The note ban formalised a huge sector of India's economy, spurred real growth, increased tax compliance, reduced interest rates, curbed artificially high property prices and netted black money. And these are just some massive advantages.
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RIGHT Foot Forward | 11-minute read
Current criticism of electoral bonds seems fuelled by most funding going to the BJP. But for a better system, the attempt should be to improve bonds through dialogue, not junk this lock, stock and barrel.
Have the ingenuous black money hoarders tricked the banking system to render much of their illegal cash as white?
A look at how the voter perceives the economic performance of the Narendra Modi government.
Efforts to bring him to book are hobbled by a stringent extradition treaty, and a government that woke up far too late.
The BJP government will get a big shot in the arm if Mallya were to be extradited to India just before next general elections.
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Mixed Medium | 5-minute read
We must thank our PM — a true artist.
All bank deposits above Rs 50,000 have since long required PAN card details, and even then failed to control the growth of black money.
Karti Chidambaram's arrest shows new intent and urgency, but there is much more that needs to be done.
In none of the court cases involving the three political bigwigs now 'rotting in jail' did the PM or his government has a role to play.