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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· Oct 15, 2019 · 10:17 am

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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· Aug 02, 2019 · 09:28 am

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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· Apr 04, 2019 · 10:02 am

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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· Mar 27, 2019 · 10:19 am

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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· Mar 23, 2019 · 03:52 pm

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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· Mar 11, 2019 · 09:29 pm

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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· Feb 14, 2019 · 03:09 pm

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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· Jan 02, 2019 · 05:44 pm

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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· Dec 17, 2018 · 05:20 pm

Demonetisation: Centre says it has not studied or assessed economic impact of the decision

Minister of State for Finance P Radhakrishnan said this in response to a question asked in the Lok Sabha on the ‘after-effects’ of demonetisation.

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· Dec 14, 2018 · 03:38 pm

‘Demonetisation had no impact on black money,’ says outgoing Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat

The poll panel chief described social media as a potent threat to elections across the globe.

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· Dec 02, 2018 · 10:24 am

Demonetisation was a ‘massive, draconian, monetary shock’, says former chief economic advisor

In his upcoming book, ‘Of Counsel: The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy’, Subramanian says the informal sector had to bear substantial costs.

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· Nov 29, 2018 · 09:04 am