War on Big Notes - specials

Fri, Jan 6, 2017

Demonetisation may be a very costly failure

Available evidence suggests that we are on the way to a very costly failure...

Thu, Jan 5, 2017

Explained: Has demonetisation worked?

Prithviraj Hegde explains the first results of the demonetisation exercise in...

Wed, Jan 4, 2017

Is the Note Ban a success?

Demonetisation should be judged to have delivered some immediate gain if at...

Tue, Jan 3, 2017

The pain of demonetisation was not justified

Political compulsions have led to a change of narrative. But, in the ministry...

Tue, Dec 27, 2016

Cashless India is a non-starter, my friends

The poor can't withdraw their money from their bank account and other Indians...

Demonetisation: It's a monumental disaster in the offing!

James Wilson tracks down discrepancies in the much-hailed demonetisation...

Fri, Dec 23, 2016

Can Modi ride the demonetisation tiger?

'The government's principal aim should be to reduce the volume of cash...

Tue, Dec 20, 2016

Hope for young Indians: Note purge to slash house prices

Housing prices could drop by up to 30% over 6 to 12 months after...

Mon, Dec 19, 2016

Our unhealthy obsession: Ease of Doing Business

India stands at an embarrassingly low 130 among 190 countries in the World...

Thu, Dec 15, 2016

How co-op societies outsmart the taxman

Financial Intelligence Unit data show many of these societies have become the...

Wed, Dec 14, 2016

How India's note ban is unlike any ever seen

Many countries advised the return the high-denomination notes to the central...

Tue, Dec 13, 2016

How cash became a bad word

Ajit Balakrishnan on understanding the anti-cash chorus.

Of course, you have to feel for Jaitley

'Who would want to be the man nominally in charge of driving the economy when...

'Sandwich' and the quest for a Rs 500 note

My gamble to stand in the queue and get Rs 500 notes had failed. And only the...

Mon, Dec 12, 2016

Will Modi target gold and real estate next?

Speculation is rife that the Centre can take draconian steps such as...

Fri, Dec 9, 2016

How RBI can fix the cash crunch quickly

'If the RBI now only prints Rs 100 in small denomination notes and the...

Sat, Dec 3, 2016

Bank deposits may touch Rs 17 lakh crore by 30/12

'With 27 days to go, the total bank deposits has come tantalisingly close to...

Fri, Dec 2, 2016

The demonetisation 'demon' is in the details

'We have the political will to take this to the very end.''But what...

Thu, Dec 1, 2016

How Modi thought of demonetisation

'In the coming months, expect more government action that will be packaged as...

Demonetisation: Why the Opposition opposes it

'The whole country supports the government. The exceptions are only two --...

Wed, Nov 30, 2016

Ending black money: Death by 1,000 cuts

Manish Sabharwal tackles 5 criticisms of demonetisation.

Tue, Nov 29, 2016

How demonetisation will stop terror funding

One thing is certain: Demonetisation has broken the back of terror funding,...

My sobering encounters with Modi's Digital India

In these times of Rs 2,000 notes and digital payment apps, Syed Firdaus...

Fri, Nov 11, 2016

Share a selfie with the new currency

Were you one of the lucky Indians who handed over your Rs 500 and Rs 1,000...

Wed, Nov 9, 2016

It's a politically astute move by Modi

It has the potential to burnish his image as a strong leader, bring down...

Video: Mumbai reacts to Modi's war on black money

When Hitesh Harisinghani and Jahnavi Patel hit the streets of Mumbai after...

You can still convert your black money into white!

How will the government's decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes...