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  Nepal writes to RBI to declare banned new Indian currency notes legal

  World | January 06, 2019 19:13 IST

  Nepal has asked the RBI to declare newly circulated Indian currency notes of denominations higher than Rs 100 legal tender in the country, according to media report on Sunday.

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  PM Modi's interview on demonetisation: 'Note ban was not a shock, had warned people against black money in advance'

  Business | January 01, 2019 23:39 IST

  PM Modi said that demonetisation has created an atmosphere of honesty and has expanded the tax net, while reducing the circulation of the currency.

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  Nepal bans usage of Indian currency notes of Rs 2,000, Rs 500, Rs 200

  World | December 14, 2018 9:49 IST

  The decision was announced by Nepal government's spokesperson and Minister for Information and Communications Gokul Prasad Baskota.

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  Half of direct tax collections netted; high growth clocked post demonetisation: CBDT

  Business | December 03, 2018 20:01 IST

  The report said the department has till now (updated till November 15) made a gross collection of Rs 6.63 lakh crore in the direct taxes kitty this fiscal.

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  ‘PM Modi, Vasundhara Raje will have to take 100 births to become Nehru’: Ashok Gehlot

  India | December 02, 2018 14:19 IST

  Slamming the Centre over demonetisation, Gehlot said it was a black chapter and prime minister "shattered" the country's economy.

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  ‘Demonetisation’ was targeted against corrupt people, not elite: Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar

  Business | November 30, 2018 18:16 IST

  “I have seen a report which quoted Subramanian as saying that demonetisation was against elite. I don’t know why he used the word elite. It was a step against those who are corrupt and had stored ill-gotten wealth,” Rajiv Kumar said.

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  PM Modi in Jhabua rally: 'Used bitter medicine of demonetisation to treat corruption'

  November 20, 2018 13:55 IST

  Addressing an election rally in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh, PM Modi described demonetisation as 'bitter medicine' which his government used to bring back black money into banks.

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  'Demonetisation highly ethical move, not political': Arun Jaitley responds to Rahul Gandhi's charges

  India | November 17, 2018 14:28 IST

    Speaking to reporters after releasing BJP's manifesto in Bhopal ahead of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections, Jaitley said that demonetisation has increased the tax return filings and also increased the revenue of the states and the Centre immensely.

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  PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi exchange angry ‘notes’ over note-ban at poll rallies in MP, Chhattisgarh

  Elections | November 16, 2018 23:46 IST

  Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "robbing" the hard-earned money of the poor and giving it to a few rich.

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  CAG 'deliberately delaying' report on Rafale fighter jet deal, demonetisation: Ex-bureaucrats

  India | November 13, 2018 14:50 IST

  In a letter, they said there was concern over the "unconscionable" and "unwarranted delay" in bringing out the audit reports on demonetisation and the Rafale fighter jet deal, and the reports should be tabled before Parliament in the Winter Session.   

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  Govt desperately eyeing RBI reserves after demonetisation catastrophe: P Chidambaram

  India | November 11, 2018 16:10 IST

  "By any account demonetisation was a catastrophe, an ingenious officially blessed money laundering exercise", Chidambaram said.

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  India's economic growth held back due to demonetisation, GST: Raghuram Rajan

  Business | November 10, 2018 19:11 IST

  Addressing an audience at the University of California in Berkley on Friday, Rajan said for four years -- 2012 to 2016 -- India was growing at a faster pace before it was hit by two major headwinds.

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  2 years of DeMo: Opposition continues its tirade against BJP, calls it 'the biggest scam'

  India | November 09, 2018 23:27 IST

  Taking a swipe at Modi, Rahul said the demonetisation had caused great destruction of economy and rendered many people jobless.

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  Congress protests against demonetisation in Punjab, Haryana

  India | November 09, 2018 15:58 IST

  They raised slogans against the Centre describing the exercise as an "anti-people" decision.

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  2 years of DeMo: Jaitley staunchly defends move, Rahul Gandhi calls it 'carefully planned criminal financial scam'

  India | November 09, 2018 0:05 IST

  Terming the criticism, that almost the entire cash money got deposited in the banks post demonetisation, as 'ill-informed', Jaitley said confiscation of currency was not an objective of demonetisation.

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  2 years of demonetisation: BJP slams Congress for criticising note ban, puts up 10 questions

  National | November 08, 2018 13:24 IST

  'Why does Congress find merit in protesting against every anti-corruption measure of the Government of India? What do they fear?'

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  2 years of demonetisation: Arun Jaitley praises note ban, says it led to formalisation of economy

  India | November 08, 2018 14:34 IST

  Jaitley pointed out that confiscation of currency was not an objective of Demonetisation, adding getting it into the formal economy and making the holders pay tax was the broader objective.

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  RBI Governor to brief Parliamentary panel for third time on govt's demonetisation move, impact on November 12

  India | October 28, 2018 20:21 IST

  The government had scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on November 8, 2016 and announced issuance of new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes.   

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  Growth in India projected to accelerate to 7.3 per cent in 2018-19 fiscal: World Bank

  Business | October 07, 2018 22:52 IST

  Growth reached 6.7 per cent in fiscal year 2017/18, with a significant acceleration in recent months, it said.

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  RBI tweak norms for exchange of torn currency

  India | September 07, 2018 20:46 IST

  Post demonetisation in November 2016, the Reserve Bank has introduced Rs 200 and Rs 2,000 notes. Besides, it came out with smaller notes of Rs 10, Rs 20, Rs 50, Rs 100 and Rs 500.