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Not necessarily. Phrases like concrete information and set procedure dont really set the terms for real cooperation. It cannot be the case that,in order to accuse a person of tax evasion,you must first discover every detail of the evaded money; that would put the cart before the horse. You cannot ask first for clinching proof of perfidy,and only then open vaults to sunlight. The UBS-US deal,too,was more in the nature of a one-off compromise rather than a set of lasting commitments. But at no point should we in India get the sense that our government is using Swiss recalcitrance as a crutch. The case that Indian citizens are breaching OECD-style regulations should be effectively and unrelentingly made to the Swiss. Laziness in doing that is unforgivable.

Given that Swiss secrecy laws provide the competitive advantage that runs its mammoth banking industry,the Swiss are unlikely to relent easily they even threatened UBS if it complied with the US courts. India must learn from the United States tactics that resulted in UBS capitulating,but cannot confine itself to that outcome alone. Keep the larger picture in mind: what we need is not just names,but an end to the culture of money protected by dark vaults and darker laws.