Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Friday took on the issue of hawala money stashed in Swiss bank accounts.
Switzerland says it is not a tax haven.
Rahul also held a 75-km long road show and a Nukkad Sabha in Haridwar.
Amid concerns of bullion trade being used for routing of black money, Switzerland's gold exports to India have risen further and is fast approaching Rs 1-trillion mark for the entire 2014.
Two Indian women figure among scores of foreign nationals with Swiss bank accounts, whose names have been made public by Switzerland in its official gazette for being probed in their respective countries.
The government has stated that it will make all efforts to bring back illicit wealth parked by its citizens in foreign jurisdictions.
The Singapore high court has put a freeze on deposits of $ 6.122 million following Enforcement Directorate's request on the ground that the money was "proceeds of crime" illegally siphoned off by Nirav Modi from the Punjab National Bank.
Taking the United Progressive Alliance government to task for its "masterly inactivity" on black money front, senior BJP leader L K Advani on Friday demanded a white paper on the issue of making public names of Indian account holders in Swiss banks.
'Considering that there was an estimated Rs 10 lakh crores of Indian money stolen and kept in foreign tax havens, the UPA government with one stroke of its tainted pen has granted immunity to tax-evaders who had stashed the loot in tax havens.'
If Mumbai's Zaveri Bazaar is full of jewellery shops and Delhi's Chandni Chowk has got hundreds of saree merchants vying for customers' attention, Zurich has got a street full of Swiss banks -- known for their secrecy veils.
In another jolt to the famed Swiss banking industry, the US has started a formal probe against Credit Suisse for allegedly helping wealthy Americans to evade taxes.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani has apologised to Congress president Sonia Gandhi for a party-appointed task force report, which had alleged that she and her late husband Rajiv had accounts in Swiss banks.
Switzerland has been making efforts to strengthen its bilateral cooperation with India .
Switzerland on Thursday said it would share data of black money allegedly stashed away by Indians in Swiss banks in accordance with the tax treaty between the two countries.
Paul is among the wealthy who hold legal accounts in Swiss HSBC Bank.
It is strange that the wealthy evade taxes even though the marginal utility of the money saved amounts to little and tax rates in countries, including India, have dropped
Attributing to people familiar with the development, The Wall Street Journal reported that UBS AG's brokerage unit in the US is laying off nearly 200 employees, including about 25 managing directors.
Official sources said while the accounts of Nirav Modi, the diamantaire under arrest in this case in London, have deposits of $3,74,11,596 (Rs 258 crore) while the accounts in the name of his sister Purvi Modi has deposits of 27,38,136 (Rs 24 crore).
The discussions on renegotiating the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement, which comes in the wake of India seeking details of the black money stashed in Swiss banks, was earlier scheduled to be held in December.
He claimed 50 per cent of the country's black money was going to BJP's coffers.
Total export of gold, silver and coins in the month of June 2014 stood at 3.9 billion Swiss franc
The approval given to UBS earlier was kept on hold till it completed certain transactions. Now that the bank has completed them, it can start a branch, RBI deputy governor Leeladhar told reporters on the sidelines of a function organised by the Union Bank of India.
The government sought to dismiss reports that the 'Make in India' logo was inspired by a Swiss bank advertisement, saying the symbol has a "vibrant and dynamic" lion as against a "dull and boring" picture in Switzerland's ad campaign.
The startling report comes at a time when many analysts are concerned over almost all the key indicators heading south or even contracting, forcing the government to offer massive tax giveaways.
He said this in Parliament rebutting reports last month, which quoted the Swiss National Bank, the country's central bank, as saying in its annual report that Indian deposits had risen by 50 per cent in 2017.
Swiss govt's latest response comes against the backdrop of P Chidambaram shooting off another letter to his Swiss counterpart.
This is Chidambaram's third letter to Swiss Finance Minister Eveline Widmer Schlumpf within four months on this matter.
A new strategy of 'layering' through gold and diamond trade has come to light at Swiss banks to thwart any attempt for identification of real beneficiary owners of funds entrusted with them.
There have been concerns in India about limited flow of tax information from Switzerland about Indian citizens, who have allegedly stashed away unaccounted money in Swiss banks.
Swiss police in February searched HSBC offices in Geneva as part of its probe.
The details are being shared with India on a 'spontaneous' basis and are different from the information sought earlier by the Indian authorities on the basis of 'leaked' or 'stolen' lists of certain banks.
Switzerland finally signed an agreement to exchange information on potential money launderers and tax dodgers last week but neither this nor a modified tax avoidance treaty is likely to help India.
India has made a fresh request to Switzerland seeking bank details and names of Indians having unaccounted money in Swiss banks, as the government expands its efforts to combat the menace of black money.
The Reserve Bank of India on Monday directed all banks and financial institutions to provide information and documents sought by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to unearth black money.
It is suspected that some of these entities may have brought back their illicit wealth through the stock market route.
Switzerland, long known as a place with unbreakable banking secrecy, has come under intense global pressure, including from India, to crack down on illicit fund flows.
Uli Hoeness said on Friday he would accept a 3-1/2-year prison term for evading 27 million euros in taxes and resigned as president and chairman of Bayern Munich, the club he made into one of the world's most successful football dynasties.
While UBS acted as master client for offshore firms, Sharecorp was a nominee of Indian beneficiaries.
India's global requests for obtaining classified tax information, in the face of a number of high-profile tax evasion and scam cases, has also seen a 59 per cent jump -- with a total of 646 requests -- as compared to a total of 386 similar letters during the 2011-12 fiscal.
Kejriwal had alleged Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Naresh Goyal and some members of Dabur Group's Burman family had secret accounts in HSBC.
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