Demonetisation Anniversary

Demonetisation Anniversary updates: Govt now wants to eat into RBI's reserves, seeks to step up expenditure in election year

Demonetisation Anniversary LIVE updates: Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram on Thursday called demonetisation an "ingeniously designed official money laundering scheme".

Demonetisation was an 'unmitigated disaster', says former banker Meera Sanyal

The PM's promise that Demonetisation would eradicate corruption was undoubtedly one of the main reasons for the initial goodwill towards Demonetisation from the very poor, despite the hardships it inflicted on them. Sadly, however, this promise too was belied, Meera Sanyal wrote in a book.

Hard lessons from demonetisation: Try a long-term way to combat black money, avoid Bollywood-style hold-ups

One thing that can indeed be said with certainty is that the effort by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November 2016 was a gamble.

Demonetisation anniversary: A political thriller turns two; for a struggling economy, its costs have far outweighed the gains

Two years ago, on this day, Modi launched demonetisation with three core objectives to begin with--terminating black money in cash, killing fake currency and putting an end to cash-based corruption.

Two years of demonetisation: Manmohan Singh calls scheme 'ill-fated'; Arun Jaitley says it resulted in 'better quality of life'

Narendra Modi launched demonetisation in 2016 with three objectives — terminating black money in cash, killing fake currency and put an end to cash-based corruption. Political leaders across the spectrum responded to the scheme completing two years of implementation on Thursday.

Demonetisation dealt a body blow to agriculture; govt should find holistic solution to farmer debt issue

The demonetisation was announced at a time when the farmers had just harvested or were about to harvest with an expectation of returns that would also allow a better rabi season, compared with 2015-16

Govt's war on black money will not be complete unless tax evasion by big corporates is curbed

Lowering the threshold for subsidiaries of MNCs located in India to report their data on a country-by-country basis to Indian tax authorities, and enacting the Beneficial Ownership of Companies Bill will help curb corporate tax evasion

Demonetisation anniversary: Opposition observes ‘black day’, stages protests across India

Opposition parties on Wednesday called for street protests to mark the first anniversary of demonetisation, which they observed it as the day of protest

Congress, BJP workers brawl in Raipur as demonetisation protest turns violent; six policemen injured

Workers of the the Congress and BJP clashed today during a protest on the first anniversary of demonetisation, injuring six police personnel.

After Manmohan Singh criticises demonetisation, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says Congress forcing former PM to speak against note ban

Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday launched an attack on the Congress, alleging that it was forcing former prime minister Manmohan Singh by putting words into his mouth on the demonetisation issue.