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Demonetisation: A circus, clowns and a silver bullet -James Wilson

-National Herald Five years after the disastrous demonetisation, the Prime Minister and his Finance Minister—even the fawning media— no longer speak of the ‘Demonetisation Dividend’. There has been none Two years back, on November 8, at around 8.30 pm, the Prime Minister of India, with his characteristic love for drama, unleashed on the country what he had then claimed was the one silver bullet which would eliminate the triple evils of black...

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Why Modi laughed so much in the wake of Demonetisation -Ranjona Banerji

-National Herald Why do we cry now that this government doesn’t care about those who suffered and died from Covid? They felt nothing as millions of Indians struggled after notebandi on Nov 8, 2016 The anniversary of Narendra Modi’s demonic demonetisation is tomorrow, November 8. If people really ever believed that “Acche din” (good days) and “vikas” (development) were on their way, they knew in their heart of hearts at 8 pm...

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Five Years Since Demonetisation, Value Of Cash In Circulation Up 64% -Animesh Singh

-NDTV.com (with inputs from Agencies) The value and volume of bank notes in circulation had increased by 16.8 per cent and 7.2 per cent, respectively, during 2020-21 Though the government had launched its sudden move of demonetisation to cull out Black money by weeding out currency notes worth 500 and 1,000 rupees denomination out of the system, on November 8, 2016, the notes in circulation in value terms have increased by 64...

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No, demonetisation wasn’t a good idea, badly executed – it was a ridiculous idea from the start -Rohit Azad

-Scroll.in The policy, which wreaked havoc on the lives of the poor, mistakenly conflated cash with Black money. Was demonetisation a good idea, badly implemented? I have heard this from the supporters of the regime but, to my surprise, even friends who are otherwise critical believe this to be true. The government’s stated aim for denotifying high-value currency notes with a four-hour deadline on November 8, 2016, was to land a body blow...

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Five years later, it’s even more clear that demonetisation was a disaster for India -Arun Kumar

-Scroll.in The move brought about a policy-induced crisis for the country and did little to stop the flow of Black money. The demonetisation of high-denomination currency notes on November 8, 2016, created a nightmare for citizens that lasted several months. Long queues formed outside the banks and ATMs to obtain swap denotified currency notes for new ones so that life could continue. This situation persisted even beyond December 30, 2016, the last...

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