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Currency back in circulation at 91%, digital payments up but fluctuating; cashless economy a long way off

The number and value of digital payments has increased compared with the pre-demonetisation level, but by varying extents each month.

Demonetisation anniversary: Why nobody is entirely right on note ban benefits and why debate will never end

The debate about whether demonetisation was good or bad will never end because positions taken on it have less to do with economics/ facts/ logic and more to do with whether one idolises or demonises Narendra Modi

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.

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