License Raj Makes A Comeback
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority’s move to cap pricing of coronary stents would adversely affect well-to-do patients and medical tourism industry in India After the Delhi High court passed the order …
Currency
Central Govt’s proposal to amend RTI Rules will increase attacks on RTI users and activists
Dear all, The Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India has invited comments on a new set of Draft Rules (available in English only) to implement The Right to Information …
Grape season in peril in Nashik due to demonetisation
End of January marks the grape harvest season around Nashik. After falling prices after demonetisation led farmers to slash down standing tomato crops last month to make way for emergency …
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Transcript of Statement made by Shri R. Gandhi, Deputy Governor
The RBI had removed from its website a transcript it had published of Shri R. Gandhi’s statement about the currency disbursed to the public by the RBI. It was later published as a few bullet points with controversial parts removed as an “edited transcript”
Why black money was never the real goal of #demonetisation
As per Arun Jaitley, the demonetised cash in circulation on the 8th of November was 15.4 lakh crores. The population of India is over 120 crores. (been six years since …
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Signs of impending roll back of demonetisation?
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. …
Here is how the #demonetisation is a forced, public funded bailout of banks
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.
The mysterious case of the Prime Minister Modi’s official app
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 …
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Problems with the tall claims made about demonetisation
There is an abundance of claims by the government both about the virtues of demonetisation as well as the duration of the “inconvenience” people have to go through. Here is my …
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