Assange has opened a window of opportunity. India should pass a law that allows the account holders to bring the money to India before the list is outed by Assange or his colleagues. Such a law should dismiss all cases of corruption, tax evasion, and money laundering if the account holders bring all their money to India and return at least ninety percent of it to Indian treasury and keep no more than ten percent. The law should bar such people from holding public office in India. If they also return at least ninety percent of their assets in India, -Do You welcome ?
Something similar was announced in 2 budgets in last 2 decades - to enable people to convert their black money into white. This has not worked. But the power that be, should have the intention of eradicating the problem, then it will surely happen
British rulers considered themselves heirs to the great and powerful Mughal Empire, and modelled their government on the basic precepts of Mughal rule..more