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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
TopicBlack money

Topic: black money

Do you need a certificate from income tax department to leave the country? Only in certain cases

Rules will apply only to people involved in serious financial irregularities, or those with significant income tax dues pending, according to a change proposed by govt last week.

Modi turns Congress’s criticism on its head, questions Rahul’s silence on ‘Ambani-Adani’

PM in Telangana said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stopped abusing the industrialists 'overnight' after elections were announced, demanded to know whether this was result of a deal.

The real question in the electoral bonds issue is – will cash make a comeback?

The best way to handle political donations is a modified version of electoral bonds. Going back to the old system with huge amounts of cash collection would be a retrograde step.

Black money won’t disappear. But bad ideas like wealth & estate taxes will make it grow

Black money will stay with us till the end of time. We can only reduce it, minimise its distorting effects on our economy, and ensure that the poor are not bearing disproportionate costs.

‘CBI didn’t find anything’ — BJP’s Shanta Kumar praises ‘honest’ Sisodia, blames ‘systemic corruption’

Himachal ex-CM has said no party can claim to be clean due to ‘black money and lies’ imbuing electoral politics in India. He also wondered why PM Modi didn’t ‘clean the system’.

SC has answered to demonetisation critics. Modi govt should now release a white paper

The nuances of demonetisation, the amount of hard work put in and the course corrections done during the implementation are known only to the govt. It's time to tell Indians about it.

‘Eliminates black money from political funding’: Modi govt defends electoral bond scheme in SC

Apex court was hearing a bunch of public interest litigations challenging the scheme. Contention that this scheme affects democracy may not hold water, says solicitor general Mehta.

Imran Khan’s third amnesty scheme will ‘legalise ill-gotten wealth’, say Pakistanis

PM Imran Khan's third amnesty scheme since 2018 will allow Pakistani industrialists to invest in the manufacturing sector and 'turn their black money into white'.

Kalicharan’s Gandhi ‘hate’, raid on Kanpur perfumer, 2022 polls — what made Pg 1 of Urdu press

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Pegasus committee must succeed, unlike other judge-led panels—black money to air pollution

The task Justice Raveendran Committee has to discharge would make others shrink at the prospect. But most people are not Justice Raveendran.

On Camera

Why Modi, BJP should worry about bad blood between CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Rahul Gandhi

If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?