Demonetisation Has Wrecked Farmers
This would have been the time of year for brisk sales at the agricultural markets in Vidarbha. But farmers here are being forced to incur terrible losses – by accepting…
This would have been the time of year for brisk sales at the agricultural markets in Vidarbha. But farmers here are being forced to incur terrible losses – by accepting…
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For the life of me I cannot understand the reasoning behind demonetisation. I think the hidden underlying motivation is as that the only people India's politicians are willing to…
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Cash has undoubtedly proven a curse, irrespective of its color, for those who have been queuing up at the bank counters following the currency demonetisation. The unprecedented cash crunch has…
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