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Delhi government starts langar for poor who are affected by currency ban

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Call it playing politics or what you will, but in a move that will gladden many, the Delhi government yesterday began providing free food for the poor who are now doubly hit by the shortage of cash due to demonetisation. "This move has been undertaken to provide the poor with three meals a day and save them from dying of hunger due to demonetisation," tweeted Delhi's...

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'My business will be finished': Cash crunch hits farmers in Punjab -Gurpreet Singh Nibber

-Hindustan Times Village Khokh (Patiala): Nek Singh Khokh fears he might wilt, just the way the saplings in his sprawling nursery might. Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled his demonetisation plan, Scrapping big denomination currency to drain the economy of black money and counterfeits, Khokh has been struggling to pay labourers to tend to his saplings. The owner of a nursery, some 25 km west of the Punjab town of Sirhind, Khokh...

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Demonetisation blues: No work or cash, over 10,000 daily wagers leave Gurgaon -Abhishek Behl

-Hindustan Times Gurgaon: The demonetisation move by the Centre is turning out to be a nightmare for over 1 lakh construction workers in the city. Labour department sources said that 10,000-12,000 daily wage workers have already left Gurgaon. In the absence of work and cash, a majority of the seasonal workers are struggling to make ends meet. To get a clearer picture, the labour department has also ordered a survey. Gurgaon is a...

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In Bundelkhand, Farmers Sink Into Debt As Rural Economy Collapses -Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

-TheWire.in In the caste and class-unequal region, where a cashless economy is a distant dream, there is some doubtful support for demonetisation, but mostly concrete hostility. Jhansi: Almost a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Scrapping of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes, the socio-economic fabric of Bundelkhand – one of the poorest regions in central India comprising parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh – is slowly crumbling. The...

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Demonetisation effect: 2,500 lose jobs as Howrah jute mill shuts -Bibhas Bhattacharyya

-Hindustan Times A jute mill in West Bengal’s Howrah district has temporarily closed down citing its inability to pay workers in the absence of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that were Scrapped by the Narendra Modi government. The notice by the management of Sree Hanuman Jute Mills that threw about 2,500 workers out of jobs was issued around 10pm on Monday, on a day chief minister Mamata Banerjee apprehended a loss...

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