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  Digital transactions rising in unorganised sector: NITI Aayog member

  July 14, 2017 15:21 IST

  NITI Aayog member Saraswat said that there had been a slump in the economy following the demonetisation of high-value currency in November last year.

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  'Government looking for math tutor': Rahul Gandhi pokes fun at centre for delay in counting demonetised notes

  National | July 14, 2017 9:29 IST

  Rahul remarked that the government is looking for a math tutor and those interested should apply to the PMO at the earliest.

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  RBI still counting notes deposited after demonetisation, Urjit Patel tells Parliamentary panel

  July 12, 2017 23:58 IST

  RBI Governor Urjit Patel today refused to give the amount of demonetised notes deposited with banks saying they are still being counted.

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  Digital payments shoot up by 55 pc in 2016-17: NITI Aayog

  July 04, 2017 14:10 IST

  According to NITI Aayog, this steep rise in a single year is in sharp contrast to the 28 per cent increase over a five-year period ending 2015-16.

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  Demonetisation: SC asks centre to consider giving ‘people with genuine reasons’ another chance to deposit old notes

  July 04, 2017 12:49 IST

  "One cannot make people suffer if they have genuine reasons, they should be allowed to deposit old notes", the SC said.

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  RBI to launch new Rs 500 notes, old currency introduced after demonetisation to stay

  June 13, 2017 15:16 IST

  The new batch of Rs 500 notes will be in circulation along with the notes introduced after Centre's demonetisation announcement in November last year.

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  Revised returns under I-T scanner, spike in income post demonetisation may invite scrutiny

  June 09, 2017 14:09 IST

  Officials believe that a higher revised income could indicate hidden non-tax paid incomes or unaccounted cash from previous years being disguised as a rise in sales

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  Manmohan Singh targets Centre on demonetisation, says shock move slowed down economic growth

  National | June 06, 2017 18:44 IST

  'Private sector investment has collapsed and the economy is running on just one engine of public spending,' Singh said at the CWC meeting, chaired by Congress President Sonia Gandhi

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  Opposition tears into Modi government over falling GDP

  National | June 01, 2017 20:21 IST

  Leading the attack over "falling GDP", Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi accused the Modi-led NDA government of using diversionary ploys.

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  Had correctly predicted economy to slow down as a result of demonetisation, says P Chidambaram

  National | June 01, 2017 14:19 IST

  Chidamabaram’s comments came after the GDP growth for the fourth quarter, ending March this year, fell sharply to 6.1 per cent from seven per cent in the previous quarter.

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  Corruption, terrorism flourishing after demonetisation, says Sitaram Yechury

  National | May 09, 2017 13:44 IST

  Slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his ”demonetisation” move, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury today said that corruption, black money and terrorism which the PM sought to end, were flourishing after the note ban.

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  'Reasonable amount' of new Rs 500, Rs 2000 notes was kept ready before demonetisation, RBI tells Parl panel

  April 27, 2017 19:24 IST

  Reserve Bank of India had kept ready a reasonable stock of new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes before the announcement of demonetisation on November 8 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Urjit Patel has told a Parliamentary Committee.

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  Finally! Demonetisation-themed film hits the cinemas with six cuts

  Bollywood | April 22, 2017 10:08 IST

  Shunyota, the film on demonetisation which had been stalled by the censor board regional office, finally released yesterday with six cuts.

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  Digital payments up nearly 23-fold since demonetisation: NITI Aayog

  April 14, 2017 11:44 IST

  The number of Aadhaar-enabled payments also increased from 2.5 crore in November 2016 to over five crore in March 2017.

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  RBI still calculating currency that returned post-note ban: Jaitley

  April 11, 2017 16:56 IST

  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is still calculating and taking stock of the currency that was returned to banks post demonetisation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday.

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  SC to hear pleas on demonetisation issue post summer vacation

  India | April 11, 2017 14:00 IST

  The Centre had recently informed the apex court that it has taken a "conscious decision" not to extend the period beyond December 30 last year for exchanging the demonetised currency notes.

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  People are sending demonetised notes abroad by courier. Read why

  India | April 09, 2017 10:44 IST

  Customs officials have registered a few cases, where demonetised banknotes were sent abroad by courier, and seized over Rs 1 lakh in such notes.

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  No grace period to exchange demonetised notes, Govt tells SC

  April 08, 2017 11:26 IST

  The government would not extend the period to exchange demonetised currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 will be granted, the Supreme Court was informed on Friday.

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  EVM row: Has the opposition learnt no lessons from the demonetisation debacle?

  National | April 05, 2017 22:09 IST

  In scenes that drew sharp resemblance to the uproar over the government’s demonetisation decision, Opposition parties today disrupted proceedings in the Rajya Sabha over alleged tampering of EVMs to favour the ruling BJP.

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  Will audit demonetisation fallout, says CAG Shashi Kant Sharma

  March 26, 2017 12:42 IST

  CAG plans to audit the impact of note ban and the affect it has had on government tax revenues, Shashi Kant Sharma said.