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"Notebandi 2": Rahul Gandhi Attacks Government Over Citizenship Act, NRC
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will for the first time visit Assam today since protests first broke out in the state earlier this month over the amended Citizenship Act. Hours ahead of the "Save Constitution-Save India" protest march that he will lead in Guwahati this afternoon, he launched an attack on the ruling BJP and said that National Register ...
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A Year Later, Assam's First 'Cashless Village' Still To Embrace Digitalisation
Last year, Chatonguri village in Morigaon district of Assam made headlines when it became one of the first villages to witness cashless transactions.
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1 Year Of Notes Ban: Being Cashless A Distant Dream In Assam Tea Gardens
A year ago, when the government announced its demonetisation move, one of the major decisions taken was to bring Assam's tea industry under digital pay, creating scope of financial inclusion of about 10 lakh tea garden workers.
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As Modi Government Completes 3 Years, Its Top Five Policy Moves
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government completes three years today. In 2014, the BJP won a massive mandate to rule India and took power after 10 years of Congress-rule, which was scarred by allegations of corruption and slow economic growth. As the BJP-led regime reaches its three-year mark, buoyed by multiple election victories that have helped...
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Congress Seeks Revival In Assam Riding On Anti-Notes Ban Wave
After the major poll debacle in Assam last year, the Congress that ruled the state for 15 years is trying to regroup itself on the plank of the notes ban issue and return as a formidable opposition party in the state. While many of its leaders have moved to BJP and some have chosen total isolation, only a few can be seen in the party offices across...
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Note Ban Deadline Ends, Ordeal Of Assam's Tea Garden Workers Continue
Even as the government's deadline for exchanging old Rs 500 and 1,000 notes comes to an end, the tea gardens in Assam are still feeling the impact of demonetisation.
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Banks Roll Out Mobile Mini ATMs In Assam Tea Gardens
Sajan Shasoni is a fourth generation tea garden workers from Dherai tea Estate in Assam's Sonitpur district, around 200 km from Guwahati. But unlike his forefathers, he has a bank account, and soon will withdraw cash from an ATM every pay-day.
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Inside What Would Be Assam's First Cashless Village
38-year-old Naresh Nath is among the first few rural villagers in Assam who have started to transact cashless. Like him at least 2,000 other villagers of Chatonguri in Assam's Morigaon district, 110 kilometres from Guwahati, have started to buy their essentials from their tiny village market digitally.
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Rs 1.55 Crore In New Currency Notes Seized From Businessman In Assam
Assam police today raided a local businessman's house in Guwahati and seized about Rs 1.55 crore in new Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 currency notes.
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Tea Garden In North Bengal Suspends Work Citing Cash Crunch, Unions Differ
A tea garden in North Bengal employing more than 1,500 people has suspended work citing cash crunch. The management of Tirrihanna Tea Garden blames it on the demonetisation announcement but trade unions say the management could be using notes ban as an excuse.
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In Assam's Tea Gardens, Currency Ban Stirs Up A Cup Of Trouble
For the last 22 years, Pulin Bharali, 53, has run a small tea plantation on 40 bighas of land he owns in Golaghat, one of Assam's major tea hubs.
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Assam Stops Cash Payment In Major Sectors, Encourages Digital Transactions
The Assam government has stopped cash payments in majority sectors as money is being transferred through Real-time gross settlement systems (RTGS) and online mode, Industry Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary today said.
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Prisoners Move Gauhati Court On Depositing Demonetised Cash
The Gauhati High Court today gave time till December two to the Centre and the Assam Government to inform it about the process they would adopt to enable prisoners deposit demonetised currency notes in their bank accounts.
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Remote Northeast Villages Face Cash Crunch, Poor Banking Networks Adds To Pain
The Centre had claimed special measures have been taken to send new notes to the far flung corners of the Northeast after it banned 500 and 1,000 rupee notes.
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Convicts Approach High Court Seeking To Exchange Old Notes
As many as 11 Central Jail inmates approached the Gauhati High Court today seeking appropriate directions to the Centre, Assam government, RBI and the jail authorities to make necessary arrangements for them to exchange their now defunct Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.
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"Notebandi 2": Rahul Gandhi Attacks Government Over Citizenship Act, NRC
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will for the first time visit Assam today since protests first broke out in the state earlier this month over the amended Citizenship Act. Hours ahead of the "Save Constitution-Save India" protest march that he will lead in Guwahati this afternoon, he launched an attack on the ruling BJP and said that National Register ...
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A Year Later, Assam's First 'Cashless Village' Still To Embrace Digitalisation
Last year, Chatonguri village in Morigaon district of Assam made headlines when it became one of the first villages to witness cashless transactions.
-
1 Year Of Notes Ban: Being Cashless A Distant Dream In Assam Tea Gardens
A year ago, when the government announced its demonetisation move, one of the major decisions taken was to bring Assam's tea industry under digital pay, creating scope of financial inclusion of about 10 lakh tea garden workers.
-
As Modi Government Completes 3 Years, Its Top Five Policy Moves
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government completes three years today. In 2014, the BJP won a massive mandate to rule India and took power after 10 years of Congress-rule, which was scarred by allegations of corruption and slow economic growth. As the BJP-led regime reaches its three-year mark, buoyed by multiple election victories that have helped...
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Congress Seeks Revival In Assam Riding On Anti-Notes Ban Wave
After the major poll debacle in Assam last year, the Congress that ruled the state for 15 years is trying to regroup itself on the plank of the notes ban issue and return as a formidable opposition party in the state. While many of its leaders have moved to BJP and some have chosen total isolation, only a few can be seen in the party offices across...
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Note Ban Deadline Ends, Ordeal Of Assam's Tea Garden Workers Continue
Even as the government's deadline for exchanging old Rs 500 and 1,000 notes comes to an end, the tea gardens in Assam are still feeling the impact of demonetisation.
-
Banks Roll Out Mobile Mini ATMs In Assam Tea Gardens
Sajan Shasoni is a fourth generation tea garden workers from Dherai tea Estate in Assam's Sonitpur district, around 200 km from Guwahati. But unlike his forefathers, he has a bank account, and soon will withdraw cash from an ATM every pay-day.
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Inside What Would Be Assam's First Cashless Village
38-year-old Naresh Nath is among the first few rural villagers in Assam who have started to transact cashless. Like him at least 2,000 other villagers of Chatonguri in Assam's Morigaon district, 110 kilometres from Guwahati, have started to buy their essentials from their tiny village market digitally.
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Rs 1.55 Crore In New Currency Notes Seized From Businessman In Assam
Assam police today raided a local businessman's house in Guwahati and seized about Rs 1.55 crore in new Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 currency notes.
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Tea Garden In North Bengal Suspends Work Citing Cash Crunch, Unions Differ
A tea garden in North Bengal employing more than 1,500 people has suspended work citing cash crunch. The management of Tirrihanna Tea Garden blames it on the demonetisation announcement but trade unions say the management could be using notes ban as an excuse.
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In Assam's Tea Gardens, Currency Ban Stirs Up A Cup Of Trouble
For the last 22 years, Pulin Bharali, 53, has run a small tea plantation on 40 bighas of land he owns in Golaghat, one of Assam's major tea hubs.
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Assam Stops Cash Payment In Major Sectors, Encourages Digital Transactions
The Assam government has stopped cash payments in majority sectors as money is being transferred through Real-time gross settlement systems (RTGS) and online mode, Industry Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary today said.
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Prisoners Move Gauhati Court On Depositing Demonetised Cash
The Gauhati High Court today gave time till December two to the Centre and the Assam Government to inform it about the process they would adopt to enable prisoners deposit demonetised currency notes in their bank accounts.
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Remote Northeast Villages Face Cash Crunch, Poor Banking Networks Adds To Pain
The Centre had claimed special measures have been taken to send new notes to the far flung corners of the Northeast after it banned 500 and 1,000 rupee notes.
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Convicts Approach High Court Seeking To Exchange Old Notes
As many as 11 Central Jail inmates approached the Gauhati High Court today seeking appropriate directions to the Centre, Assam government, RBI and the jail authorities to make necessary arrangements for them to exchange their now defunct Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.
