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Friday, August 29, 2025
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Topic: RBI

Demonetisation and its impact on tax collection and formalisation of the economy: Arun Jaitley

The larger purpose of demonetisation was to move INDIA from a Tax Non-compliant society to a compliant society. 

Bhima-Koregaon arrests, Rafale row, note ban have one common problem: BJP’s execution

The party’s election machinery will be severely tested in the coming state elections and the 2019 battle.

‘Urban Naxals’ as India’s astronauts, and the failure of demonetisation

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

By a 99.3% verdict, India’s cash ban was a farce

RBI's focus on pressing issues like the banking system deserves more attention after two years of cash ban frenzy and counting of old notes.

From Hindu to Swarajya, arrest of human rights activists on everyone’s mind

Front page The discourse surrounding the arrests of five human rights activists this week has, unsurprisingly, been deeply polarised. All debate and reason has been...

No end to fake notes problem, data shows huge jump in counterfeit Rs 500 & Rs 2,000

RBI's annual report says overall detection of counterfeit notes in fiscal 2018 was 31.4% lower than the previous fiscal.

Chidambaram slams govt after RBI says 99.3% demonetised notes returned

About Rs 15.21 lakh crore of the demonetised Rs 15.41 lakh crore in circulation have been returned to banks, says RBI.

Rising oil prices could cause Indian banks to sweat

Higher oil prices will likely widen India's current-account deficit, but this won't affect the country's external position.

To address bad loans, govt asks RBI to identify public sector banks that can be merged

Govt has also asked RBI to suggest a time frame for the consolidation to create better-capitalised lenders and improve regulatory oversight.

Each of Modi govt’s decisions after demonetisation hark back to India’s socialist past

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

On Camera

Tax terror and India’s same-sex couples

Even without entering the debate on marriage equality, India’s laws are already punishing same-sex couples in small and large ways that are rarely discussed.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.