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'Surgical strike' on black money
In this issue
09-12-2016
36 STORIES
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Demonetisation
Deadly disruption
The chaos following the move to remove notes from circulation exposes the country’s lack of preparedness in the bid to shift to a cashless economy.
Demonetisation: Currency crisis
Wrecking the system
The liquidity crisis of unprecedented dimensions that the Modi government has unleashed shocks the economy, drives people to despair and ruin and thre
BJP deposits
Deposits before dark
In Kolkata, the BJP deposits in its bank account Rs.3 crore just before the demonetisation announcement, raising allegations of “selective leaking” of
Telangana
Grinding to a halt
The response to the Narendra Modi government’s sudden jolt to the country’s monetary policy ranged from adulation to shock.
Bank employees
Bank staff at breaking point
Employees in nationalised banks were often mocked for their slow pace of work and long lunch breaks. Until the midnight of November 8 when demonetisat
A history of Demonetisation experiments
African experience
Examples from the continent show that if demonetisation is not properly conceptualised and implemented, it can spell endless suffering for the people.
RAJA RAO
A quester and his play
There is a critical need to free Raja Rao from the constricting political interpretations that have been imposed on him and see him for what he really
Interview: Thomas Franco, AIBOC
‘Banks have suspended all normal operations’
Interview with Thomas Franco, senior vice president, All India Bank Officers Confederation.
Literature
Powerful imagery
U.S .Elections
Fig leaves and champagne
The American liberal media bemoan Hillary Clinton’s loss, but they do not, of course, bemoan the wanton death and destruction that she and her adminis
India-Japan
Nuclear embrace
India and Japan sign a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement, strengthening the Washington-New Delhi-Tokyo axis to counter China’s growing clout in
Books
Environment and business
The strength of the book is that it casts a wide net and looks at the interface between business and the environment over multiple sectors. Its weakne
Environment
Hazy winter
An unusual confluence of factors caused unprecedented pollution and smog in the Delhi region soon after Deepavali, and experts warn of a similar episo
Essay
Balochistan vs Kashmir
The pursuit of a tit-for-tat diplomacy will not get India anywhere because Balochistan and Kashmir are not on a par, legally and politically. The time
South Korea
The President's friend
Protests against President Park Gyeun-hye of South Korea gain momentum in the wake of revelations of corruption and the vice-like grip an adviser had
U.S. Elections
Far Right captures imperial homeland
All forces of the Right recognise Donald Trump as a soul mate. On issues of imperial wars, loyalty to Israel and confrontation with Russia and China,
U.S. Elections
Politics of refusal
The times demanded popular change. Donald Trump had an appeal to crucial voters in essential States who had been bludgeoned by the trade deals favoure
U.S. Elections: Impact on Europe
Echoes of Trump
Trump’s election raises a number of questions for Europe, particularly around the extent to which his victory will impact the politics of the continen
U.S. elections
To friends in the U.S.
We understand and empathise with you because in our own way we have been there. Do not be afraid: fear is what the newly powerful groups want to insti
Cover story
Politics at its cynical worst
As people across the country queue up to gain access to cash, the politics of the demonetisation move reveals the utter cynicism of the ruling dispens
Informal sector
Ruined livelihoods
More than 80 per cent of India’s workforce is in the informal or unorganised sector and has taken the full brunt of the demonetisation move.
Short Story
Darkness
Black money
Black in a new hue
The notion that replacing high-denomination currency will end the menace of black money only points to an unwillingness to tackle its truly menacing f
Perspective
All pain for the majority
The impact of the measures on the farming community, the poor and the lower middle classes was hugely underestimated by the political establishment,
Books
Challenges to the global economy
In this tribute to their teacher, Prabhat Patnaik’s former students put together a volume that covers three major themes: the internal contradictions
Western Uttar Pradesh
‘Cash bombs’ in rural U.P.
Times are bleak in the season of sowing wheat, mustard and lentil in western Uttar Pradesh.
Culture
Ramayanas of South and South-east Asia
The story of the Ramayana is enacted more often than any other story in the world.
Labour Issues
End of wage disparities?
The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgment, upholds the principle of equal pay for equal work irrespective of whether one is a “permanent” or a “contra
Cooperatives
Choking a lifeline
Ruling and opposition parties in Kerala join hands to protest against what they see as a politically motivated move to destroy the cooperative sector
Fishing
Struggling to stay afloat
Fishermen in Tamil Nadu are hit hard as the cash flow dries up and people stop buying fish.
Cauvery delta
Despair in the delta
Coming on top of a severe water crisis following a failed monsoon and the Cauvery deadlock, demonetisation has played a cruel joke on the farmers of t
Business & industry
After the shock
The beating to cash-driven sectors like gold and real estate notwithstanding, Indian industry is gung-ho about the Prime Minister’s decision to dereco
Rural India
Rural distress
To rural India, which is already reeling under multiple crises, demonetisation has come as yet another blow.
Paperless economy
Digital pipe dream
The digital infrastructure is so woefully inadequate that a paperless economy is a distant dream.
Interview
Pronab Sen: ‘Demonetisation does nothing to stop generation of black money’
Interview with the Country Director for the India Central Programme, International Growth Centre.
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