Subramanian Swamy

The complaint, filed before special judge O P Saini, alleged that the CBI "purposely" left out Tata, his group companies, Radia, and some others. The court has put up the matter for consideration on January 11.

The BJP Rajya Sabha MP has objected to private players being involved in setting up the infrastructure of the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) and told News18 that he will take up the matter in the Supreme Court.

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy today criticised the finance ministry alleging "lack of preparedness" in dealing with the demonetisation of two high-value currencies and said the ministry not being in loop of decision-making is "no excuse".

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has demanded constitution of a multi-agency SIT to probe allegations of "certain fraudulent transactions" in Air Asia levelled by Cyrus Mistry following his removal as chairman of the Tata Group.

"Allowing imports of cement from Pakistan, therefore, carried with it the additional risk in that it provides an effective cover for smuggling of contraband goods and harmful weapons and ammunition concealed in cement bags which comes in rakes and trucks, in the hands of disruptionist elements," he said.

Disgruntled and disheartened employees of AskMeBazaar who have been pushed to the wall have formed WhatsApp groups and are threatening the top management of AskMeBazaar with suicide if their dues are not cleared.

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy believes he will be a better Finance Minister than the incumbent Arun Jaitley.

"There are many pockets where there is weak preparedness at this moment. But we have time between now and then, and the government is extremely keen to address that (weakness)," Sikka said when asked about the preparedness for the launch.

The Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) is the special purpose vehicle that was formed under the previous UPA government to set up the information technology framework for rolling out the indirect tax regime that will replace a string of local levies.

Speaking to IBN7, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy in an interview conducted in Hindi with news channel's Bhupendra Chaubey endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's focus on development agenda.

When the rupee had plunged to a life-time low in 2013 and was in a free fall due to the US 'taper tantrums', India had mobilised USD 26 billion through foreign currency non-resident bank account (FCNR-B) deposits by offering a special swap window for banks. The three-year deposits will mature this month.

Swamy tweeted that the Finance Ministry admitted in an RTI reply that necessary security clearance was not obtained while setting up the GST Network (GSTN), which will deal with sensitive information.

The slump in oil prices last year is one of the factors that helped Indian economy notch up big gains by cutting its import bill and reining in inflation.

Sharpening his attack against GSTN, the company set up to create IT backbone for GST rollout, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy today said he will write to party president Amit Shah and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states to oppose its structure.

While Swamy has been critical of Rajan for not lowering interest rates earlier to boost growth, he has targeted CEA for his 2013 stand on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) wherein he had recommended to US government to act against India through WTO over its pharmaceutical IPR regulations.

The Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) is the special purpose vehicle that was formed under the previous UPA regime to set up the information technology backbone for rolling out the indirect tax regime that will replace myriad local levies.

"Arvind S called Namo a mediocre leader, efficient in riots & asked US to grill India in WTO for drug cos mkt access, is CEA! Tolerance!!," Swamy tweeted.

Urjit Patel's appointment as new RBI Governor appeared to have support of BJP MP Subramanian Swamy who had launched a series of attacks against the outgoing Governor Raghuram Rajan.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Swamy asked him to subject Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) to a "close second look" and "thorough scrutiny", questioning how a private entitity can be allowed access to "sensitive" information without security clearance.

"Snap judgements either by critics or supporters don't really matter. What matters is how these (measures) play out in the longer run for stronger and sustainable growth for the country, for job creation, movement into middle income (country)," he said while presenting his last bi-monthly monetary policy review.