Govt will remove ambiguities in corporate law soon for tackling ponzi schemes: Sachin Pilot

30 May 2013 Evaluate

Concerned over the rising fraudulent money raising activities, Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot said, the government will remove all ambiguities in corporate laws soon, which is aimed at tackling with fraudulent investment schemes. The minister expressed the need to take urgent steps to crack down on fraudulent companies running dubious investment schemes and said that such events might negatively affect the prospects of the country as an attractive investment destination.

Corporate Affairs Minister had also written to all state governments to take action against the companies having dubious investment schemes cropping up in different parts of the country. Pilot's statement come against the backdrop of global direct selling firm Amway's India Chairman W S Pinckney and two company Directors being arrested by the Kerala police over allegations of fraud. In last month, a Kolkata-based Saradha Group has allegedly duped lakhs of investors of their savings.

Further, to tackle with these issues, an Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) has been set up to discuss ways to tackle fraudulent investment schemes. Moreover, SEBI has also asked the government for providing more powers to it as collective investment schemes come under the purview of capital market regulator SEBI, while many schemes such as chit funds are exempted from its ambit and are implemented by state governments. Besides, there are also increasing voices favouring single regulator for investment schemes.

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