The information had been given by HSBC itself following negotiations between the bank and Indian Income-Tax authorities.

New Delhi: A Delhi-based newspaper on Monday revealed names of Indians holding black money accounts abroad.

The list includes names of businessmen, politicians and their families.

This revelation comes ahead of the government’s decision to reveal names of 60 Indians and entities holding black money accounts as reported in the HSBC bank’s Geneva branch list.

Armed with information received about its citizens holding secret accounts in Swiss banks, India has been seeking details from Switzerland, but most of these requests were being stonewalled by the European nation on the ground of those being based on stolen data.

Here’s the list published by The Indian Express newspaper on Monday: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/the-list-whos-who-how-much/