First you tell me there are no protests, now you tell me protests are so common that it doesn't mean anything?
It's clear you have no idea what's happening in India. Google Kashmir protests and then try and relate that with demonetization.
My friend, there is nothing wrong is changing notes but it's the way it is executed. Your imbecile PM doesn't seem to think before acting. It's not different from a dictator like Mao.
The problems that propped up were expected. Ultimately, everything can be done better in hindsight.
You do know demonetization doesn't mean cashless right? You are still a cash based economy my friend, this current drive is just to exchange money with new notes while screwing up the lives of the common in the name of corruption fighting.
Lot of incorrect assumptions. Most of the people who are inconvenienced are living in cities. And in cities, a huge chunk of the population are already digital, meaning they at least have debit cards. As for villages, many of these people had to travel far off, but a lot of them do anyway, especially school going kids who trek miles. Plus, the demonetization happened right after the harvest season, and just after the planting season, which means they were all mostly without work, or with very less work. They could stand in bank queues for hours.
Basically, there was no mass starvation. Which means the system was very well thought out.
And many places continued accepting the old notes. For example, the other guy mentioned railway station, utility bills etc, they were all accepting old notes. And they will continue accepting old notes until the 24th.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...mps-till-november-24/articleshow/55409918.cms
The exemption list includes payments towards fees, charges, hospital bills, petrol pumps, taxes and penalties payable to the central and state governments including municipal and local bodies. Such old notes will also be accepted for making payment of utility charges for water and electricity, etc.
So just like duhastmish, there was a lack of awareness about a lot of facilities that were extended to the public. So where people suffered from, when they did not have to, was because of awareness.
You need to remember one important thing. Even the media is against demonetization, so they have only been pushing negative news. These guys also lost a lot of black money. That's why a lot of news that is supposed to help people generate awareness has not been printed.
Read this:
http://postcard.news/social-media-greatly-successful-busting-lies-main-stream-media-demonetization/
http://postcard.news/times-india-caught-red-handed-spreading-lies-demonetization/
If you actually have access to Indian social media, you will notice that the MSM (main stream media) has only been reporting negative news. However the public sentiment is so positive that even the opposition parties have basically given up after the first few days of complaining. The public sentiment is positive that's why there are literally no protests on demonetization by the general public.
The public also knows that Modi's demonetization was planned and backed by the RBI. And all relevant experts have pointed out that the move will only have short term consequences, only a few months. So the public is calm. But MSM won't report that.
In fact, these queues are all small. The biggest queues show up during the release of films and important cricket matches, and even police are deployed in large numbers and conduct regular 'lathi' charges to control the lines, where they beat people with sticks. So the public is not alien to queues in India.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/repor...ing-seen-on-the-wrong-side-of-history-2274051
Flak means flak, as in criticism.
It was rhetorical.
Doesn't matter if he is from the opposition, the point is how the heck he managed to have so much cash when there is a cash crunch? How did he managed to exchange well ahead of everyone? Coincidence?
This guy didn't exchange anything. There is no cash crunch when he is paying digital. Most of it has already been paid for.
You think rich people are affected in spending? Hell, I'm not one bit affected by demonetization and I'm only middle class.
So you are telling me he is corrupted and has illegal money and then the portion he declared is white. How does it work? How do you know the money he declared is white? Since you know he is corrupted, there is no confiscation of the money? Then what is the point of this demonetization if a dick like him is getting away even after getting jailed?
Because he is still under judicial custody, not sentenced.
This was a response from one of your comrades about why 2000Rs was introduced. He said it was to prevent double dipping. Now you are telling me BILLIONS of the notes are marked? Damn you guys are really delusional. I give up.
Are you stupid? How will double dipping work when you can only withdraw 24000 rupees a week? You can only convert less than 2 lakhs to white, and the govt is not looking at that amount anyway. They are looking at 2.5 lakhs and above.
It doesn't matter how much you deposit, you can only withdraw a limited amount.
ooo alright, now it's a planted news that your peope are suffering and queuing up? I bet those people dying of heatstroke are fake too. Are you guys really so fanatical? You call others extremist, I think you guys are Hindu extremist.
Lol. It's winter. No one's dead from heatstroke.
People are dying due to natural causes, nothing to do with demonetization. Their time was simply up.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-33-seconds-in-India/articleshow/52339891.cms
"India is currently witnessing nearly two million heart attacks a year and majority of the victims are youngsters," said Dr Ashwani Mehta, senior consultant cardiologist at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here.
People are not taking care of their health.
You are telling me something else now. I know they are many money lenders who choke the farmers, but by being incompetent in disbursing and planning the demonetization exercise, you are cutting off funding for them to buy seeds, fertilizers and so on. They might DIE instead of paying higher interest rates. Can you use some common sense, the moneylenders seems to have an incentive for a working and living farmer than a dead farmer compared to the Indian government. Aiiih.....
Haha. Do you know how big the liquor business is in villages? Do you know that the places where there are little to no farmer deaths are states with prohibition enforced?
You are talking about credit, but you don't know anything about the spending habits of farmers. Farmers die when they take illegal loans and are unable to pay back because of droughts. Ain't nothing special. During British times, farmers would die in the millions every few years.
This situation is making them queue up to exchange cash when they should be working. These people are paid daily wages, if they don't work a day, THEY MIGHT DIE!!! You understand my Indy Bhai.
Lol. These people who get daily wages don't work daily. They don't get a constant supply of jobs. Plus, construction has slowed down, so they are all without work anyway.
And employers who employ daily wage earners don't stock big notes, they pay them with smaller notes. Nobody in India gets paid 500 or 1000 rupees a day for doing manual labour. Get real.
So you are saying to me, hey there is a Chinaman farmer commiting suicide, so it's ok if Modis plan makes them kill themselves? I told you, China is not heaven, there are cases of corruption with some suicide but it is no where near the epidemic level as India.
Demonetization is expected to help the farmers.
Yah, you already had serious food wastage due to a f-up logistical system, and now you don't mind even more losses due to the halting of transportation?
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/repor...nd-4-lakh-trucks-stranded-on-highways-2273414
Where are the strikes and protests then? Most of those trucks are stuck at border checkpoints. Nothing special. Trucks are stuck at checkpoints every day regardless of cash flow.
You are clutching at straws like the opposition. You are using normal things to justify the move is effed up because you literally have no clue about India.
Public sentiment is very positive about demonetization.
Yup a few hundred dead Indians makes no difference right?
CCP will never make a move that will threaten its existence, but Modi did.
Wow, everything is back to normal now.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...nt-ire-on-bank-staff/articleshow/55528509.cms
This is todays news btw. Evryone is so docile, peaceful and loving.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-yield-has-no-takers/articleshow/55527989.cms
40% rice yield has no takers
They still don't see a problem here? There is supply and demand but no cash for the exchange.
Lol. Demonetization has not affected demand. It will all be bought soon enough.