Page 11 - Demonetisaton

Note ban unease: BJP hopes for delayed UP assembly polls

In 2012, elections to the UP Assembly were held in February-March

PM Narendra Modi says note ban for country, not party

Several UP leaders, including its Members of Parliament, are of the view that demonetisation could scupper BJP's chances

No estimation of black money either before or after Nov 8: FM Jaitley

Searches conducted by I-T Dept between April 2014 to Nov 2016 on 1,356 groups of assessees led to admission of undisclosed income of Rs 31,277 crore

Note ban: Workers ransack factory, smash window panes over non-payment of wages

Three workers have been booked for allegedly ransacking a factory in Wagle Industrial Estate here as the company could not pay their wages on time due to demonetisation, police said today. According to a complaint filed in this regard, the three workers allegedly smashed the window panes of the company's office in the wee hours yesterday. They also damaged some tiles brought for construction work and broke the partition walls in the premises, they said. The alleged offence was captured in the CCTV installed in the company premises. Subsequently, based on the complaint filed by a senior company official, an offence under IPC sections 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others), 427 (mischief) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) was registered last evening against the three men with Wagle Estate police station. No arrest has been made so far, police said. According to the complainant, the workers are paid wages on the 10th of every ..

15 parties, led by Rahul Gandhi, to meet President today; Lok Sabha remains stalled

The session is slated to end on Friday, with action shifting to Rashtrapati Bhavan

Bengal parties hold demonetisation protest, show black flag to RBI's Urjit Patel

At least 20 Congress workers surrounded his car shouting "Urjit Patel hai hai" and waved black flags

Centre to absorb MDR on debit card payments of up to Rs 1 lakh to govt

The Centre recently waived service charges on card payments of up to Rs 2,000

Demonetisation: Urjit Patel heckled in Kolkata

Trinamool Congress also raised slogans saying 'Urjit Patel go back' and 'Urjit Patel hai hai'

Withdrawal limit may ease after 80% new notes re-channelised

The withdrawal limit from banks is Rs 24,000 a week, including a maximum of Rs 2,500 from ATMs per day

FinMin asks RBI, banks to double-check data on deposit of old notes

Shaktikanta Das said by month end about 50% of Rs 15 lakh crore worth demonetised currency will be injected into the system

No target of printing new notes worth entire Rs 15.44 lakh cr: Govt

Shaktikanta Das govt has given a significant push to digitisation and digital payments

Focus on printing Rs 500 notes stepped up: Shaktikanta Das

Says for the first time that all security features of the new Rs 2,000 notes are designed in-house

Response to digital payments positive: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley said the government, RBI have taken various steps to bring down the cost of digital transactions

Rs 40 lakh in new currency notes of Rs 2000 seized from three persons in Rajasthan

The money was recovered from Ajit Malik in Deedwana area of Nagaur

Mamata Banerjee requests Centre, RBI to help tea garden workers in West Bengal

Mamata Banerjee accused Modi government of discriminating against the state by depriving tea garden workers of their wages

Discretionary spending down, jewellery sales climb

Innoviti, a payment solutions company, says card users have cut spending by 30% on discretionary items such as mobiles and consumer durables

Rs 35 lakh in new currency notes seized from 2 Jaipur businessmen

On Tuesday, police had detained five persons with Rs 14 lakh new notes from the city outskirts in Bhankrota

Heated exchanges between Opposition, BJP disrupts Rajya Sabha proceedings

Kurien told Naidu that Azad had given a notice to raise farmers distress

7 kg jewellery, cash totalling Rs 64 lakh recovered

IT Dept and Inter-State Cell of Crime Branch conducted searches at accused Sukhbir Shokeen's house

RBI unwilling to cede control over payments regulations

Watal panel had suggested an independent payments regulator be set up