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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
TopicDemonetisation

Topic: demonetisation

Dhurandhar 2 offers a grand justification for demonetisation that even BJP couldn’t dream of

Dhurandhar 2 is an audacious retcon. The nation is the collateral.

5 films that showed demonetisation before Dhurandhar 2

Several filmmakers have tried to capture the shock, chaos, and political debate since PM Modi’s surprise announcement on 8 November 2016.

Demonetisation is a wild hit at the bull’s eye. It will not hurt the guilty: BP Adarkar

Demonetisation is no terror to politicians, officials and big businessmen who had enough notice to take necessary precautions. It'll catch dumb goats, not black sheep, Prof BP Adarkar said in 1973.

CAG missed out on examining demonetisation despite announcing that it would do so

Drawing on decades of insider experience, P Sesh Kumar's 'CAG: What it Ought to be Auditing' questions whether the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is truly fulfilling its constitutional mandate.

Naidu asks ally BJP to ban Rs 500 notes, advocates for politics ‘without distribution of money’

Speaking at TDP’s Mahanadu at Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu also says all donations to party can now be made directly, digitally through phone-based bank transfers.

Is Trump being too radical in defying economic sanity? Think Narendra Modi and demonetisation

No American president has ever attempted to do anything this radical in the face of opposition from nearly every serious economist.

Demonetisation failure? Rs 500 & Rs 2,000 notes together make up 50% of counterfeit notes detected

Ministry of Finance informed Parliament govt implemented demonetisation to reduce incidence of fake notes. But counterfeiting of high value currency has risen sharply, fresh data shows.

Modi’s global stature nowhere close to that of Nehru, Indira or Vajpayee, says Yashwant Sinha

Vajpayee must be dismayed looking at Modi govt from heaven, says former Union minister Sinha, questions functioning of EC & ED and govt's claims about India's economy.

Article 370, demonetisation, Gyanvapi, same-sex marriage: 11 major judgments of 2023

More than one of this year’s major judgments dealt with fraught relations between the Modi government and administrations led by Opposition parties in states as well as Delhi.

88% of demonetised Rs 2,000 notes returned since May, says RBI

The total value of Rs 2,000 notes in circulation declined to 3.56 trillion rupees as of 19th May from 3.62 trillion rupees as on 31st March, the central bank said in a statement.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.