Top Economist On Demonetisation: Don't Assume Government Is Stupid
On Agenda, economist and NITI Aayog member, Bibek Debroy fields questions from the public on the government's surprise decision to eliminate Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes overnight. Could the government have handled the implementation of this decision, being billed as death knell to the country's black money menace, in a more streamlined manner? Mr Debroy says that the secret would have been out then and the move wouldn't have been as effective, adding, 'don't assume the government is stupid'.
