Page 13 - Demonetisation

Two crore people have lost jobs due to demonetisation, GST: Congress leader

The Congress leader attacked the government for not implementing the Street Vendors Act, 2014, affecting the small traders and daily income earners

2017: A year of troublesome twins

These are likely to continue to be challenges for the economy in the coming year

Demand-supply shock debate divides economists

Was demonetisation a demand-side shock to the system?

Rajan's note advising against note ban should be made public: Montek Singh

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, talks about note ban, GST, jobs, the bullet train and more

New shoes bite initially: Pradhan on GST, demonetisation

Unnecessarily an atmosphere is being created that demonetisation, GST had curtailed job opportunities: Dharmendra Pradhan

66 machines being used for counting demonetised notes: RBI

A global tender has been floated for the procurement of new Currency Verification and Processing machines

Demonetised Diwali for wholesale traders

Diwali sales at a five-year low

GST, demonetisation having desired impact: Jaitley

Before demonetisation, Indian norm was to live with a high cash economy, not paying taxes: Jaitley

Year after demonetisation: Cash remains king in Goa ahead of tourist season

If sales do not pick up, many may have to cut down on staff, as many restaurants did last year

Demonetisation killed people in ATM queues, put India in doldrums: Manmohan

Manmohan Singh said he believed that demonetisation was not an appropriate response to the black money menace

Now, PM shares a film on note ban

New Delhi, 8 NovemberOn Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter account featured a seven-minute movie touting the benefits of the decision announced by him last year to withdraw 86 per cent of the then currency from circulation.This was a day after the PM's official account tweeted a number of infographics on how the country had benefited from the move.The short film, titled Notebandi: Gareebo ke liye, imaandaaro ke saath (Noteban: For the poor, with the honest), portrayed India as a nation ravaged by corruption, undisclosed earnings and terrorism, with Modi as the honest protagonist whose government has tirelessly worked to eradicate all these evils.The narrator even compares the government's efforts to Arjuna in the Mahabharata. "We focused on the target like Arjuna and did not care for the smaller inconveniences," the narrator says in Hindi.The government has gone on a publicity blitz to mark November 8, a year after the demonetisation announcement, as 'Anti-Black Money ..

Gujarat polls rally: Rahul calls demonetisation a money laundering scheme

Rahul also raked up the issue of BJP president Amit Shah's son Jay Shah's company

PM Modi used demonetisation to help crony capitalist friends: Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi said the Rafale fighter jet deal was also a scam to help one of Modi's crony capitalist friends

PM Modi destroyed economy with two 'torpedoes' - note ban and GST: Rahul

Gandhi said while the economy was able to withstand the "torpedo" of note ban, it could not withstand the one of GST.

Govt, Opposition see it in black and white

Rahul Gandhi interacted with traders in Surat, took part in a candlelight vigil and also took to social media to criticise demonetisation

'Bridge' between AAP, Congress

The Congress is also upset that the AAP is contesting the Gujarat Assembly polls

Documents show Naxal activities didn't suffer following demonetisation

Jantana sarkar, a small Maoist group working in Naxal prone Abujhmadh, has successfully converted the old notes of Rs 2 lakh after demonetisation

As note ban impact fades, NBFC-MFI portfolio improves

The sector witnessed a 24 per cent growth in gross loan portfolio to Rs 38,288 crore, year-on-year

Chidambaram asks government to make cabinet note on demonetisation public

Naidu had said that demonetisation was aimed at bringing in accountability and money had to come to the bank and it happened.

SFIO to probe 18 firms over suspicious transactions after demonetisation

Cash deposits over Rs 17,000 cr were made and later withdrawn post demonetisation by as many as 35,000 firms that were later deregistered