Note Demonetisation
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Celebrating demonetisation is like cutting a cake on a victim’s grave, says Shiv Sena
The party also called the Centre’s 2016 note ban move a ‘black chapter’ in India’s history.
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Demonetisation helped ‘crony capitalist friends’, claims Gandhi; PM calls it ‘boost to transparency’
The Congress is observing the fourth anniversary of demonetisation as ‘Vishwasghaat Diwas [Betrayal Day]’.
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Demonetisation: Sonia Gandhi says Congress will ensure India does not forget ‘Tughlaki blunder’
Former Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg suggested that Rs 2,000 notes can be demonetised as a large chunk of them were not in circulation.
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RBI reveals no Rs 2,000 note printed this year as NIA says high quality fake currency has resurfaced
The move to print fewer Rs 2,000 notes is seen as an attempt to prevent hoarding of the high-value currency and curb black money.
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Demonetisation showed fake currency was a myth, says Bombay High Court
The court asked the Reserve Bank of India why it felt the need to constantly change the sizes and features of currency notes and coins.
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Number of taxpayers who didn’t file returns jumped 10 times in demonetisation year: Indian Express
The number of stop filers may have increased to 88 lakh in 2016-’17 because of a fall in economic activity, officials told the newspaper.
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Video
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Watch: Water leaks from surface above seats inside SpiceJet plane flying from Mumbai to Jabalpur
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Watch: Roadside shop collapses into river during flash flood in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh
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Watch: Pregnant woman carried on a cot across river in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul to reach hospital
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Opposition allege fraud during demonetisation, release video of alleged BJP worker exchanging notes
Opposition leaders have, however, not authenticated the video and claimed it was filmed by journalists from a news portal called Tricolour News Network World.
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Cash in circulation has jumped by 19.14% since days before demonetisation: Indian Express
The currency in circulation rose from Rs 17.97 lakh crore in early November 2016 to Rs 21.41 lakh crore this month.
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Demonetisation: RBI meeting minutes exposes Centre’s ‘incompetence’, claims Congress
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the note ban destroyed the lives of millions and that the people would deliver the verdict in the polls.
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Demonetisation: No information on deaths related to note ban, says PMO
In December 2018, Union minister Arun Jaitley had informed Rajya Sabha that four people had died ‘during the period of demonetisation’.
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Demonetised notes worth Rs 40 lakh offered by Vaishno Devi pilgrims between 2017 and 2018: HT
In the first month of demonetisation, the devotees offered Rs 1.90 crore in the scrapped banknotes, the shrine board said.
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Disclose data on how many Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes were issued, orders Chief Information Commission
The RBI’s subsidiary, Bhartiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Limited, had said such a disclosure could lead to ‘economic chaos’.
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