Five Years After Demonetisation
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Demonetisation, GST and lockdown: How the Modi government has wrecked India’s small businesses
Each time, the citizens were expected to endure ‘momentary hardships’, purportedly to achieve what was said to be a ‘noble goal’.
Priya Dharshini, Ashish Kajla & Anirban Bhattacharya
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Five years on, India’s sex workers are yet to recover from demonetisation’s devastation
The stigmatised and marginalised group, which lacks access to formal banking, was one of the worst-hit following the note ban.
Veshya Anyay Mukti Parishad
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Demonetisation has given rise to a state unanswerable to citizens
Citizens were told that the government would do the best for them and they did need not understand the rationale behind the policy choice.
Atul Sood
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Five years after demonetisation, SC still to set up a bench to hear the petitions challenging it
In December 2016, the court had said the cases would be referred to a five-judge bench.
Umang Poddar
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Demonetisation caused Indians needless pain. Modi must accept moral responsibility for it
Five years later, the economy is still reeling under the shock.
Thomas Franco
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No country for young workers: How demonetisation has hurt a generation of Indians
They are not only being deprived of work but also of the opportunity to gain experience and create social capital.
Rosa Abraham & Anand Shrivastava
Video
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The spectacle of organised ignorance: Why Indians have chosen to forget the horror of demonetisation
It was a surgical strike on the country’s poorest. But it’s been almost eradicated from our memories.
Satyaki Roy
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Demonetisation left RBI’s reputation in tatters. What could future policy makers learn from this?
There must be consultation and greater co-ordination between the Reserve Bank as the regulator of money supply and the government as the sovereign.
TR Bhat
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No, demonetisation wasn’t a good idea, badly executed – it was a ridiculous idea from the start
The policy, which wreaked havoc on the lives of the poor, mistakenly conflated cash with black money.
Rohit Azad
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