-PTI New Delhi: There is no information available about officials whose views were taken before the decision to demonetise high-value currency notes was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has said. The PMO also refused to answer a query on whether the chief economic advisor (CEA) and the finance minister were consulted before the sudden announcement was made, saying the query does not come...
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Report cash deposits between April 1 and November 9, 2016, Income Tax Department asks banks
-PTI NEW DELHI: The Income Tax Department has asked banks to report cash deposits in savings accounts between April 1 and November 9, 2016. The move seeks to analyze the banking transactions carried out in months before the demonetisation decision was announced on November 8. Besides, banks have also been directed to ask the account holders, who did not furnish PAN (Permanent Account Number) or Form 60 (for those without PAN) at the...
More »Demonetisation U-turn? RBI now turns away people wanting to exchange Rs 500, Rs 1,000 notes
-PTI New Delhi: Hundreds thronging the RBI office to exchange old Rs 500 and 1,000 notes returned empty handed as the central bank is allowing the facility only for NRIs or those who were abroad during the 50-day demonetisation period.' Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation on 8 November, 2016 had said, "There may be some who for some reason, are not able to deposit their old 500...
More »Now RBI Cites 'Threat to Life' Exemption to Deny RTI Query on Demonetisation Decision
-PTI More stonewalling from the ‘Reserved’ Bank of India New Delhi: Were the views of the chief economic advisor and the finance minister taken before the sudden announcement of demonetisation of high-value currency notes by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8? The Reserve Bank of India feels this query cannot be answered under the Right to Information Act as it does not come under the definition of information under the transparency...
More »Rights for the rightful owners -Brinda Karat
-The Hindu On the tenth anniversary of the historic passage of the Forest Rights Act, tribal resistance to defend their rights is growing even as government after government tries to dilute its provisions On this day 10 years ago the historic Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act was passed in the Lok Sabha. Its conception and passage was the result of the decades of struggles and...
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