Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill gets Presidentâs nod
President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave his assent to the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018, which will prevent offenders from evading legal process and fleeing the country. A fugitive economic offender is one against whom an arrest warrant is issued for economic offences of â¹100 crore and above. Further, the offender should have left India to avoid criminal prosecution.