Financial Action Task Force
Weapons of Mass Destruction (Amendment) Bill
The Lok Sabha has passed the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022. The Bill has been passed to amend the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Pakistan to remain on Grey List of FATF
The Global anti-terrorism watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decided to maintain Pakistan into Grey List till June 2021 on February 25, 2021. Key Facts This decision by the FATF was taken in the light of country’s failure to fully ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Grey list trouble: Pakistan approves four FATF-related bills
The lower house of the Parliament of Pakistan unanimously passed four bills related to the tough conditions set by the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog FATF. Earlier, two such bills were passed in July and another one was ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Pakistan gets another extension on FATF Grey List despite failure to act against terror groups
During the 3rd & and the last Plenary and Working Groups Meeting of the Global anti-money laundering watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for the current FATF plenary year on 24th June 2020, Pakistan again managed to escape from entering the ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
22nd Financial Stability and Development Council meeting chaired by Finance Minister
On May 28, 2020, the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman chaired Financial Stability and Development Council meet. Highlights The meeting reviewed current domestic and global economic situation, financial vulnerabilities issues, liquidity of Micro financial institutions, Non-Banking Financial corporations, regulatory responses, ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Pakistan Sponsoring Terror: United Kingdom
During an interactive session at the Raisina Dialogue 2020, on Thursday 16th January 2020 the United Kingdom (UK) foreign and commonwealth office director for South Asia, Gareth Bayley on the context of Pakistan being on the edge of being blacklisted ..