Demonetisation Farmers

Rahul Gandhi, in a new video targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the 2016 demonetisation, linked the move to the negative GDP shock and said the country "must unite and fight" what he called the attack on the poor, farmers and unauthorised sector.

The Congress's Rahul Gandhi today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "single-handedly" destroying the economy, pointing to the demonetisation of 2016. The country has never recovered from it, he said at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, where the party is holding the Bharat Bachao (Save India) rally - its mega protest on a range of issues, including the...

Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said on Saturday that his party president Rahul Gandhi would raise issues relating to Rafale, farmers' distress, unemployment, demonetisation and interference into autonomous bodies like CBI by the PM Modi government in the budget session of Parliament.

Days after the Agriculture Ministry confidently arrived at a conclusion that the overnight notes ban in November 2016 led to a cash crunch and hurt farmers, it has now come up with a new assessment that says exactly the opposite.

Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Friday denied claims that demonetisation prevented farmers from purchasing seeds.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that demonetisation had "destroyed" the lives of farmers and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making "fun" of their plight during his poll campaigns.

Demonetization did not affect the sale of seeds and production of crops, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh asserted today in a tweet refuting reports that his ministry had told a group of MPs recently that the notes ban had hit millions of farmers in the country.

The 'silk and milk' village of Vondaraguppe, in Karnataka's Ramanagara district, is going cashless. Or at least that is the aim as part of the central government's push toward a digital, cashless society. The reality is that while many are enjoying the advantages of digital transactions -- including dairy farmers and pensioners -- it isn't quite so...

For the first time in his three-and-a-half year rule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing sustained discontent over his economic policies as growth slows, job losses mount and distressed farmers protest.

Almost two weeks after announcing a farm loan waiver, the Maharashtra government said it would give farmers Rs 10,000 cash to meet their immediate needs for sowing the next round of crops.

The Odisha assembly witnessed uproarious scenes for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as Congress members raised the issue of farmer suicide and the distress sale of vegetables in the state.

In the middle of election season, Prime Minister Narendra Modi avoided any direct political reference in his Mann Ki Baat. But praising farmers for a record production of food grains, the Prime Minister indirectly answered his critics that the notes ban had badly affected the agriculture sector and slowed down the economy because of a cash crunch.

Demonetisation has burnt a Rs 350 crore-hole in West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's state budget. That money will be given to "victims", as it were, of the centre's move last November to abruptly scrap Rs 500 and 1,000 rupee notes: migrant workers who lost jobs in other states and had to return home and farmers and sharecroppers hit by the...

Raghunath, a 60-year-old farmer, surveys his two-acre farm in Bundelkhand with some concern. After four consecutive years of drought, the weather cooperated this year. Right after Diwali, he sowed the Rabi or winter crop of wheat, which now stands about two feet tall. On seeds, fertilizers, diesel for his water pump, he spent Rs 15,000. Then, on No...

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the notes ban issue, saying farmers were forced to deposit their money in banks and a limit on withdrawal was imposed so loans could be given to his "favourite business barons".

Rahul Gandhi, in a new video targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the 2016 demonetisation, linked the move to the negative GDP shock and said the country "must unite and fight" what he called the attack on the poor, farmers and unauthorised sector.

The Congress's Rahul Gandhi today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "single-handedly" destroying the economy, pointing to the demonetisation of 2016. The country has never recovered from it, he said at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, where the party is holding the Bharat Bachao (Save India) rally - its mega protest on a range of issues, including the...

Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said on Saturday that his party president Rahul Gandhi would raise issues relating to Rafale, farmers' distress, unemployment, demonetisation and interference into autonomous bodies like CBI by the PM Modi government in the budget session of Parliament.

Days after the Agriculture Ministry confidently arrived at a conclusion that the overnight notes ban in November 2016 led to a cash crunch and hurt farmers, it has now come up with a new assessment that says exactly the opposite.

Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Friday denied claims that demonetisation prevented farmers from purchasing seeds.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that demonetisation had "destroyed" the lives of farmers and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making "fun" of their plight during his poll campaigns.

Demonetization did not affect the sale of seeds and production of crops, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh asserted today in a tweet refuting reports that his ministry had told a group of MPs recently that the notes ban had hit millions of farmers in the country.

The 'silk and milk' village of Vondaraguppe, in Karnataka's Ramanagara district, is going cashless. Or at least that is the aim as part of the central government's push toward a digital, cashless society. The reality is that while many are enjoying the advantages of digital transactions -- including dairy farmers and pensioners -- it isn't quite so...

For the first time in his three-and-a-half year rule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing sustained discontent over his economic policies as growth slows, job losses mount and distressed farmers protest.

Almost two weeks after announcing a farm loan waiver, the Maharashtra government said it would give farmers Rs 10,000 cash to meet their immediate needs for sowing the next round of crops.

The Odisha assembly witnessed uproarious scenes for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as Congress members raised the issue of farmer suicide and the distress sale of vegetables in the state.

In the middle of election season, Prime Minister Narendra Modi avoided any direct political reference in his Mann Ki Baat. But praising farmers for a record production of food grains, the Prime Minister indirectly answered his critics that the notes ban had badly affected the agriculture sector and slowed down the economy because of a cash crunch.

Demonetisation has burnt a Rs 350 crore-hole in West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's state budget. That money will be given to "victims", as it were, of the centre's move last November to abruptly scrap Rs 500 and 1,000 rupee notes: migrant workers who lost jobs in other states and had to return home and farmers and sharecroppers hit by the...

Raghunath, a 60-year-old farmer, surveys his two-acre farm in Bundelkhand with some concern. After four consecutive years of drought, the weather cooperated this year. Right after Diwali, he sowed the Rabi or winter crop of wheat, which now stands about two feet tall. On seeds, fertilizers, diesel for his water pump, he spent Rs 15,000. Then, on No...

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the notes ban issue, saying farmers were forced to deposit their money in banks and a limit on withdrawal was imposed so loans could be given to his "favourite business barons".