It said the maximum punishment against corrupt will be substantially increased.
In a press statement after a meeting between Baba Ramdev and senior ministers on Friday, a PMO statement said the Centre is open to the idea of more special courts to speed up trial of corruption cases.
The Yoga Guru has begun his strike in the National capital. A lot of people have joined the strike. The statement said a committee was already in place to suggest how to strengthen existing laws relating to black money. It said the committee would examine the measures to strengthen the existing legal and administrative framework to deal with the menace of generation of black money through illegal means. The statement also said a point-by-point response had been given to the demands made by Baba Ramdev.
On the demand to enact public services delivery legislation, the statement said the Centre is prepared to introduce the Bill in Parliament at the earliest. The Government will encourage the states to adopt the model Bill to improve the quality and timely delivery of public services.
On the land acquisition issue, the Centre said it was committed to wide public consultations on the amendments to the act related to the issue. The statement dwelt extensively on the black money issue and said the legal framework was being regulated by the Reserve Bank of India for the opening of bank accounts overseas by Indian residents.
It also said that ill-gotten wealth stashed abroad could be recovered through Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, which India has already signed with 26 countries.