Five years after the demonetisation, currency notes in circulation continue to rise albeit at a slower pace even as digital payments surge with more and more people embracing cashless payment modes
Former RBI governor D Subbarao on Monday said there is a strong motivation for the central bank to launch a digital currency and cash is going to coexist with the new-age currency
The most foolish decision of central government yet was refusal to give cash doles to the poorest 20-25 per cent of the country's population during the pandemic, P Chidambaram said on Thursday
While India has a highly under-penetrated formal credit market, it has a very large informal credit market.
A BS analysis shows that a crisis leads to a higher demand for money, which is complemented by an increase in currency in circulation
Banknotes in circulation witnessed higher than average increase during 2020-21
The court directed PMC bank to decide afresh about the applications of depositors seeking money for the medical and educational emergencies
Digital payments in the country have witnessed a growth (CAGR) of 61 per cent, it said
Votes-for-notes no longer only means blandishments of cash and goodies for fence-sitting voters
Police is probing the role of some of the employees of the cash delivery company in the theft
The bank said the reports of death of cash are not just exaggerated but also unfounded
A case was registered at Maurya Enclave police station and an investigation was launched
This would make it harder for criminals to misuse customers' accounts by 'protecting them from card skimming'
Home Ministry officials said there has not been enough money in circulation
SBI has staked its claim over the money saying it was being transported by them from one currency chest to another