500 Note Ban

Scrapping of high-value notes flushed out black money, eliminated fake notes, claims finance ministry

Detailing other benefits of demonetisation for the economy, the finance ministry said it has dealt a big blow to finances of terrorism and Left-wing extremism

One year of demonetisation: Onion farmers in Nashik district are struggling to survive in cashless economy

A year after the government replaced high-denomination currency notes with an aim to encourage a cashless economy, onion farmers in Nashik, India’s onion bowl, are finding themselves without money to make essential purchases.

Demonetisation-hit small, medium firms were limping back when GST added to the pain, say companies

Demonetisation has been blamed for an adverse impact on the economy in the short run, as its "benefits are yet to overtake" the costs, Ernst & Young said in a report

Demonetisation's negative impact on economy is not done yet, it will continue; be warned

Even an increase is govt spending is unlikely to boost GDP. There seems to be no end in sight yet for the demonetisation-induced pain

'Amartya Sen rushed in on demonetisation': Jagdish Bhagwati says he wasn't foolish enough to do so

Celebrated right-wing professor Jagdish M Bhagwati fired a fresh salvo against Nobel laureate and bête noire Amartya Sen.

Bank employees shouldered worst impact of demonetisation, very few compensated: Unions

The employees unions said the whole experience had left "a big scar in the minds of bankers"

One year of demonetisation: Narendra Modi tried to do an Indira Gandhi but ended up being another Morarji Desai

Indira Gandhi could make bank nationalisation the biggest plank of her Garibi Hatao slogan. But Narendra Modi failed to replicate it with demonetisation