ali Khan, who has been accused of depositing tax-evaded money in UBS, the Swiss authorities declined to provide the information.
Countries like Switzerland and other known tax havens finally agreed to comply with OECD's tax convention after a group of 20 nations which constitute more than 85 per cent of the world's output (G 20), threatened to take action against uncooperative nations.
"In Switzerland, tax evasion is also illegal but is normally only punishable as an offence, ie with a fine," Welti said, reiterating that Swiss laws remain tough on cases like criminal and terrorist money.
India has signed DTAAs with more than 70 nations. Twenty-nine of these are classified by OECD as jurisdictions that have substantially complied with international tax standards."
In my opinion, Govt. should get back all the money deposited in Swiss Banks so that corruption is stopped and benefits reach the tribals. This would put an end to the Maoist movement.
Satbir Singh Bedi, BH(Poorvi) 682, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi-110088
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