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One year of demonetisation: How Modi govt's move has impacted economy

Rarely has the consumer market in India witnessed the duress it had to undergo a year ago

One year of demonetisation: How Modi govt’s move has impacted economy
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Business Standard New Delhi
As demonetisation completes one year, Business Standard looks at how the government’s move to root out black money impacted businesses, economy and the common man.
 

“To break the grip of corruption and black money, we have decided that the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes currently in use will no longer be legal tender from midnight tonight, that is November 8, 2016.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi — November 8, 2016

 
Currency purge trips growth pace

 
It was a decision with few parallels in India’s economic history. On November 8, 2016, in an address to the nation,