Topic: demonetisation

The Central Vigilance Commission has also started an investigation into deposits made by government officials in the 40-day period of demonetisation.

It's premature to decide whether demonetisation is a success or failure, write economists Jagdish Bhagwati, Vivek Dehejia and Pravin Krishna.

The government wanted demonetisation to combat three problems. None of them seem to have been solved. 

Since there were multiple objectives of demonetisation, one cannot completely say whether the experiment was a failure or a success.

Amid talk of jobless growth and the urgent need for India to create employment for its millions of young men and women, the Chief Statistician of India, T.C.A. Ananth, says there is not much evidence to show that the unemployment scenario may have worsened in the last three or four years. Anubhuti Vishnoi

The government has set a 2,500 crore target overall but individual goals have been revised following representations by ministries. ANUBHUTI VISHNOI

That's all it takes to protect an institution - just one person with no past & no greed for future.

Demonetisation is Modi’s make-or-break gambit for 2019. Opposition leaders see a vulnerability and won’t gift pre-eminence to Congress.

The people caught most unprepared by the PM's strike on currency are the bureaucrats. The problem: They've been there, done that.

After sharp shifts on strategic policies, demonetisation without data, debate, de-risking or war gaming marks Mr Modi's governing style.