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#Notebandi Frontlines: Farm To Loom, Textiles–Employer Of 25 Million–Totter
Power looms in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, that have not been operational for six months now. Mumbai, Bhiwandi & Ahmedabad: Dilapidated, dirty and depressed, a town that was once called the...
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Demonetisation: A Year On, Onion Farmers In Cash Crisis As Banking System...
Vijay Nikam, an onion farmer from Maharashtra’s Nashik district, does not have a smartphone, has not heard of netbanking and the ATMs in the nearest town are always out of cash. He had no money for...
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Currency In Circulation 91% Of Pre-Demonetisation Value; Digital Payments Up...
One year after the government annulled high-denomination currency notes and subsequently replaced them with new notes, the total currency in circulation remains 9% less in value terms. Digital...
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A Year After Demonetisation: Small Retailers Report Further Losses But...
Lalita Yogesh Patil, 31, in her shop, Tanish kirana store, in Vishwabharti Phata village, in Thane district. Since demonetisation a year ago, her store has been in losses of 50% and more, Patil said....
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Why A Flower Farmer Cannot Join The Cashless Economy, A Year After...
Keshu Patel and his son Kantilal pluck marigold flowers in his field in Mirjapur, Madhya Pradesh. Post notebandi, the unpredictability of getting cash, which he needs for all his...
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First Demonetisation, Then Loan Waiver: Main Bank For Onion Farmers In Crisis
Customers line-up at the a branch of the Nashik District Central Cooperative Bank, but only a few are allowed to withdraw up to a limit of Rs 25,000–they must prove a medical emergency or marital...
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Demonetisation, A Year On: In Delhi Textile Hub, Businesses Unravel, Jobs Scarce
Babita (second from right) has been looking for a job as a tailor for eight months now since the last unit she was employed at shut down post-demonetisation. Every morning, thousands of migrant...
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Demonetisation, A Year On: Goa’s Economy Remains Cash-Based As Tourist Season...
Things are quiet at this seaside restaurant in Anjuna, a popular stretch of beach in North Goa, at the start of the tourist season in October. A few tourists sit inside, enjoying the view, but it is...
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92 Hours Of Lok Sabha Disruption Cost India Rs 144 Crore
Biju Janata Dal member of Parliament (MP) Jay Panda announced that he would forgo part of his November and December salary–he did not mention how much that would be and the amount cannot be...
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#Notebandi Frontlines: As Tourists Stay Away, 50 Million Livelihoods At Risk
Anjuna (Goa): Raju Lakhani’s beachside restaurant here at this popular tourist strip in north Goa should have been packed this time of the year. But the tables at Moon Star are empty and the...
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#Notebandi Frontlines: Out Of Cash, A Dying Textile Town Goes Silent
In two decades, not much has changed for 41-year-old power loom worker Nandan Pagare from Malegaon, Maharashtra. He still works more than 12 hours a day, earns Rs 1,800 a week, receives no provident...
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#Notebandi Frontlines: Small Stores Struggle To Survive, But Many Support Modi
Ambika Kumbhar (62) with her daughter-in-law Manisha (34) at their kirana store off the Bhiwandi-Wada road in Thane district, north of Mumbai. The Kumbhars reported a 62% drop in earnings since...
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#Notebandi Frontlines: Farm To Loom, Textiles–Employer Of 25 Million–Totter
Power looms in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, that have not been operational for six months now. Mumbai, Bhiwandi & Ahmedabad: Dilapidated, dirty and depressed, a town that was once called the...
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