-TheWire.in The second fortnight of September saw Rs 3 lakh crore of time Deposits, something unique, followed by liquidation of Rs 1.2 lakh crore of these right after. New Delhi: From September 16 to 30, a staggering Rs 3.03 lakh crore of time Deposits – fixed and recurring – were made at banks. This has never happened in any fortnight since January 2001. September 16 is also the date from which the Reserve...
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Questions on cash goalposts -Jayanta Roy Chowdhury
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has started to fumble for explanations, with the original raison d'etre for the demonetisation drive coming under strain because of the high volume of cash Deposits that have poured into bank accounts. Almost 80 per cent of the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that were demonetised on November 9 has come straight back into the banking system, prompting the government to change the...
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-Frontline.in Interview with Utsa Patnaik, professor emerita of economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University. By T.K. RAJALAKSHMI THE FALLOUT of the decision of the National Democratic Alliance government to demonetise currency of higher denominations has been felt across all sections of people. There are concerns that it will lead to an overall economic slowdown given the acute shortage of currency for industrial and agricultural operations. The impact on agriculture and those dependent on agriculture...
More »Demonetisation: A month after move, why are we still strapped for cash? -Shameen Alauddin
-Business Standard RBI says it has released only Rs 4 lakh crore but banks have received Rs 11.55 lakh crore in Deposits from the public; 65% currency remains unreplaced New Delhi: Even as India grapples with an acute shortage of currency notes, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel on Wednesday announced that Rs 4 lakh crore (19.1 billion notes) had been injected into the system. The crunch might go on...
More »Income tax department to use analytics to look for discrepancies in bank accounts -Sachin Dave
-The Economic Times MUMBAI: For the first time, the income-tax department will use big data analytical tools to go through personal bank Deposits to segregate black money holders from genuine tax-payers, two people in the know have said. While the government has used big data analytical tools for corporate tax reporting in some cases in the past, this is the first time that it will use analytics on such a large scale...
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