-The Economic Times Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants India to go cashless. And it seems that automated teller machines, or ATMs, have been taking the lead ever since the demonetisation drive began. They are absolutely what PM wants the economy to be — cashless. The result: people's frustration is building up because ATMs are either getting emptied faster than they are refilled, or they are just not working. ET reports from commercial hubs...
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Bengal gold artisans hit -Basant Rawat
-The Telegraph Ahmedabad: Tens of thousands of Bengali artisans employed in Gujarat's jewellery-making units are returning home because demonetisation has reduced sales by more than 90 per cent and left them without work and, therefore, pay. About 60,000 of the one lakh-odd Bengali artisans who work in Ahmedabad's big and small gold factories have already left. The situation is similar in Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara and small towns like Kalol and Bhuj, where...
More »Demonetisation: The Lies The Government Weaves As It Abandons Reason -Prabhat Patnaik
-TheCitizen.in NEW DELHI: So many lies are being spread by the government which is currently busy wrecking the Indian economy in the manner of a bull in a china shop; so many spurious economic arguments are being trotted out by it, that one has to be extremely vigilant not to be swept away by this tide of unreason. In the current article, and the two subsequent ones to follow, I propose to...
More »Oil mills in Modi backyard idle minus cash -Basant Rawat
-The Telegraph Ahmedabad: Samir Shah never had such spare time in his life as an oil mill owner. This is, after all, the peak season when mills buy oil seeds that are available after the harvesting of kharif crops. But the Saurashtra businessman has been sitting idle the past fortnight. There's no cash to do business. The demonetisation drive has left entrepreneurs like him with a shrunken wallet. And farmers don't usually accept...
More »Industries opt for lock down, cut work hours to tide over slump caused by demonetisation -Aakash Ahuja
-The Times of India RUDRAPUR: Many of the over 700 factories in the industrial belt of Udham Singh Nagar have either slowed down production or opted for a short-term lock down due to problems in transport of goods and a dip in demand. Demonetisation of currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 has hit not just small industrial units but also giants like Parle and Britannia, many of which have...
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