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SC refuses to stay demonetisation proceedings in other courts -Krishnadas Rajagopal

-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Wednesday has refused to stay proceedings in cases filed in other High Courts and lower courts against the demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes. A bench led by Chief Justice of India TS Thakur said the petitions in the various courts highlight "the different inconveniences highlighted in the various cases filed across the country, maybe some relief can be had by these people". Earlier, the...

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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...

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Did Modi receive over Rs 55 crore from the Sahara Group as the chief minister of Gujarat? -Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Advait Rao Palepu

-Economic and Political Weekly Documents seized by the Income Tax Department in private corporations imply pay-offs were made to the PM and leading politicians. At 8 pm on 8 November 2016, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to a live broadcast on Doordarshan to make the historic announcement that the government was demonetising notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000, emphasising his commitment to ridding India of the “evils of corruption” and...

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Demonetisation - Strictly, The PM Didn't Go By The Law in India -Indira Jaising

-CounterCurrents.org While much has been written and said about the demonetisation move by the government, the question of its legality has received scant attention. The issue however is not the desirability or the economic viability of the decision and the undoubted public and national interest it serves. The goal of eliminating Black Money from circulation is undoubtedly in public interest. While I unambiguously support the policy of removing black—untaxed—money from the...

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Jean Dreze, economist and a leading advocate of welfare policies, interviewed by Vasudha Venugopal (The Economic Times)

-The Economic Times "Demonetisation in a booming economy is like shooting at the tyres of a racing car," says development economist Jean Drèze . A leading advocate of welfare policies, Drèze who was a member of the National Advisory Council during the UPA regime, tells ET that the sudden move to demonetize high-value currency notes has created a scary situation for people who live on the margin of subsistence, and that...

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