Demonetisation Issue

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday accused the Congress of attempting to "twist" the issue of demonetisation and "misinform" people after opposition leaders played down the Supreme Court verdict upholding the government's 2016 decision.

The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it is aware of the "Lakshman Rekha'' on judicial review of government policy decisions but will have to examine the 2016 demonetisation decision to decide whether the issue has become a mere "academic" exercise.

As NDA completed its first year in power, Shiv Sena on Monday attacked PM Narendra Modi and BJP over the issues of recent migrant crisis and demonetisation of 2016.

"We are not talking about the money which was transacted through the informal channels but it was through the banking channel. So I am requesting the Indian side to think about this pending issue," Nepal's Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali said.

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...

Former union minister and Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday said he has no personal enmity with anyone and raised voice against demonetisation and implementation of Goods & Services Tax (GST) in the interest of the people.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said he was tired of listening to Prime Minister Narendra Modi "beat his own trumpet" on "what he did" to Pakistan and asserted that people also want to hear him speak about issues such as demonetisation and hate speeches.

The Central Information Commission has pulled up the Reserve Bank of India for "perfunctory handling" of an RTI application seeking records of its board meetings where the issue of demonetisation was deliberated, and issued a show-cause notice to its Central Public Information Officer.

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.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to news agency ANI today on BJP's loss in assembly elections in five states, resignation of Urjit Patel from the Reserve Bank of India, demonetisation, among other important political and people issues.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview with news agency ANI talked about a host of issues including demonetisation, the surgical strikes in 2016, the upcoming general elections, the Ram temple and former RBI chief Urijit Patel's resignation. He said the general elections next year will be a fight between the people and the Mahagathbandhan

GDP numbers are misleading, RBI's autonomy is in extreme danger and demonetisation is the biggest banking scam, former finance minister Yashwant Sinha claims in his new book.

Raghuram Rajan, the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, says the lack of jobs in India is a very serious issue. In an exclusive interview with NDTV's Prannoy Roy, Mr Rajan cites the example of how 2.5 crore people in the country applied for 90,000 Railway jobs. Calling demonetisation a bad idea, Mr Rajan said India suffered because of it ...

Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi on demonetisation, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian has distanced himself from the decision to junk high-value currency notes, but he should have resigned on the issue and those guilty of the "huge scam" will be punished.

Citing strong fundamentals, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel told a group of lawmakers on Tuesday that the impact of demonetisation was "transient" and the economy had registered a robust credit growth of 15 per cent this fiscal, sources told NDTV. The RBI chief, seen to be at odds with the government over a range of issues includin...

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday accused the Congress of attempting to "twist" the issue of demonetisation and "misinform" people after opposition leaders played down the Supreme Court verdict upholding the government's 2016 decision.

The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it is aware of the "Lakshman Rekha'' on judicial review of government policy decisions but will have to examine the 2016 demonetisation decision to decide whether the issue has become a mere "academic" exercise.

As NDA completed its first year in power, Shiv Sena on Monday attacked PM Narendra Modi and BJP over the issues of recent migrant crisis and demonetisation of 2016.

"We are not talking about the money which was transacted through the informal channels but it was through the banking channel. So I am requesting the Indian side to think about this pending issue," Nepal's Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali said.

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...

Former union minister and Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday said he has no personal enmity with anyone and raised voice against demonetisation and implementation of Goods & Services Tax (GST) in the interest of the people.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said he was tired of listening to Prime Minister Narendra Modi "beat his own trumpet" on "what he did" to Pakistan and asserted that people also want to hear him speak about issues such as demonetisation and hate speeches.

The Central Information Commission has pulled up the Reserve Bank of India for "perfunctory handling" of an RTI application seeking records of its board meetings where the issue of demonetisation was deliberated, and issued a show-cause notice to its Central Public Information Officer.

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.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to news agency ANI today on BJP's loss in assembly elections in five states, resignation of Urjit Patel from the Reserve Bank of India, demonetisation, among other important political and people issues.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview with news agency ANI talked about a host of issues including demonetisation, the surgical strikes in 2016, the upcoming general elections, the Ram temple and former RBI chief Urijit Patel's resignation. He said the general elections next year will be a fight between the people and the Mahagathbandhan

GDP numbers are misleading, RBI's autonomy is in extreme danger and demonetisation is the biggest banking scam, former finance minister Yashwant Sinha claims in his new book.

Raghuram Rajan, the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, says the lack of jobs in India is a very serious issue. In an exclusive interview with NDTV's Prannoy Roy, Mr Rajan cites the example of how 2.5 crore people in the country applied for 90,000 Railway jobs. Calling demonetisation a bad idea, Mr Rajan said India suffered because of it ...

Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi on demonetisation, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian has distanced himself from the decision to junk high-value currency notes, but he should have resigned on the issue and those guilty of the "huge scam" will be punished.

Citing strong fundamentals, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel told a group of lawmakers on Tuesday that the impact of demonetisation was "transient" and the economy had registered a robust credit growth of 15 per cent this fiscal, sources told NDTV. The RBI chief, seen to be at odds with the government over a range of issues includin...