Thanks to Banks, Cash is still King worldwide!

Thanks to Banks, Cash is still King worldwide!

Cashless  is accepted everywhere. Our phones have payment apps  that work perfectly. A digital bank transfer lands  the money  within the hour, and systems such as PayPal , PayTM, and others allow us to settle any account in an instant. The government would like us to assume that cash is on the way out. Reality […]

Is demonetization pro-poor?

Is demonetization pro-poor?

A former bureaucrat turned politician puts the spin on the demonetization narrative. Black money is like a chameleon. Its multiple forms — in cash, real estate and gold, in tax havens, shell companies and benami properties — make its detection difficult. That is why when asked the reason for frequently changing goalposts after demonetisation, Prime […]

It’s official: Demonetization was a flop show!

It’s official: Demonetization was a flop show!

Demonetisation of high value currency notes of Rs 1000  and Rs 500 on 8 November 2016 shook India, disrupting normal behaviour in Indian politics, economy and society. The ‘ruling coalition’ tom-tomed about this  ‘big-bang step to unearth black money’, impair terrorism funding and weed out ‘fake currency’ from the system. The opposition on the other […]

₹ 200 Bank note will help ease demonetization gap

₹ 200  Bank note will help ease demonetization gap

NEW DELHI: The central bank will soon issue 200-rupee note the Finance Ministry has confirmed today. The move will help fill the vast demand for cash after the notes ban, which wiped out over 85 per cent of the cash in circulation. The Finance Ministry, in a notification, said that on the recommendations of the […]

Cash ban leads to less cash withdrawal, trouble ahead?

Cash ban leads to less cash withdrawal, trouble ahead?

New Delhi: Cash withdrawal has been falling rapidly, post demonetisation, as borne out by the fact that it is down to Rs 32,500 crore in the week to March 24 from a peak of Rs 52,800 crore for the week ended January 13, says a report. According to SBI research report Ecowrap, even in the […]

New Income Tax return form, e-filing starts Saturday

New Income Tax return form, e-filing starts Saturday

New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) The government on Friday notified a simpler, one-page form for filing income tax returns while making it mandatory to quote Aadhaar number and disclose bank deposits of more than INR 2 lakh post demonetisation. The Income Tax Return Form-1 (Sahaj) will replace the 7-page form, removing a plethora of columns […]

Nestle lost 100 crore due to Cash Ban

Nestle lost 100 crore due to Cash Ban

New Delhi:  FMCG major Nestle says  it has taken Rs 100 crore hit on sales due to demonetisation and the sector will take another six months to overcome the impact of the government’s move to scarp old high value notes, according to a PTI report. “We took an impact in November. If you look on […]

RBI vs EC: RBI Refuses to raise cash limit for Assembly contestants

RBI vs EC:  RBI Refuses to raise cash limit for Assembly contestants

New Delhi: Is it the Chief Election Commissioner versus the Governor of the Reserve bank? The EC asked the Reserve Bank to raise the cash withdrawal limit for those contesting Assembly Polls. RBI refused point blank! The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has rejected the request of the Election Commission to enhance the weekly cash-withdrawal […]

CBI, NIA in banknote fix!

CBI, NIA in banknote fix!

New Delhi: Demonetisation has proved to be a major headache for the law enforcement agencies. The money that was seized as evidence will be worthless if not deposited in banks … but how then will they produce the evidence(the same bank notes) in court during trial? Probe agencies like CBI and NIA have found themselves […]

‘We owed Demonetisation to the Nation’

‘We owed Demonetisation to the Nation’

Davos, Jan 19 (PTI) The Modi government “owed” demonetisation to the nation and it had to do it to eradicate black money menace and to bring hoarded cash back into the banking system, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday. Speaking at a panel decision at WEF on India’s Time to Transform, she said it […]

India has ‘Mass corruption’ and we can address it: Paytm Chief

India has ‘Mass corruption’ and we can address it: Paytm Chief

Davos:  India is a country with “corruption at mass level”, Paytm chief Vijay Shekhar Sharma said (Jan 19) Digitisation would lead to a process where the money trail would ensure that people would be asked to pay tax on the money they have earned. He said the Paytm business model could help address this corruption. […]

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