Independent India has seen a few of its governments at the centre making an attempt to deal with the inter-related issues of corruption, black money, concealment of income, tax evasion etc. The sincerity and earnestness of such attempts have of course been of varying degrees. However, we have seen on each occasion that such attempts alienate a major section of the electorate from the government.
During the last few years, the corrupt, the black money holding, the income concealing and the tax evading segments of our society, which include those in politics as well as those from other walks of life, have been seeing an uneasy calm prevailing and have been in a very disturbed state thanks to a few increased efforts initiated to curb the above mentioned evils. A new breed of high power individuals also joined this section in recent times, i.e. some business magnates who swindled away colossal amounts of money from India’s banking system and took to fleeing the country.
The displeasure of these ‘powerful’ segments of the society is a decisive factor in India’s political and social arena. These segments have the power to decide as to who would rule the country and who should shape their destiny when a change of government is due.This explains the reason why the present and a few of the previous governments diluted their anti black money efforts mid way, making it difficult for the country to see any worthwhile results from the tardily implemented measures.
India’s social, political and economical upbringing since independence has been least conducive for adoption of any harsh measures to tackle the above evils as the evil makers are colossally powerful and the retaliation of any such measures would be far reaching for the implementing government.
During the last few years, the corrupt, the black money holding, the income concealing and the tax evading segments of our society, which include those in politics as well as those from other walks of life, have been seeing an uneasy calm prevailing and have been in a very disturbed state thanks to a few increased efforts initiated to curb the above mentioned evils. A new breed of high power individuals also joined this section in recent times, i.e. some business magnates who swindled away colossal amounts of money from India’s banking system and took to fleeing the country.
The displeasure of these ‘powerful’ segments of the society is a decisive factor in India’s political and social arena. These segments have the power to decide as to who would rule the country and who should shape their destiny when a change of government is due.This explains the reason why the present and a few of the previous governments diluted their anti black money efforts mid way, making it difficult for the country to see any worthwhile results from the tardily implemented measures.
India’s social, political and economical upbringing since independence has been least conducive for adoption of any harsh measures to tackle the above evils as the evil makers are colossally powerful and the retaliation of any such measures would be far reaching for the implementing government.
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