Pm Modi On Black Money

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday vowed further crackdown on corruption and black money, saying the government has given "full freedom" to the probe agencies for taking strongest action against the corrupt.

The Opposition on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over funds parked by Indian individuals and firms in Swiss banks jumping to a 14-year high in 2021, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asking wasn't it the PM's promise to bring it back.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a dig at the BJP's election pledge of creating 19 lakh jobs in Bihar, saying that it was similar to that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2014 campaign promise of bringing back black money stashed abroad and depositing Rs 15 lakh in the bank accounts of the people.

"Those opposing farm laws are insulting farmers," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today, a day after Punjab Youth Congress workers set a tractor on fire near India Gate in the heart of Delhi during protests against the controversial farm laws, which have triggered widespread agitations in several states.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan next week to attend the G-20 summit where issues such as financial stability, WTO reform, black money, and terrorism will be on top of the agenda for India.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of converting huge black money into white through demonitisation and spending it to purchase votes.

The Congress today alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's helicopter was seen transporting a "suspicious black trunk" during his visit to Karnataka's Chitradurga earlier this week, and demanded a thorough probe into the matter.

Minutes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's interview to news agency ANI aired on television channels, the Congress came out with a press conference to counter it. Calling it a "monologue interview" where he only spoke about "I, me, mine and myself", senior Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the Prime Minister had left many questio...

Ahead of a 10-point rebuttal, the Congress issued a scathing response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's New Year interview. Soon after the 95-minute interview, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted: "Summary of Modiji's 'Monologue' Interview:- 'I', 'Me', 'Mine', 'Myself' Country is suffering your 'I's & 'Lies'!"

The sudden move to ban high-value currency notes in 2016 was not a "jhatka" (shock) as people with black money were warned a year earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an interview to news agency ANI on Tuesday, defending demonetisation.

Picking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks that demonetisation was a "bitter" medicine to get rid of black money, Congress leader P Chidambaram today said it destroyed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and now the government wanted RBI to revive the sector.

In a stinging attack on the demonetisation exercise, senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala today dubbed it as the "biggest scam in independent India" due to which citizens lost their lives, jobs and life-long savings.

The Congress today demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologise to the country on Thursday, the second anniversary of the demonetisation announcement, for unilaterally attempting a "Tughlaqi" experiment that ended up "wrecking the economy and causing its people untold hardships".

As the dust settles on the demonetisation episode, the data show it didn't weed out black money or cash gained through illegal means, which was a key objective of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan. On the plus side, there's been some widening in the country's dismal tax base, an increase in digital payments and a drop in fake notes.

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.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday vowed further crackdown on corruption and black money, saying the government has given "full freedom" to the probe agencies for taking strongest action against the corrupt.

The Opposition on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over funds parked by Indian individuals and firms in Swiss banks jumping to a 14-year high in 2021, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asking wasn't it the PM's promise to bring it back.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a dig at the BJP's election pledge of creating 19 lakh jobs in Bihar, saying that it was similar to that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2014 campaign promise of bringing back black money stashed abroad and depositing Rs 15 lakh in the bank accounts of the people.

"Those opposing farm laws are insulting farmers," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today, a day after Punjab Youth Congress workers set a tractor on fire near India Gate in the heart of Delhi during protests against the controversial farm laws, which have triggered widespread agitations in several states.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan next week to attend the G-20 summit where issues such as financial stability, WTO reform, black money, and terrorism will be on top of the agenda for India.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of converting huge black money into white through demonitisation and spending it to purchase votes.

The Congress today alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's helicopter was seen transporting a "suspicious black trunk" during his visit to Karnataka's Chitradurga earlier this week, and demanded a thorough probe into the matter.

Minutes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's interview to news agency ANI aired on television channels, the Congress came out with a press conference to counter it. Calling it a "monologue interview" where he only spoke about "I, me, mine and myself", senior Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the Prime Minister had left many questio...

Ahead of a 10-point rebuttal, the Congress issued a scathing response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's New Year interview. Soon after the 95-minute interview, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted: "Summary of Modiji's 'Monologue' Interview:- 'I', 'Me', 'Mine', 'Myself' Country is suffering your 'I's & 'Lies'!"

The sudden move to ban high-value currency notes in 2016 was not a "jhatka" (shock) as people with black money were warned a year earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an interview to news agency ANI on Tuesday, defending demonetisation.

Picking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks that demonetisation was a "bitter" medicine to get rid of black money, Congress leader P Chidambaram today said it destroyed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and now the government wanted RBI to revive the sector.

In a stinging attack on the demonetisation exercise, senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala today dubbed it as the "biggest scam in independent India" due to which citizens lost their lives, jobs and life-long savings.

The Congress today demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologise to the country on Thursday, the second anniversary of the demonetisation announcement, for unilaterally attempting a "Tughlaqi" experiment that ended up "wrecking the economy and causing its people untold hardships".

As the dust settles on the demonetisation episode, the data show it didn't weed out black money or cash gained through illegal means, which was a key objective of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan. On the plus side, there's been some widening in the country's dismal tax base, an increase in digital payments and a drop in fake notes.

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.