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Congress holds protest against note ban
Congress holds protest march from Jantar Mantar to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) office as a part of the Jan Vedna campaign against the government's demonetisation move. Stay with us for updates.
17:04 (IST) Dec 21
PM Modi's aim is to keep your money in banks for at least 6-7 months so that he can waive off rich people's loans: R Gandhi #Demonetisation
— ANI (@ANI_news) December 21, 2016
16:57 (IST) Dec 21
Real reason behind demonetaisation is not black money, terror funding or counterfeit notes. PM Modi wants to waive NPA of his favourite 50 families like he did for Mallya
Rahul Gandhi, VP, Congress
16:52 (IST) Dec 21
PM's demonetaisation is like fire bombing on cities in 2nd World War. It's surgical strike against 99% of the people
Rahul Gandhi, VP, Congress
15:44 (IST) Dec 21
All cash is not black money and all black money is not in cash
Rahul Gandhi in Mehsana (Gujarat)
13:41 (IST) Dec 21
After being vilified for it, the RBI, in a huge U-turn today, withdrew its rule issued Monday that barred deposits of Rs 5,000 and higher of old notes in KYC-compliant accounts. The Centre and the RBI had been massively criticized for Monday's rule change, even by people who broadly supported demonetisation, which took place on November 8.
13:40 (IST) Dec 21
"The Union Cabinet today approved the ordinance route to amend the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, to allow employers of certain industries to make payment through the electronic mode and cheques," a source said. Employers will also have the option to pay wages in cash, the source added.
13:36 (IST) Dec 21
RBI - Reverse Bank of India?
Reserve Bank of India has become 'Reverse Bank of India'; In last 43days of #demonetisation, they changed norms 126 times: Randeep Surjewala pic.twitter.com/HoY5HGFcfX
& mdash; ANI (@ANI_news) December 21, 2016
12:48 (IST) Dec 21
Demonetisation aftereffects: First case of labour not being paid salary registered with Surat city police on Tuesday night.
12:47 (IST) Dec 21
Cabinet approves ordinance to allow businesses to pay wages through electronic mode and cheques.
08:27 (IST) Dec 21
There were reports from across the country of officials at many bank branches refusing to accept deposits in excess of Rs 5,000. A top official at a very large government bank acknowledged that instructions had gone out not to accept such deposits unless two officers were present.
08:24 (IST) Dec 21
A high-powered panel of chief ministers has asked Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to "substantially lower" the merchant discount rates (MDR) or the price that is paid by the merchants to bank for payments received through cards, a move aimed at providing a push to digital payments.
20:28 (IST) Dec 20
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Aadhar Card is a system that is peculiar to India only. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Digimonetisation?src=hash">#Digimonetisation</a></p>
— ET NOW (@ETNOWlive) <a href="https://twitter.com/ETNOWlive/status/811222204041994240">December 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
20:28 (IST) Dec 20
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The Aadhar card is useful for people who do not have a card or mobile phone, says <a href="https://twitter.com/arunjaitley">@arunjaitley</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Digimonetisation?src=hash">#Digimonetisation</a></p>
— ET NOW (@ETNOWlive) <a href="https://twitter.com/ETNOWlive/status/811222038031405056">December 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
20:27 (IST) Dec 20
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/arunjaitley">@arunjaitley</a>: 55% of the petrol pump payments have gone digital. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Digimonetisation?src=hash">#Digimonetisation</a></p>
— ET NOW (@ETNOWlive) <a href="https://twitter.com/ETNOWlive/status/811221750524456961">December 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
20:18 (IST) Dec 20
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A pvt bank in Tripura's Sipahijala district suspends head cashier on charges of illegally depositing over ?25 lakh in his own account (PTI)</p>
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimesNow/status/811220877039632385">December 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
20:16 (IST) Dec 20
Digitising the economy gives us a great opportunity, says Arun Jaitley.
20:15 (IST) Dec 20
We do not have state funding as a result of which we rely on donations.
Arun Jaitley
20:15 (IST) Dec 20
Once the money comes with the Govt, where will it be spent?
Arun Jaitley
20:10 (IST) Dec 20
There is no settled behaviour as to how people will behave when remonetisation sets in
Arun Jaitley
20:09 (IST) Dec 20
Enacting against black money, the Congress never had a track record
Arun Jaitley
20:08 (IST) Dec 20
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Informal Indian economy was completely outside the banking & tax system: FM Arun Jaitley <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Digimonetisation?src=hash">#Digimonetisation</a></p>
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimesNow/status/811214387151179776">December 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
20:08 (IST) Dec 20
India is an economy that has been suffering with a high cost of capital
Arun Jaitley
20:07 (IST) Dec 20
A less cash economy is supplemented with a digital economy
Arun Jaitley
20:07 (IST) Dec 20
The ultimate goal is to digitize the economy
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
20:07 (IST) Dec 20
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A less cash economy is supplemented with a digital economy: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Digimonetisation?src=hash">#Digimonetisation</a> <a href="https://t.co/2a5eQKA0ID">pic.twitter.com/2a5eQKA0ID</a></p>
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimesNow/status/811216752273039360">December 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
18:04 (IST) Dec 20
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Seizures of more than 428 crores of which 86 crores is in new currency,undisclosed income as of Dec 19 is more than 3185 crores: IT sources</p>
— ANI (@ANI_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/811186625606623232">December 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
18:03 (IST) Dec 20
Income Tax department sources say that more than 677 actions have been taken since Nov 8 and over 3,000 notices have been issued to various people: ANI
18:02 (IST) Dec 20
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After supporting of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/demonetisation?src=hash">#demonetisation</a>, AP CM Chandrababu Naidu says solution to problems due to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/noteban?src=hash">#noteban</a> remain elusive. (File pic) <a href="https://t.co/5F4qtRWhxT">pic.twitter.com/5F4qtRWhxT</a></p>
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) <a href="https://twitter.com/PTI_News/status/811182263035494401">December 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
18:02 (IST) Dec 20
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Our fight against <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/demonetisation?src=hash">#demonetisation</a> to continue: West Bengal Chief Minister <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MamataBanerjee?src=hash">#MamataBanerjee</a>.(File pic) <a href="https://t.co/qcOrxLh4OC">pic.twitter.com/qcOrxLh4OC</a></p>
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) <a href="https://twitter.com/PTI_News/status/811183078748004352">December 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
17:17 (IST) Dec 20
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Cash worth over Rs 2 cr in old, new notes & 30 kg of silver seized from engineer of Meerut irrigation dept: I-T official.</p>
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) <a href="https://twitter.com/PTI_News/status/811175527352414208">December 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
17:01 (IST) Dec 20
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New restrictions on deposit of old currency are "desperate measures of a desperate govt": Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram. (File pic) <a href="https://t.co/Qb1tZkrZoQ">pic.twitter.com/Qb1tZkrZoQ</a></p>
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) <a href="https://twitter.com/PTI_News/status/811168473351000064">December 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
16:59 (IST) Dec 20
Finance minister Arun Jaitley said the RBI has enough cash to last even beyond December 30. He added the RBI was adequately prepared for demonetisation.
16:55 (IST) Dec 20
The Reserve Bank on Monday imposed stiff restrictions on depositing more than Rs 5,000+ in the scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, mandating that it can be deposited only once per account till December 30, that too after explaining to bank officials the reasons for not having done that so far.
15:03 (IST) Dec 20
RBI is changing rules like the PM changes his clothes,says Rahul Gandhi.
13:34 (IST) Dec 20
Today there are no exemptions, as long as there were, people were getting old currency
FM Arun Jaitley on demonetisation
13:32 (IST) Dec 20
Even today, RBI has more than adequate cash to last not just till December 30 but even more
FM Arun Jaitley
13:30 (IST) Dec 20
Finance minister Arun Jaitley speaks on the new tax norms.
12:46 (IST) Dec 20
The government's email address for black money tipoffs+ has been flooded with 4,000 messages since Friday, when blackmoneyinfo@incometax. gov.in was made public. "We are getting a good response," a finance ministry official told ET. That's in addition to vast amounts of data flowing to tax authorities and other investigative agencies on a daily basis about deposits in bank accounts and other undeclared income through the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), part of the finance ministry.
08:34 (IST) Dec 20
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested an exporter on Monday and seized more than 40 kg of gold allegedly meant to facilitate illegal exchange of the demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes.Worth over Rs 12 crore, the gold was recovered from various places in Delhi. The exporter operated out of the Noida Special Economic Zone (NSEZ), from where he is alleged to have diverted gold meant for export into the domestic market.
08:29 (IST) Dec 20
The ED has issued a directive to zonal units to deposit new currency notes along with all other currency seizures into bank accounts opened by the agency in different cities so that new notes are immediately brought into circulation. The government has also asked the I-T department to deposit seized currency notes in banks.
08:29 (IST) Dec 20
An RTI query has revealed that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) only had around Rs 4.95 lakh crore in the new Rs 2,000 notes when the demonetisation decision was announced. An estimated Rs 15.44 lakh crore was in circulation in the old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on November 8.
08:28 (IST) Dec 20
The government and RBI on Monday unveiled fresh restrictions on deposit of old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes, saying anyone depositing above Rs 5,000 will be questioned "on record, in the presence of at least two officials of the bank, as to why this could not be deposited earlier" and only after a "satisfactory explanation" will the money be deposited. This flies in the face of the government repeatedly urging the public that since the deadline for making deposits of old notes was December 30, they had ample time and should not rush to bank branches and add to queues.
19:18 (IST) Dec 19
Will shortly issue Rs 50 denomination notes with inset letter ‘L’ in both number panels & signature of Governor Dr Urjit Patel: RBI
16:18 (IST) Dec 19
A lady named Lakshmi in Bengaluru sold flowers. At 4am she used to go and buy flowers through cash. People also bought the flowers from her through cash. Now after demonetisation, she has been forced to beg. This is because of you Modi ji: Rahul Gandhi
15:53 (IST) Dec 19
Met PM Modi to seek wavier of farmers' loans, but he was non-committal, says Rahul at 'Janakrosh Rally' in Jaunpur.
15:53 (IST) Dec 19
Our fight against Narendra Modi is political, don't raise 'murdabad' slogan against him; RSS uses such language, not Congress
Rahul Gandhi
15:35 (IST) Dec 19
All cash is not black money and all black money is not cash, Rahul Gandhi says
15:28 (IST) Dec 19
The decision made on November 8 was not against black money or corruption, but against farmers, the poor: Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur
08:42 (IST) Dec 19
While demonetisation has driven up card usage, there has been a drop in the overall value of credit card transactions, say bankers. Credit card transactions are seen as a proxy for consumer confidence.
08:41 (IST) Dec 19
Four employees of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Bengaluru, including a manager-level official, are under the scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly helping a senior minister in the Karnataka government to exchange his unaccounted demonetised notes.
"We are still verifying the authenticity of the complaint since they have named a senior RBI official in Bengaluru. If it is genuine, we will act on them," CBI sources told TOI on Sunday.
"We are still verifying the authenticity of the complaint since they have named a senior RBI official in Bengaluru. If it is genuine, we will act on them," CBI sources told TOI on Sunday.
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