The manner in which the Indian government, across political formations, deals with large financial frauds is a wonderland that would stump Lewis Carroll himself. Take the example of Sahara and Pancard Club or even PACL. After the death of Sahara founder Subrata Roy on 14th November, the government has quickly begun to explore the possibility of transferring funds with the market regulator to the Consolidated Fund of India (CFI).
Depositors of the Sahara group credit cooperative societies - Sahara Credit Cooperative Society Ltd, Saharayn Universal Multipurpose Society Ltd, Humara India Credit Cooperative Society Ltd and Stars Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd, can submit claims for refund on the new portal set up by the Union ministry of cooperation, the Lok Sabha was informed.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed an application filed by the Union government seeking Rs5,000 crore allocation to pay back to the depositors out of Rs24,000 crore deposited by Sahara group with market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).