PMLA rules: Cash deal limit may be reduced to curb money laundering

Present limit of Rs 1 million to be lowered substantially to curb money laundering

Shrimi Choudhary  |  Mumbai 

The Centre is planning to tighten the anti-money laundering rules pertaining to the “reporting and maintenance of record” by mandating reporting entities to furnish information of entities dealing in cash above a certain amount, a move to curb money laundering.

Under the current Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) rules, such reporting is required for all cash transactions of value exceeding Rs 1 million, all cross-border wire transfers of more than Rs 500,000, and all purchase and sale of immovable property of Rs 5 million or more. Sources say the cash ...

First Published: Wed, January 10 2018. 01:39 IST