Tag: Demonetisation
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50 lakh jobs lost after demonetisation, youth, women worst hit: Report
Earlier in February, the National Sample Survey Office’s (NSSO’s) periodic labour force survey (PLFS) had stated that India’s unemployment rate hit a 45-year high of 6.1 per cent in 2017.
April 17, 2019 -
The battle against black money
While tainted money and corruption cant be completely eradicated, the present dispensation has been zealously pursuing policies to minimise them
January 24, 2019 -
PM Modi rules out ordinance on Ram temple at Ayodhya
In an interview, the PM also speaks about Rafale deal, surgical strikes, triple talaq, Sabarimala, demonetisation, GST and his party's chances in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections
January 2, 2019 -
Congress calls PM Modi interview ‘monologue’, BJP hits back
Congress calls the interview a "monologue" with "full of jumla"; BJP says PM Modi demolished the “motivated agenda” of Opposition parties with this comprehensive interview on the New Year Day
January 1, 2019 -
Real Estate GST rates: Decoding recent clarifications by GST Council
What is still missing in the real estate market is the intention of builders to pass on the benefit of the lower cost to the consumer. On December 8, the GST Council issued a notification seeking to address this very concern
December 28, 2018 -
PM Modi a ‘hollow man’ spending ‘tonnes of money’ to win polls: Chandrababu Naidu
Naidu also released a 'white paper' on 'implementation' of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 and the 'connected assurances', in AP capital Amaravati, targeting primarily the PM.
December 24, 2018 -
Banks and No Banking
In the event, the singular achievement is the five-day break ~ or nearly so ~ in the season of jollity. It beggars belief that for all the proud boasts of growth and development, the country has to make do without banking for close to a week. That very thought would be anathema in any civilised society.
December 23, 2018 -
‘PM Modi taught me what not to do’: Rahul Gandhi lauds party workers for states win
Congress President Rahul Gandhi also thanked the outgoing chief ministers of the BJP-ruled states for the work they did among the masses.
December 11, 2018 -
Note ban a ‘draconian, monetary shock’: Ex-chief economic adviser breaks silence
Referring to the BJP's victory in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, shortly after demonetisation, he says it was widely seen as a verdict on the note ban.
November 29, 2018 -
Mamata slams PM at Purulia traders meet
In an attempt to woo non-Bengali speaking community, CM criticised demonetisation saying it was detrimental for small business.
November 28, 2018 -
Institutions in crisis-I
The festive season is over. We are into a remarkably long election season with five State elections which will culminate in the Grand Battle of the Ballot in 2019. The Government made a fervent pitch for return to simultaneous elections at multiple levels across the country. Though a 1983-vintage suggestion of the Election Commission of …
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November 24, 2018 -
Chhattisgarh Assembly polls 2018: Rahul dares Modi to speak up on Rafale, promises farm loan waiver
Ridiculing Modi for his assertions of being the country's "chowkidar" (watchman), Gandhi said the entire country knows the "chowkidar has turned into a thief".
November 17, 2018 -
Modi govt ‘planning demonetisation part-II’ to help its ‘crony friends’: Congress on RBI row
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi claimed the Modi government earned a windfall gain of Rs. 12 lakh crore in the past four years through heavy taxation on petrol and diesel.
November 13, 2018 -
Youth Congress members protesting outside RBI office against demonetisation detained
The security forces forcibly took the protesters, who were accompanied by senior party leaders, to the police station in a bus.
November 9, 2018 -
Demonetisation a tragedy that brought economy to grinding halt: Rahul Gandhi
On the second anniversary of demonetisation, Congress president Rahul Gandhi called it “a tragedy” and accused the Narendra Modi government of bringing the Indian economy to a “grinding halt” with his “unilateral decision” taken on 8 November 2016.
November 8, 2018 -
Reason behind demonetisation still a mystery: Arvind Kejriwal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8, 2016, announced a ban on then in use Rs 1000 and Rs 500 denomination bank notes with immediate effect.
November 8, 2018 -
Havoc demonetisation caused on economy is now evident: Manmohan Singh
The Congress leader asked the government to not resort to further unorthodox, short-term economic measures that can cause any more uncertainty in the economy.
November 8, 2018