demonetisation
- Hyderabad News
When British India carried out demonetisation in 1946, Seventh Nizam had $ 3 million worth notes
Mohammed Najeeb Shahzore Kuwait: Exactly 70 years before the Indian demonetization act of 2016, on January 12, 1946, the Viceroy and Governor General of India, Sir Archibald Wavell, promulgated the High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation)…
- India
Unemployment high due to BJP’s ‘ill considered’ demonetisation: Manmohan Singh
Thiruvananthapuram: Attacking the Centre, former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said unemployment is high in the country and its informal sector is in shambles following the “ill considered demonetisation decision” taken…
- India
Celebrating note ban akin to cut cakes on victims’ graves: Sena
Mumbai: In a caustic attack on the BJP, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday said “celebrating” the fourth anniversary of demonetisation because of which many people “committed suicide” and businesses destroyed, is akin to…
- News
Indian Economy akin to patient in ICU: Ex FM Chidambaram
Daneesh Majid Hyderabad: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram pulled no punches in describing the new Union Budget as detrimental towards investors, consumers and the poor. He reiterated the former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind…
- News
Another demonetization: Small firms avoiding Rs 2000 notes
BENGALURU: Rumors and misinformation of demonetization of Rs. 2000 notes is doing rounds on social media. There have been reports that many small firms and organizations advising their cashiers to not accept…
- Stock Market
Demonetisation, GST forced youth to join labour workforce
Mumbai: The share of workforce in the 18-30 age bracket has begun to rise in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the wake of demonetisation and the rollout…
- Business
Slowdown Blues in India
SGB fixed at Rs.3,890/gram The issue price for the next subscription period for Sovereign Gold Bonds 2019-20 has been fixed at Rs.3,890 per gram with Settlement on September, 2019. As per the…
- Crime and Accident
Pune: 3 held with demonetised currency worth over Rs 1 cr
Pune: Three people were arrested on Wednesday after demonetised currency with face value of over Rs crore was recovered from their possession, police said. According to Pune rural police, one accused in…
- Elections
The new India for you – full of hatred, bigotry, violence and blindness
NEW DELHI: The fact that PM Modi has hopes of winning tomorrow even after the disasters of unemployment, demonetisation, lynchings and fuel prices is because of one reason, The Indian voters. A…
- News
Rajasthan mulls removing ‘demonetisation’ from school textbooks, as it brought no benefit to nation
ARCHANA SHARMA Jaipur: The Rajasthan government is reportedly planning to remove all references about demonetisation, as well as editing the profile of RSS icon Vinayak Savarkar, from textbooks of the state board…
- News
Modi’s 5 years has left economy in ‘dire straits’: Former PM
NEW DELHI: Two-time Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said that his successor Narendra Modi’s five-year rule has been “most traumatic and devastating.” “Five years of Modi Government is a sad story…
- Politics
‘Jo Ram ka na hua, woh desh ka kya hoga’: Acharya Pramod Krishnam
Lucknow: With a long white flowing beard, white robes and a red tilak on the forehead, Acharya Pramod Krishnam looks more like a godman and less like a politician, who is set…
- Politics
‘Might send gifts, but won’t give single vote’: Mamata’s reply to PM Modi
NEW DELHI: In an apparent reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s revelation that Mamata Banerjee sends him kurtas and sweets every year, the West Bengal chief minister on Wednesday said that she…
- News
50 lakh jobs lost after demonetisation: Report
New Delhi: Nearly 50 lakh people in India lost their jobs between 2016-2018, a report said highlighting that the “beginning of the decline” coincided with demonetisation, although “no direct causal relationship could…
- News
Jobs, corruption, taxing: Did PM Modi fulfil his economic promises?
MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power five years ago on a business-friendly manifesto that promised to shake up Asia’s third-largest economy and boost employment. As Modi, 68, seeks a second…
- India
World considers Modi a ‘Feku’, says Raj Thackeray
Mumbai: In a stinging attack, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known as a “Feku” (fibber) the world over for his penchant of…
- Top Stories
IT denies reports, facts state ’88 lakh tax filers avoided filing returns during Demonetization’
Mumbai: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Thursday denied having a word called ‘Stop Filers’ in its glossary and said it does not maintain any database of ‘Stop Filers’ in…
- India
Demonetisation had phenomenal impact on widening tax base, direct tax collections: CBDT
New Delhi: The Income tax department on Thursday claimed certain news items in a section of media regarding spike in the income tax “stop filers” could be due to loss of jobs…
- Hyderabad News
Rahul attacks KCR for supporting GST, demonetisation
Zahirabad: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Good and…
- Business
Popularity of ‘Modi Jacket’ drastically falls ahead of 2019 polls
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, the popularity of the ‘Modi jacket’ worn by Prime Minister has a drastic fall. According to garments traders in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, the vest-like…
- Business
Here’s how a new Ordinance to regulate deposit impacts you
NEW DELHI: Last week, just few months ahead of the general assembly elections 2019, the Modi-led government has issued the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Ordinance, 2019 to prevent chit fund scams…
- India
MSMEs created 2.46 lakh more jobs post-demonetisation, GST: Survey
Mumbai: India’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector not only survived demonetisation but created 246,416 more jobs than those which existed before it was implemented, a recent survey released by the…
- News
2 years after demonetisation, Gujarat police seizes Rs 3.5 crore in old currency
Navsari: Police on Sunday seized Rs 3.5 crore in demonetised currency from a village in Bilimora. Four people have been arrested in this regard. This comes over two years after Demonetisation. Prime…
- News
Let’s have another round of demonetisation: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Taking a swipe at the government, Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday alleged the NDA government while “revising upwards” the GDP growth rates had inadvertently also…
- News
Demonetisation a mega scam, unemployment at highest since independence; Arvind Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday took a jibe at the central government calling demonetisation a “mega scam” and said that unemployment was at its highest since independence. Taking…
- India
Demonetisation struck at root of parallel black economy: President
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday lauded the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government’s demonetization move and said that it had “struck at the very root” of the country’s parallel…
- India
PM Modi is the symbol of hatred: Rahul
Rae Bareli: Escalating his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday described him as the “symbol of hatred” and said nobody can stop us from removing him…
- Politics
Leave the party “if not like it”: BJP to Shatrughan
NEW DLEHI: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shatrughan Sinha was on Tuesday advised to leave the party “if he does not like it.” The advice came from Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and senior…
- Business
World Bank pegs India’s growth rate at 7.3 pc for current fiscal
Washington: India’s growth rate is expected to accelerate to 7.3 percent during the current financial year ending March 2019, the World Bank has said. “India is forecast to accelerate to 7.3 percent…
- News
Govt has ‘more than adequate’ Rs. 2000 notes: Subhash Chandra Garg
New Delhi: Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg on Friday asserted that the government there was “no decision” on printing Rs. 2,000 notes as there are “more than adequate” in the system.…
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