(‘Note-Bandi: Demonetisation and India’s Elusive Chase for Black Money’ is an upcoming book from Oxford University Press dedicated to the “memory of Indian citizens who lost their lives due to demonetisation”). Excerpts from a chapter….
(‘Note-Bandi: Demonetisation and India’s Elusive Chase for Black Money’ is an upcoming book from Oxford University Press dedicated to the “memory of Indian citizens who lost their lives due to demonetisation”). Excerpts from the preface…
By Aparajita Gupta New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) When Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), cautioned the government against demonetisation, saying short-term economic costs would outweigh long-term benefits, he was…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The first three quarters of 2016 were going just great and smartphone players had raked in super profits right up to Diwali — then demonetisation caught them…
By Mohammed Shafeeq, Anand Singh, Bhavana Akella and Bappaditya Chatterjee New Delhi/Hyderabad/Bengaluru/Kolkata, Nov 5 (IANS) Large companies and bankers, employees and customers, as well as small and medium enterprises have all vented their anger at…
By Radhika Bhirani and Arundhuti Banerjee Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS) Sections of the Indian film and television which did business through banking channels remained largely on track after the November 8, 2016, demonetisation. But Bollywood’s…
By Rohit Vaid New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The backbone of India’s manufacturing sector — micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) — had not yet recovered from the demonetisation move when the Goods and Services…
By Bappaditya Chatterjee and Venkatachari Jagannathan Kolkata/Chennai, Nov 2 (IANS) As bank customers suffered by waiting in long queues to withdraw their money from November onwards last year, another group of people — bank employees…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Nov 1 (IANS) The adverse impact of demonetisation on the Indian economy would be transitory, according to global and domestic credit rating agencies. However, the current slowdown could partially be attributed…
By Sheikh Qayoom Jammu/Srinagar, Oct 30 (IANS) Demonetisation appears to have failed to meet two of its most hyped objectives in Jammu and Kashmir — dealing a severe blow to militancy and curbing fake money….
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Oct 30 (IANS) In India’s holiday capital, demonetisation crashed the party for the tourism and travel industry, rocking the coastal state’s gravy-boat. Goa’s tourism season begins in October as the winter…
By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 29 (IANS) The two main industries of Kerala, seafood and tourism, escaped the brunt of demonetisation, as did the information technology sector. But agriculture — rubber plantation in particular –…
By Vinod Behl Though the government’s radical measure of demonetisation has disrupted the economy and has hit the real estate sector — already reeling under prolonged slowdown — it will turn out to be a…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Oct 27 (IANS) It was a year when India’s realty sector was shaken to its foundation. A majority of the big, medium and small realtors across the country suffered from a…
By Biswajit Choudhury New Delhi Oct 23 (IANS) While the immediate impact of demonetisation was seen in the long queues outside ATMs and felt through acute cash shortage, its anniversary is an appropriate vantage point…