A White Paper on a subject is issued by the government presumably to give a definitive view on it and inform the public of an important issue. The White Paper on black money does nothing of the sort. The Opposition had made a demand for it given the large number of scams that have been in the news. But the paper hardly deals with any of them. The Finance Minister in his preface admits that he is presenting “… this document now in response to an assurance given to the Parliament.”