Narendra Modi Demonetisation Plan

Eating out has become cheaper after the GST Council Meeting led by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley revised the rates of the new national tax yesterday. The GST rate charged by restaurants has been cut to a uniform 5 per cent now -- from the earlier 12 per cent or 18 per cent, depending on whether you ate at an air-conditioned place or a restaurant wi...

After meeting top party leaders to plan nationwide protests on November 8, the first anniversary of the notes ban, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi delivered another instalment of criticism for the government on its reform policies today, calling demonetisation and the new national tax GST "double torpedoes". Demonetisation, Mr Gandhi said, is ...

November 8, the first anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock decision to ban high-denomination notes will be celebrated by the BJP as "anti-black money day", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced.

Actor Kamal Haasan, who has announced his plans to enter politics, today apologized for supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock decision to ban high-denomination notes a year ago. Haasan, who is 62, said "If the PM accepts his mistake, my salaam (salute) awaits him."

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley began his Budget speech today with a strong defence of the notes ban, promising that its impact on the economy would not spill over to the next year. He then presented a plan to cushion sections that have been worst hit by demonetisation, pledging to spend more on the rural poor, doubling income of farmers and cutting ...

Three hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a television speech to announce that 500- and 1,000-rupee notes would be abolished at midnight, the board of the Reserve Bank of India had cleared the ban.

With Jio, Mr Ambani is also betting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move to push digital payments will spur more Indians to use its services in the world's largest smartphone market after China.

The Income Tax Department has asked banks to submit details of cash deposits in savings accounts between April 1 and November 9, 2016. The I-T department is planning to scrutinize banking transactions in the months leading up to the government's demonetisation move.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's notes ban decision is a "travesty of his fundamental duty" and has destroyed the confidence of more than a billion Indians, his predecessor Manmohan Singh has said in a searing critique published in The Hindu newspaper today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi handpicked a trusted bureaucrat, little known outside India's financial circles, to spearhead a radical move to abolish 86 percent of the country's cash overnight and take aim at the huge shadow economy.

Reliance Jio Chairman Mukhesh Ambani announced a new Happy New Year offer for customers on Thursday, extending the benefits of the original Welcome Offer which gives Reliance Jio customers unlimited voice calling, text messages and data for free. However the Reliance Jio Happy New Year plan will come with a Fair Usage Police or FUP which will cap d...

Right after demonetization was announced, Arjun Ram Meghwal, the country's Junior Finance Minister, was spotted in line at an ATM in his constituency in Rajasthan. Speaking to NDTV, the minister admitted that he was not among the small team privy to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plans to cancel 500 and 1,000-rupee notes, but proclaimed early evide...

Demonetisation issue has taken centre stage among issues and moves discussed in the parliament. A united opposition have decided to escalated attack on government over the demonetisation issue by protesting outside Parliament today. They also plan to meet the President, and holding street protests in the coming days.

PM Modi's decision rattled the world's second-most populous nation, where cash dominates day-to-day life.

Faced with an escalating attack from a united opposition that now plans a nationwide bandh over demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday evening for another review of the impact of the ban on 500 and 1000 rupee notes.

Eating out has become cheaper after the GST Council Meeting led by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley revised the rates of the new national tax yesterday. The GST rate charged by restaurants has been cut to a uniform 5 per cent now -- from the earlier 12 per cent or 18 per cent, depending on whether you ate at an air-conditioned place or a restaurant wi...

After meeting top party leaders to plan nationwide protests on November 8, the first anniversary of the notes ban, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi delivered another instalment of criticism for the government on its reform policies today, calling demonetisation and the new national tax GST "double torpedoes". Demonetisation, Mr Gandhi said, is ...

November 8, the first anniversary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock decision to ban high-denomination notes will be celebrated by the BJP as "anti-black money day", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced.

Actor Kamal Haasan, who has announced his plans to enter politics, today apologized for supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock decision to ban high-denomination notes a year ago. Haasan, who is 62, said "If the PM accepts his mistake, my salaam (salute) awaits him."

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley began his Budget speech today with a strong defence of the notes ban, promising that its impact on the economy would not spill over to the next year. He then presented a plan to cushion sections that have been worst hit by demonetisation, pledging to spend more on the rural poor, doubling income of farmers and cutting ...

Three hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a television speech to announce that 500- and 1,000-rupee notes would be abolished at midnight, the board of the Reserve Bank of India had cleared the ban.

With Jio, Mr Ambani is also betting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move to push digital payments will spur more Indians to use its services in the world's largest smartphone market after China.

The Income Tax Department has asked banks to submit details of cash deposits in savings accounts between April 1 and November 9, 2016. The I-T department is planning to scrutinize banking transactions in the months leading up to the government's demonetisation move.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's notes ban decision is a "travesty of his fundamental duty" and has destroyed the confidence of more than a billion Indians, his predecessor Manmohan Singh has said in a searing critique published in The Hindu newspaper today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi handpicked a trusted bureaucrat, little known outside India's financial circles, to spearhead a radical move to abolish 86 percent of the country's cash overnight and take aim at the huge shadow economy.

Reliance Jio Chairman Mukhesh Ambani announced a new Happy New Year offer for customers on Thursday, extending the benefits of the original Welcome Offer which gives Reliance Jio customers unlimited voice calling, text messages and data for free. However the Reliance Jio Happy New Year plan will come with a Fair Usage Police or FUP which will cap d...

Right after demonetization was announced, Arjun Ram Meghwal, the country's Junior Finance Minister, was spotted in line at an ATM in his constituency in Rajasthan. Speaking to NDTV, the minister admitted that he was not among the small team privy to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plans to cancel 500 and 1,000-rupee notes, but proclaimed early evide...

Demonetisation issue has taken centre stage among issues and moves discussed in the parliament. A united opposition have decided to escalated attack on government over the demonetisation issue by protesting outside Parliament today. They also plan to meet the President, and holding street protests in the coming days.

PM Modi's decision rattled the world's second-most populous nation, where cash dominates day-to-day life.

Faced with an escalating attack from a united opposition that now plans a nationwide bandh over demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday evening for another review of the impact of the ban on 500 and 1000 rupee notes.