-IndiaToday.in NCRB data show fake notes of Rs 2,000 entered the market days after PM Narendra Modi's demonetisation announcement. Today they are the biggest contributors to the value of seized Counterfeit currency in India. "In a country's history, there come moments when every person feels he too should be part of that moment, that he too should make his contribution to the country's progress. Such moments come but rarely," said Prime Minister...
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Fake 500 rupee notes up 121% in 2018-19, says RBI
-PTI * Counterfeiting of the newly-designed ?2,000 notes shot by 21.9% in 2018-19 in comparison to the previous year, the RBI said * RBI said that Counterfeit notes detected in the denomination of ?100 declined by 7.5% New Delhi: Counterfeiting of the newly-designed Rs.500 notes shot up by 121 per cent and of the Rs.2,000 notes by 21.9 per cent in 2018-19 in comparison to the previous year, the RBI said on Thursday. Of...
More »India trashes US report, calls it attack on cheap generic drugs -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: India has outrightly rejected allegations in a US report about the country being a chief source of Counterfeit medicines to the world and said it is an attack on low cost generic drugs — crucial to make healthcare affordable. The ‘Special 301 Report’ by United States Trade Representative (USTR) slammed India and China as leading sources of Counterfeit medicines distributed globally with 20% of all pharmaceutical...
More »With due respect, Finance Minister -Arun Kumar
-The Indian Express There has been only a marginal increase in the direct tax to GDP ratio after demonetisation. And the economy didn’t need to suffer for digitisation. The government did not celebrate the second anniversary of demonetisation, one of its biggest policy initiatives. It has celebrated the anniversary of all other big policies. Why the diffidence? The finance minister did come out with a statement listing the achievements of demonetisation. But his...
More »Note ban failed to curb the menace of Counterfeit currency, indicates RBI's Annual Report
Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the objectives behind demonetisation when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-à-vis the previous year. The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of Counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the...
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