Black Money: How not to fight it

[Barun Mitra, New Delhi]

In the past few months, the debate over black money and corruption has
been raging across the country. Some social activists and the
government have been at loggerheads over the scope and structure of a
new anti-corruption authority being proposed. There have been claims
ranging from tens of billions of dollars to over a trillion dollar,
money that may have been illegally acquired or wealth that evaded
taxation. But the issue of corruption is not just about policing, but
should be about about policies that help generate black money in the
first place. The current focus on the Lok Pal, as a super cop, is only
diverting attention from the real roots of corruption.

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Thanks,
Barun