Country will never forget 'pain' of demonetisation: Rahul Gandhi
India | May 31, 2022 15:59 ISTCongress leader Rahul Gandhi said in 2016, there was Rs 18 lakh crore 'cash in circulation', and now there is Rs 31 lakh crore 'cash in circulation.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in 2016, there was Rs 18 lakh crore 'cash in circulation', and now there is Rs 31 lakh crore 'cash in circulation.
Demonetisation was announced by the Centre on November 8, 2016, after which existing notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 were banned across the country.
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As the nation witnesses 5 years of demonetisation, here is a fact check on the success of the decision that shocked the nation.
On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on national television his government's decision to ban all currency notes of higher denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 from midnight on the same day.
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The RBI on Tuesday asked banks to preserve the CCTV recordings of their branches and currency chests from November 8, 2016, to December 30, 2016, till further orders with a view to assisting the enforcement agencies to take actions against persons involved in illegal activities during the demonetisation period.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to alleged injustice on the part of the central government and compared the new vaccine policy to demonetisation.
During the interaction with the students of St. Teresa's College in Kochi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that as the economy collapsed due to COVID-19 pandemic, Centre is forcibly taking money from common people to run the government.
Manmohan Singh said that unemployment is high in the country and its informal sector is in shambles due to the Centre's demonetisation decision in 2016.
Is the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) planning to ban ₹5, ₹10, and ₹100 notes in the country? Ever since India announced the demonetization of ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes in the year 2016, there has been similar speculation about other denominations every now and then. Recently, a report claimed that the central bank was banning ₹5, ₹10, and ₹100 notes and that they won't be in circulation from March 2021. But how true is it?
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government and said the central government has attacked the country's unorganized economy in the last six years attempting to turn people into slaves.
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Former Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa has said that after demonetization in 2016, the Indian Air Force (IAF) transported 625 tonnes of new currency notes to various parts of the country.
Attacking the government over the issue of the National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said these exercises will be more disastrous than the note ban in November 2016.
Attacking the government, Kanhaiya said that it is not only a question of granting citizenship but it is a question of those who have been living in this country for decades. How will those poor people prove their citizenship?
The subject came up for discussion at the meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance last week. But what was meant as one-off mention soon became a full-blown issue with several members terming the move as bad for the economy.
Days after the third anniversary of the demonetization of high-value currency notes, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for committing the 'blunder' and not taking any responsibility for it
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