4. INTRODUCTION
• Dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people
(such as government officials or police officers).
• Inducement to wrong by improper or unlawful means (such as
bribery) .
• Government, or 'political', corruption occurs when an office-
holder or other governmental employee acts in an official
capacity for personal gain.
5. CAUSES UF CORRUPTION
• Lack of transparency (inflow and outflow of money)
• Silence
• Poverty
• Illiteracy
• Unmet expectations
• Low public sector salaries
• Increasing rate of tax
• Increasing rate of competition
6. ….THE CURSE THAT STOPS INDIA FROM
DEVELOPING
Overseas of
Black Money
7. WHAT ARE TAX HAVENS?
• Small countries like Switzerland, Angola, Bermuda, etc that
acts as places of registration for overseas non-resident
companies.
• They have Zero or very low income tax.
• They ask no question on the origins of the money coming in
their banks.
• They keep all banking records secret and cooperate very little
with other countries.
8. BLACK MONEY INVOLVED
• Total dirty money in tax-havens= $11.5 trillion (Rs. 7.5 crore-
crore)
• 50% of this money belongs to the developing countries like
India.
• Estimated Indian Black money in foreign banks $500 billion (
rs.25 lac-crores)
• They have no contribution to the world, expect as points on
the world map where ‘dirty’ money is kept safely.
9. THE FACT
• Unholy relations between Politicians and Businessmen.
• “At least $70-80 billion goes out every year.
• India’s black economy is 5 percent of GDP growth.
• India’s size of economy would have been $9 trillion.
• India has been witnessing unprecedented growth in its black
economy.
• Now estimated to constitute an alarming growth 50% of
country’s GDP growth.
13. EFFECTS OF CORRUPTION:
• No enhanced social infrastructure.
• Improper health care service.
• Poor educational facilities.
• Less employment opportunities.
• 90 percent of the hungry mouths in the country.
• Lose 5 percent of its GDP over last 30 years.
• Opportunity cost.
• The world’s second-largest economy , just after US.
• More importantly, we would not have had to witness the
Anna hazare movement to root out corruption if we didn’t
have a black economy.
14. INDIA MUST ACT
• Develop national will and agenda against black money in
foreign banks.
• Get immigration details of the 25,000 frequent travelers to tax
heavens.
• Upgrade financial action task force membership to full.
• Make specific anti-tax haven laws.
• Publicize entire economy history of overseas account holders.
• Develop a proper institutional infrastructure to fight the flight-
of-capital.
15. CONCLUSION
• Corruption is universal.
• Both developed and developing, in the public and private
sector.
• Corruption is a major constraint that is hindering their
a) Economic,
b) Political,
c) Social development.
• Hence, view it as A problem requiring urgent attention at the
highest level.