Anti-black Money Day

Demonetisation was a "decisive battle" 125 crore Indians fought against black money and won, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today even as the BJP celebrated the first anniversary of the exercise as 'anti-black money day' and the opposition observed a 'black day'.

Hitting out at the Congress over its protest against demonetisation, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today accused the party of "institutionalising" corruption.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today hit out at former prime minister Manmohan Singh over his criticism of demonetisation, alleging that the former prime minister looked away when "organised plunder" kept happening under his rule.

Demonitisation was one of the crucial decisions of the Modi government against the black money and now the country is progressing towards a digital economy, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu said today.

Condemning the Modi government on the notes ban anniversary, the BSP today accused it of implementing demonetisation in a "hasty" manner and suggested that the BJP observe the day as "demonetisation forgiveness day" instead of "anti-black money day".

On demonetisation anniversary, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram launched a scathing attack on the Modi government in a string of tweets.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has severely criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "unilateral" decision to ban high-value currency notes last year, and accused him of jeopardising the economy by "bypassing the Reserve Bank of India". In his column, published in the Financial Times exactly a year since the announcement of demonetisation, M...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted a seven-minute film early on Wednesday morning that he said encapsulates "the benefits of demonetisation," also stating that "125 crore Indians fought a decisive battle and WON." A year ago today, the Prime Minister had suddenly banned high value notes yanking 86 per cent of the currency in circulation at the ti...

As the government today celebrates one year of demonetisation as 'anti-black money day', the opposition is leaving no stone unturned to keep the pressure on the government and the ruling coalition on the issue. Opposition parties including Congress are calling it 'Black Day'.

Hours after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh renewed his criticism of the NDA government's sudden ban on high value notes that he has called "organised loot", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley delivered a stinging rebuttal. Mr Jaitley said an exercise backed by "an ethical and moral rationale" was being described as loot, before going on to refer t...

A day before the government marks one year of demonetization as "anti-Black Money Day", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in a Facebook post that that country had moved on to a much cleaner, transparent and honest financial system since the notes ban, which he described as a "watershed moment" in the history of India's economy.

After meeting top party leaders to plan nationwide protests on November 8, the first anniversary of the notes ban, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi delivered another instalment of criticism for the government on its reform policies today, calling demonetisation and the new national tax GST "double torpedoes". Demonetisation, Mr Gandhi said, is ...

November 8, the first anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock decision to ban high-denomination notes will be celebrated by the BJP as "anti-black money day", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said November 8 will be observed as "anti-black money day". It was on this day last year that Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the notes ban move that scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes overnight. "Demonetisation was a big step," Mr Jaitley said today.

Demonetisation was a "decisive battle" 125 crore Indians fought against black money and won, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today even as the BJP celebrated the first anniversary of the exercise as 'anti-black money day' and the opposition observed a 'black day'.

Hitting out at the Congress over its protest against demonetisation, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today accused the party of "institutionalising" corruption.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today hit out at former prime minister Manmohan Singh over his criticism of demonetisation, alleging that the former prime minister looked away when "organised plunder" kept happening under his rule.

Demonitisation was one of the crucial decisions of the Modi government against the black money and now the country is progressing towards a digital economy, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu said today.

Condemning the Modi government on the notes ban anniversary, the BSP today accused it of implementing demonetisation in a "hasty" manner and suggested that the BJP observe the day as "demonetisation forgiveness day" instead of "anti-black money day".

On demonetisation anniversary, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram launched a scathing attack on the Modi government in a string of tweets.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has severely criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "unilateral" decision to ban high-value currency notes last year, and accused him of jeopardising the economy by "bypassing the Reserve Bank of India". In his column, published in the Financial Times exactly a year since the announcement of demonetisation, M...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted a seven-minute film early on Wednesday morning that he said encapsulates "the benefits of demonetisation," also stating that "125 crore Indians fought a decisive battle and WON." A year ago today, the Prime Minister had suddenly banned high value notes yanking 86 per cent of the currency in circulation at the ti...

As the government today celebrates one year of demonetisation as 'anti-black money day', the opposition is leaving no stone unturned to keep the pressure on the government and the ruling coalition on the issue. Opposition parties including Congress are calling it 'Black Day'.

Hours after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh renewed his criticism of the NDA government's sudden ban on high value notes that he has called "organised loot", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley delivered a stinging rebuttal. Mr Jaitley said an exercise backed by "an ethical and moral rationale" was being described as loot, before going on to refer t...

A day before the government marks one year of demonetization as "anti-Black Money Day", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in a Facebook post that that country had moved on to a much cleaner, transparent and honest financial system since the notes ban, which he described as a "watershed moment" in the history of India's economy.

After meeting top party leaders to plan nationwide protests on November 8, the first anniversary of the notes ban, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi delivered another instalment of criticism for the government on its reform policies today, calling demonetisation and the new national tax GST "double torpedoes". Demonetisation, Mr Gandhi said, is ...

November 8, the first anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock decision to ban high-denomination notes will be celebrated by the BJP as "anti-black money day", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said November 8 will be observed as "anti-black money day". It was on this day last year that Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the notes ban move that scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes overnight. "Demonetisation was a big step," Mr Jaitley said today.