Parliamentary panel asks govt to make reports on black money public

While the government claims that the reports had already been sent to the Standing Committee, some of its members disagree

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance on Thursday asked the central government to circulate three reports on black money by centrally-funded think tanks among its members and also make them public.

The three reports on the quantum of black money held by Indians, both inside the country and abroad, have been prepared by the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and the National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM).

“It has been decided at the meeting of the committee today that the reports should be made public, and also circulated among members. The