Manmohan Singh Notes Ban

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi wouldn't have "destroyed" the economy if he had taken advice from former PM Manmohan Singh.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said India is headed for an economic slowdown and accused the Modi government of leaving the economy in dire straits due to its "lack of economic vision".

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...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today lashed out at critics of demonetisation, dubbing them "prophets of doom" hours after former prime minister Manmohan Singh's scathing takedown of the move he said had left scars and wounds that were getting more visible with time. Attacked by the opposition on the second anniversary of the notes ban, Mr Jaitley sa...

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh today shared his scathing assessment of demonetisation as intense political sparring between the government and the opposition marked the second anniversary of the cash ban. "It is often said that time is a great healer. But unfortunately, in the case of demonetisation, the scars and wounds of demonetisation are...

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...

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday sharply criticised the government on demonetisation and jobs data and said the state of affairs in the country were a powerful indictment of the BJP-led government.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said it was too early to conclude that the economic slowdown has reversed as the 6.3 per cent growth rate in the July-September quarter did not take into account the small and medium sector which suffered huge losses in the aftermath of demonetisation and hasty implementation of GST.

The notes ban was not an appropriate response to the black money issue, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said and suggested that the government simplify tax and administration systems to address it.

Hitting back at Manmohan Singh for terming demonetisation as "organised loot" and "legalised plunder", Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said the former prime minister "seemed to be reading scripts written by someone else, just like Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi".

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.

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...

As former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was addressing traders and businessmen at an auditorium in Ahmedabad today, ripping into the Narendra Modi government's big reforms notes ban and GST, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani of the BJP launched a counter attack on Twitter in a series of questions for the Congress leader

The Congress got out its top gun on the economy on Tuesday, fielding former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in Gujarat to amplify party vice president Rahul Gandhi's attack on the Narendra Modi government's mega reforms, the notes ban and new national sales tax GST. Dr Singh said the "twin blow is a complete disaster for our economy, it has broken...

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi wouldn't have "destroyed" the economy if he had taken advice from former PM Manmohan Singh.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said India is headed for an economic slowdown and accused the Modi government of leaving the economy in dire straits due to its "lack of economic vision".

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...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today lashed out at critics of demonetisation, dubbing them "prophets of doom" hours after former prime minister Manmohan Singh's scathing takedown of the move he said had left scars and wounds that were getting more visible with time. Attacked by the opposition on the second anniversary of the notes ban, Mr Jaitley sa...

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh today shared his scathing assessment of demonetisation as intense political sparring between the government and the opposition marked the second anniversary of the cash ban. "It is often said that time is a great healer. But unfortunately, in the case of demonetisation, the scars and wounds of demonetisation are...

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...

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday sharply criticised the government on demonetisation and jobs data and said the state of affairs in the country were a powerful indictment of the BJP-led government.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said it was too early to conclude that the economic slowdown has reversed as the 6.3 per cent growth rate in the July-September quarter did not take into account the small and medium sector which suffered huge losses in the aftermath of demonetisation and hasty implementation of GST.

The notes ban was not an appropriate response to the black money issue, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said and suggested that the government simplify tax and administration systems to address it.

Hitting back at Manmohan Singh for terming demonetisation as "organised loot" and "legalised plunder", Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said the former prime minister "seemed to be reading scripts written by someone else, just like Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi".

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.

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...

As former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was addressing traders and businessmen at an auditorium in Ahmedabad today, ripping into the Narendra Modi government's big reforms notes ban and GST, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani of the BJP launched a counter attack on Twitter in a series of questions for the Congress leader

The Congress got out its top gun on the economy on Tuesday, fielding former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in Gujarat to amplify party vice president Rahul Gandhi's attack on the Narendra Modi government's mega reforms, the notes ban and new national sales tax GST. Dr Singh said the "twin blow is a complete disaster for our economy, it has broken...