Is India Listening

Dear all
 Something very interesting and important is taking place—Human rights organizations and Financial Integrity/Transparency organizations are joining hands-- on a Global Scale-- to pris open Tax Havens and lift the veil of financial secrecy.
Is India aware of it and listening?

Financial Integrity Meets Human Rights

http://www.gfip.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=287
Professor R. Vaidyananthan

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