Anything affecting the rights, health, or finances of the public at large. Public interest is a common concern among citizens in the management and affairs of local, state, and national government. It does not mean mere curiosity but is a broad term that refers to the body politic and the public weal.
Disclaimer: I am not at all knowledgeable on the subject. This is a question based on the reading I’ve been doing about demonetisation. One of the objectives of demonetisation was […]
What if bank deposits exceed the notes issued by RBI? Read More »
This is just speculation, but drastic changes in the BJP’s propaganda seem to indicate that a rollback of demonetisation may happen. We began with demonetisation being Modi’s special, secret project.
Signs of impending roll back of demonetisation? Read More »
As soon as the demonetisation of Rs.500 and Rs.1000 notes was announced, I had said that it was a forced and public funded “bailout” of banks. This article examines news reports from the last year and explains how I arrived at the conclusion.
Here is how the #demonetisation is a forced, public funded bailout of banks Read More »
The Osmanabad District Cooperative Bank Ltd, has started sending notices to farmers with outstanding loans asking them to repay the loans or the bank would take socially humiliating measures against them. So far over 30 farmers in Nagur alone have received these notices; in the Lohara taluka, over 1000 farmers. The notices are dated 14th October 2016, however the farmers claim that they received them on the 23rd November 2016 (the notices are likely backdated, essentially rendering the one month notice meaningless). The farmers have been informed that unless the loans are repaid, they will begin to face recovery process in December.
Extortion of inflated loans from farmers during #demonetisation Read More »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted from his personal account, a request asking people to vote about the impact of demonetisation on his app. The link provided leads to his personal website
The mysterious case of the Prime Minister Modi’s official app Read More »
What follows is a compilation of excerpts from various articles describing the impact of demonetisation. Demonetisation effect: Cash crunch hits transport business hard The demonetisation exercise has put the trucking
Demonetisation compilation: some areas of impact of demonetisation Read More »
Ever since Modi announced the demonetisation of 500 and 1000 rupee notes, I have been going to the local market daily to see the impact it would have on us.
Modi Sarkar’s surgical strike on the poor #demonetisation Read More »
What happens when a shehari, concerned by disturbing reports of distress in the rural areas decides to ignore the lack of news and go see for himself? Something very interesting. What
A visit to a village without banks or ATMs Read More »
Does the demonetisation of 500 and 1000 rupee notes really benefit India? To what extent? What is the cost to benefit? How do we measure success? And more questions.
Some questions about this demonetisation thing Read More »
