The four executives—three Russians and one Swiss—were found guilty Thursday of helping Sergey Roldugin, a concert cellist who has been dubbed 'Putin's wallet' by the Swiss government.
The ministry said the Indian customer deposits in Swiss banks have fallen since 2019 and recent figures don't indicate the quantum of much-debated alleged black money held by Indians.
The increase in funds of Indian clients with Swiss banks, from Rs 6,625 crore in 2019, reverses a 2-year declining trend. However, customer deposits fell for the second year.
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The information shared by Swiss authorities include identification, account and financial information as well as information on account balance and capital income.
The information, provided under the new automatic information exchange pact, includes details of currently active accounts as well as those closed in 2018.
As India has ranked 74th in terms of money stashed by its residents in Swiss banks, ThePrint takes a look at the different legitimate ways of transferring funds overseas.
Banking statistics by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) show that India accounts for about 0.07 per cent of aggregate funds parked by all foreign clients of Swiss banks.
In India, only 17% of public sector banks and 25% of private sector banks claimed to have an internal strategy for integrating climate risks into their risk management framework.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.
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