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Demonetisation anniversary: Why less cash in itself may not necessarily mean less Black Money -Sunny Verma

-The Indian Express It can also mean other things such as currency shortage, transaction mode shift. The government has presented a lower cash-to-GDP ratio as a key achievement of demonetisation, and a measure of Black Money being checked. Economists, however, caution against reading this metric in isolation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said last month that the cash-to-GDP ratio is down to 9% after demonetisation, from over 12% earlier. “Was it possible if a...

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Jean Dreze, development economist, interviewed by Ankita Virmani (Firstpost.com)

-Firstpost.com Development economist Jean Dreze has been vociferous critic of the Narendra Modi government's demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes a year back. He had famously warned that "demonetisation in a booming economy is like shooting at the tyres of a racing car". A year on, it seems his caution has come true. In the first quarter of the current financial year, the GDP growth slowed to a three-year...

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Has euphoria in Uttar Pradesh over fighting Black Money turned into disappointment? -Gyan Varma

-Livemint.com Political analysts feel there is a sense of dissatisfaction in Uttar Pradesh on demonetisation, though the political dominance of the BJP continues Baghpat, Shamli and Sardhana (Uttar Pradesh): Ved Pal, a 35-year-old farmer from the village of Bodda in Baghpat district, thinks demonetisation was the right thing to do even if its immediate aftermath was painful. “Any new work undertaken by any individual or government will always face problems; so demonetisation...

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National Mineral Policy Review - A Golden Chance for Change -Rahul Basu

-TheWire.in While illegal mining is worrying, what is little understood is the enormous loot that is taking place legally. Mineral owners sometimes receive less than 5% of the value of minerals. The three iron ore scams in Karnataka, Goa and Odisha have some things in common. There were widespread and diverse breaches of the constitution, laws, rules and regulations. The environment was badly damaged. The minerals were being exhausted. Enormous corruption was...

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SIT on blackmoney under the RTI Act: CIC

-PTI The SIT was set up on the orders of the Supreme Court in 2014 through a government notification to suggest methods to curb Black Money in the economy. The Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team on Black Money is answerable under the RTI Act, the Central Information Commission has held. Bringing SIT under the RTI Act, Information Commissioner Bimal Julka said every action of the government must be actuated in...

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