New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi today addressed a CBI event at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi:
Here are the highlights of his speech:
Here are the highlights of his speech:
- Corruption is a principal challenge.
- India is in a crucial phase of nation building.
- There's a need to fight relentlessly against corruption.
- The government has taken significant steps to check corruption and the menace of black money in a short span of time.
- We have constituted a special investigation team to look into the issue.
- Comprehensive and deterrent law has been enacted that provides for stringent penalties.
- The government is unsparing when it comes to punishing the corrupt.
- Dastardly acts in Paris are a grim reminder that terrorists have shown ability in funding.
- Funding includes smuggling of narcotics, bank robbery, vehicle robbery, state sponsored activity in failed states.
- Kautilya had suggested confiscating of illegitimate wealth of corrupt officials.
- Investigation agencies are limited by national boundaries
- Interpol plays an important role in asset recovery
- Government is committed to implementation of global standards for exchange of information on a full reciprocal basis
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