demonetisation: PM Narendra Modi but to acknowledge ‘epic failure’ of demonetisation transfer: Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday over his authorities’s 2016 demonetisation transfer, saying the PM is but to acknowledge this “epic failure” that led to the “fall of the economic system”. Kharge’s remarks, a day earlier than demonetisation’s sixth anniversary, came visiting a media report which mentioned that the forex with the general public has jumped to a brand new excessive of Rs 30.88 lakh crore as of October 21.

“Demonetisation was promised to free the nation of black cash. However it destroyed companies and ruined jobs. 6 years after the ‘masterstroke’ the money accessible in public is 72% larger than that in 2016,” Kharge mentioned in a tweet.

“PM is but to acknowledge this epic failure that led to fall of economic system,” the Congress president mentioned.

Based on the fortnightly knowledge on cash provide launched by the RBI on Friday, the forex with the general public elevated to Rs 30.88 lakh crore as on October 21. The central financial institution knowledge for Reserve Cash had put the forex in circulation at Rs 17.7 lakh crore on November 4, 2016.

Forex with the general public refers to notes and cash utilized by individuals to transact, settle trades, and for purchasing items and providers. The determine is arrived at after deducting money with banks from the forex in circulation.

On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Modi had introduced the choice to withdraw Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination notes with the final word goal of lowering corruption and black cash within the economic system.