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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
TopicDemonetisation

Topic: demonetisation

50 days became 500 but India is still suffering from demonetisation

When even the Gujarat CM blames the Centre, you know how bad things are. This is not the people’s impatience, this is the government’s incompetence.

‘Risky’ cash crunch pushes the government to defend scam-hit banks

Reasons for the squeeze range from farm spending to looming elections, but its roots lie in Modi’s 2016 decision to overnight void 86 percent of currency in circulation?

Coming this Saturday: ‘Big news’ from Modi critic Yashwant Sinha

Sinha is organising a meeting of anti-BJP parties in Patna on 21 April that will be attended by representatives from the Congress, RJD, AAP and JD(U).

Last Laughs: ATMs go dry across India, Shiv Sena’s unlikely to take Amit Shah’s olive branch

The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

TalkPoint: Why are several states still facing cash shortages, 17 months after demonetisation?

Experts weigh in on the cash crunch in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Jammu and Kashmir.

More than enough currency in circulation: Finance minister Arun Jaitley

Jaitley responds to reports of currency shortage in six states saying that it would be tackled quickly.

Going, going, gone: How the political narrative has slipped out of Narendra Modi’s hands

It is not unusual for governments to become unpopular in their last year or two. What is unusual is that we never thought this would happen to Narendra Modi, the master communicator.

P. Chidambaram says Tirupati’s hundi collectors count notes faster than RBI. How much do they count?

P. Chidambaram was mocking the RBI for not completing the counting of currency notes 15 months after demonetisation. 

TalkPoint: Is RBI’s stature irredeemably undermined after demonetisation and government’s rebuke over PNB?

Experts weigh in on the government's rebuke to RBI for its failure in detecting the PNB fraud and it's implications.

It’s time for the Modi government to sell its family silver

If the government is to budget properly for under-funded sectors, it needs to look beyond tax revenues which have risen smartly over the years.

On Camera

Jana Sangh leader VK Malhotra brought Advani to Delhi, kept the party afloat after 1984 setback

Unlike his colleagues from the time of the BJS, several of whom became governors and held other constitutional posts, Malhotra chose to lead a quiet and simple retired life after the massive 2014 victory of the BJP.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

In Nepal, young dreams of serving in Indian Army crash as Agnipath halts a centuries-old tradition

Since 1815, Nepali Gorkhas have served in Indian & British Armies, as well as in Bihar, Bengal & Assam Police. Since Agnipath scheme came in, no Nepal-domiciled Gorkha has enlisted.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.