Corruption In Note Ban

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sat on top of a slow-moving minibus along with former chief minister Sheila Dikshit as she campaigned for the first time in Delhi today since she joined politics in January.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration hasn't assessed the impact of one of history's most sweeping changes in currency policy. "No Madam," was the junior finance minister's reply to a lawmaker's question in parliament Dec. 14 on whether the government had studied the aftereffects of the move in November 2016 to invalidate almost all of the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that he used the "bitter medicine" of demonetisation to bring back money into banking system and to give "proper treatment to deep-rooted corruption system" in the country.

With assembly elections in Mizoram and Telangana round the corner, political parties have lined up their star campaigners to address various rallies across these states.

The second anniversary of demonetisation triggered a full blown Twitter war between the BJP and the Opposition parties on Thursday. While the Opposition described it as a "disaster" the BJP said, it was a "stringent action against corruption". The Congress has called for a nationwide protest on Friday and the Trinamool said it will observe a 'Black...

Rahul Gandhi's Twitter handle has been abuzz with corruption allegations against the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His tweets are heavy with eye-popping figures and graphics. Sometimes he throws in memes for effect. Today, he tweeted his interpretation of the notes ban or demonetisation announced by PM Modi in November 2016.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on demonetisation, saying while the exercise forced innocent people to stand in serpentine queues, it helped the corrupt to convert their black money into white.

Over 99 per cent of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes banned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the November 2016 demonetisation have returned to the banking system, the Reserve Bank of India said today after completing what it calls the "humungous task" of counting the banned cash. The central bank's annual report says only a fraction of the currency was ...

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...

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has continued his attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government's economic policies. On Sunday, Mr Gandhi used social media to target the PM Modi, telling him to stop his "hollow speeches", start delivering or quit.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is still bullish on demonetisation as a winning strategy against black money, despite a central bank report saying that 99 per cent of all the cash voided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last November is back in banks.

Indians have returned almost all of the estimated Rs 15.44 lakh crore ($242 billion) in currency banned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a shock move in November, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its annual report on Wednesday. The Finance Ministry, in a statement, said a "significant portion" of it could be black money. The tax authoritie...

Indian real estate, historically a depository for black-market cash, was hit hard by the government's move to stamp out corruption with a ban on high-denomination bank notes in November. The slump is showing signs of a recovery. Sales across nine cities rose 19 percent in the March quarter after a 20 percent slump in the previous three months, acco...

Declaring notes ban as one of the greatest steps taken in the country, Arun Jaitley said that to weed out black money and corruption was the prime issue for the government.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sat on top of a slow-moving minibus along with former chief minister Sheila Dikshit as she campaigned for the first time in Delhi today since she joined politics in January.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration hasn't assessed the impact of one of history's most sweeping changes in currency policy. "No Madam," was the junior finance minister's reply to a lawmaker's question in parliament Dec. 14 on whether the government had studied the aftereffects of the move in November 2016 to invalidate almost all of the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that he used the "bitter medicine" of demonetisation to bring back money into banking system and to give "proper treatment to deep-rooted corruption system" in the country.

With assembly elections in Mizoram and Telangana round the corner, political parties have lined up their star campaigners to address various rallies across these states.

The second anniversary of demonetisation triggered a full blown Twitter war between the BJP and the Opposition parties on Thursday. While the Opposition described it as a "disaster" the BJP said, it was a "stringent action against corruption". The Congress has called for a nationwide protest on Friday and the Trinamool said it will observe a 'Black...

Rahul Gandhi's Twitter handle has been abuzz with corruption allegations against the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His tweets are heavy with eye-popping figures and graphics. Sometimes he throws in memes for effect. Today, he tweeted his interpretation of the notes ban or demonetisation announced by PM Modi in November 2016.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on demonetisation, saying while the exercise forced innocent people to stand in serpentine queues, it helped the corrupt to convert their black money into white.

Over 99 per cent of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes banned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the November 2016 demonetisation have returned to the banking system, the Reserve Bank of India said today after completing what it calls the "humungous task" of counting the banned cash. The central bank's annual report says only a fraction of the currency was ...

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...

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has continued his attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government's economic policies. On Sunday, Mr Gandhi used social media to target the PM Modi, telling him to stop his "hollow speeches", start delivering or quit.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is still bullish on demonetisation as a winning strategy against black money, despite a central bank report saying that 99 per cent of all the cash voided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last November is back in banks.

Indians have returned almost all of the estimated Rs 15.44 lakh crore ($242 billion) in currency banned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a shock move in November, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its annual report on Wednesday. The Finance Ministry, in a statement, said a "significant portion" of it could be black money. The tax authoritie...

Indian real estate, historically a depository for black-market cash, was hit hard by the government's move to stamp out corruption with a ban on high-denomination bank notes in November. The slump is showing signs of a recovery. Sales across nine cities rose 19 percent in the March quarter after a 20 percent slump in the previous three months, acco...

Declaring notes ban as one of the greatest steps taken in the country, Arun Jaitley said that to weed out black money and corruption was the prime issue for the government.