..and they thought India was a poor country

Good old joe
By Good old joe

Black money: Indians have stashed over $500bn in banks abroad

NEW DELHI: Indians are the largest depositors in banks abroad with an estimated 500 billion US dollars of illegal money stashed by them in tax havens, the CBI director said.

India, in particular, has suffered from the flow of illegal funds to tax havens such as Mauritius, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, British Virgin islands etc.

It is estimated that around 500 billion dollars of illegal money belonging to Indians is deposited in tax havens abroad. Largest depositors in Swiss Banks are also reported to be Indians

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Black-money-Indians-have-stashe...

By britexpat• 14 Feb 2012 14:43
britexpat

With the economy in the doldrums, a few gifts will always be appreciated :0)

By nite_rider• 13 Feb 2012 18:31
nite_rider

Ladies Tailor

You are really inviting the Brits again

:D

By Ashfaq• 13 Feb 2012 18:23
Ashfaq

with the ref to above,why are these so called clean countries encouraging people to deposit black money into their banks.

By randomguy• 13 Feb 2012 18:14
randomguy

It is a Guesstimate.. Nothing concrete yet so don't believe the figures..

By Molten Metal• 13 Feb 2012 18:11
Molten Metal

Bankers has no role ?? !!

By abineet• 13 Feb 2012 16:55
abineet

last year i read one custom commissioner estimated it to be more than 1.5 trillion!!!!!

By Typhoon-2012• 13 Feb 2012 16:42
Typhoon-2012

ha ha ha..!!! Now that makes me wonder how much our philiphino represantatives of the people have stashed and hidden away in swiss banks.

With all this money India could certainly get Greece and the other troubled European ecconomies back in good ecconomic health again

By the_nihilist• 13 Feb 2012 16:08
the_nihilist

It does make sense doesn't it? If all that money was back there in India it would have been put to a better use. Anyways you have quoted it from one of the most rubbish-publishing online news paper, don't believe their figures, ever.

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