Inaugurating the 22nd Conference of CBI and State anti-corruption bodies here today, Singh said Government is committed to eradicate black money from the system.
He also said there is confusion arising from the recent decision to change legal tender of notes but that is because of the enormity of the decision.
"Recent decision of changing the legal tender of notes, I will not call it demonetisation because that is a wrong nomenclature being used popularly but since being a member of government more of a legal tender, that itself has created confusion because of enormity of the decision," he said.
"Those who oppose it could be the ones who have more to hide and less to show. But government could move forward only with active assistance of wings like CBI, he said.
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Underlining the sobriquet of "caged parrot" given to CBI during previous Government, Singh said when the new Government took oath the parrot was "let free".
This change of legal tender would not only streamline the economy of India, but would also revolutionise the nation's mindset and approach towards clean economic management, a release from the Minister's office, later said.
Quoting Singh, it said, lot of time and expertise of CBI and other related agencies will be taken up in dealing with economic offences and cyber crime,
For this, the Minister said, what would be required is a multi-agency cooperation at the professional level and citizen -centric approach at the social level.