Wait won't be long to get black money back: Jaitley

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Rebutting BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s pessimistic comments on retrieval of black money from abroad, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday asserted in the lok Sabha that India will not have to wait long for getting it back.  On Thursday, Dubey had remarked in lok Sabha during the debate that the black money retrieval was not going happen “in our life time”, pointing to the dubious operation style in Switzerland. later, talking to mediapersons outside, he said, “We pray for his long life but we will not have to wait for long (to get back black money from abroad).”Replying to the debate on Finance Bill, Jaitley said Government is taking action on information received from France as well as tax haven lichtenstein and sharing it with the Supreme Court. Asserting that there is no jurisdictional issue over dealing with the menace of black money, he said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been set up and “whatever information we have, we are sharing  with the Supreme Court. Government will extend full support to SIT”.  He further said that there is global opinion against money laundering and pressure is building on tax havens to share information.  He said India will not have to wait long for getting back the black money stashed abroad.The Finance Minister said the Government has received certain information from the French Government regarding accounts of Indians in a bank in Switzerland and also from “tax haven” lichtenstein.         

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