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Pronab Sen, Country director of the International Growth Centre, interviewed by Ajaz Ashraf

-Scroll.in India’s first chief statistician, Pronab Sen, is now country director of the International Growth Centre, which seeks to build effective growth facilities through engagement between policymakers and researchers. In this interview to Scroll.in, he speaks on the 50 days of demonetisation, its failings, its severe impact on the poor, the loss of credibility of the Reserve Bank of India, the push to make India a cashless or less-cash economy, and...

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Notes Ban: In Uttar Pradesh Town, Only One ATM In 53 Is Working -Alok Pandey

-NDTV Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh: The cash crunch in the aftermath of the government's ban on Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes is bad enough in metros with block-long queues. But how bad is it in the small towns of India? Deep in eastern Uttar Pradesh, in Vindhyachal and Mirzapur, NDTV did a reality check. And the results were staggering. The journey started at 9 am, outside the ICICI bank ATM in the...

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Digital push problem: 9 of 10 cards used at ATMs, not for purchases -Sunny Verma

-The Indian Express Reserve Bank of India data for October 2016 put the number of debit cards in the country at 94.2 crore. New Delhi: The Centre’s digital push stares at a debit card usage problem: nine of ten cards are used solely for Cash Withdrawals at ATMs. Reserve Bank of India data for October 2016 put the number of debit cards in the country at 94.2 crore. People used debit cards for...

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Rs 1 lakh crore: fall in bank credit growth in fortnight after Nov 8 -George Mathew

-The Indian Express Banks are now caught in a dilemma even as they stare at a decline in loan growth — considering the surge in deposits since November 9. Mumbai: Struggling to cope with bad loans and the aftermath of the demonetisation decision, Indian banks have taken a hit on lending. Loan growth plunged by Rs 1 lakh crore in the fortnight that ended November 25, according to estimates. According to...

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Why demonetisation notification is illegal and violates the Constitution -Namita Wahi

-The Economic Times One month after demonetisation, the Supreme Court is hearing several public interest petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the “demonetisation notification”, which declared that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes would no longer be legal tender post midnight on November 8, 2016. The preamble to the notification stated that its objective was to eliminate fake currency used for financing terrorism and to address the problem of “unaccounted money” in...

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