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|Nanda Kumar said: (Jul 24, 2022)
|This note ban never evoked any positive results other than agony and misery to the common man. Terrorism and black money were the major evils considered for this unprecedented immature action. The nation continues to be in shambles without much hope.
|Gourav Sharma said: (Feb 25, 2022)
|Hello friends,
My name is Gourav Sharma from Bhadra, Rajasthan.
According to my opinion, banning 500 and 1000 notes is just the way of changing clothes and nothing else. Actually, corruption is everywhere. And there is no affect on corruption by demonetisation. Demonetisation has not just affected our public but also effected our economy system too. From that day, until this day, India's GDP cannot be survived.
|Sp Goriya said: (Dec 1, 2020)
|Hello everyone My name is Subhash saini from jhunjhunu Rajasthan.
Demonetisation is a part of clean India mission. It was announced our former PM shree Narendra Damodar Das Modi on 8 Nov. 2016 at 8pm. 500 and 1000 rupee note banned in our country. He wants to become stop fake currency and black marketing in our society. But corruption was not control in our nation so demonetisation is not 100/sucessful in our country.
|Dp Singh said: (May 28, 2020)
|Hello everyone.
I think banning 500-100 notes is just the way of changing clothes and nothing else. Actually corruption is everywhere and no one can just diminish it by banning some notes. Demonetization has not just affected our public but also effected our economy too. From that day until this day India's GDP cannot be survived. Demonetization has to tear India's GDP apart.
|Rohit18 said: (Apr 19, 2020)
|According to me, banning 500, 1000 is not enough to stop the corruption. During demonetization, people have faced too many problems by standing in queues and exchanging money from others, while transportation in buses, autorickshaw, etc.
After all these things we don't have significant proof that we are not corruptive nature, according to a survey done by ABP news we have told that this demonetization didn't help us to become corruption-free.
There are many ways by which we can stop by going cashless for all transactions and by making transparency in all sectors, government offices and in politics also.
So according to me, it was just like changing clothes.
|Shahzaman Khair said: (Mar 18, 2020)
|Good morning everyone.
I would like to mention some points on this topic. Banning of 500 and 1000 notes is not the solution to Corruption. I think how govt thinks it is the solution to Corruption. Even after the demonization corruption has been increased. At the time of demonization those who were capable to change their notes from the bank they Changed by giving extra money in the bank. So corruption is in lower to a higher level. Govt didn't make a plan and didn't take strict action at the time of demonization. So I think If govt took strict action and implemented by the strategy then It could be decrease. So in my view banning of 500 and 1000 notes were like a changing cloth.
|Vishal Jena said: (Feb 5, 2020)
|I think banning of 500 and 1000 notes is not enough to stop corruption, but instead of that this method change the way of corruption government has to think of it again as due to this law middle class family will suffer a lot during withdrawal money, it will affect our economy too as corruption will increase due to this policy.
|Sahil Thakur said: (Nov 28, 2019)
|I would like to share something on demonetization. Demonetization was not a much appropriate step to stop corruption. I think that govt had not planned for this before taking this step. Many politicians and businessmen were able to change their money. But middle-class people had to suffer a lot. This step was not much affective and the black money is still there.
|Shezan said: (Nov 27, 2019)
|Hello Everyone!
The sudden ban on 500. 1000 notes were to stop black money from the system. It was campaigned in favor to improve the economy. After going through all the processes, awaiting in long questions by middle-class people and sacrificing the life of many proved that ban 500, 1000 notes were just changing clothes. Only middle-class people suffered. As per RBI data all money back in the system which was in the circulation before the ban. Now the question arises where black money has gone or does black money exist in the system. If yes, then why these are not being stopped?
So it can be said that banning notes was not an appropriate action to pull black money out.
|Diksha Jain said: (Sep 8, 2019)
|Hi friends.
I am DIKSHA Jain.
I would like to say that demonetization is a major step toward curbing the problems of black money. But it doesn't bring the black money to India. Have you seen any high-class person in your surroundings in the bank line for exchanging the money? Moreover, issuance of 2000 currency notes made it easy for them to gather more money as black money and made it difficult for a middle class to meet his both end meet. And the time period for exchanging was also too low. And it proves more crises for those family who were conducted the marriage of their children.
|Arpit said: (Aug 18, 2019)
|I highly condemned the decision of demonetisation taken by our prime minister.
Very less time was given to exchange our money. It is not the way to take black money from people. Still, there are many scams in our country they must focus on this issue. It is harder to see old women, working men who left their jobs and waited for many hours. ATMs get vacant and people have to queue up for another day.
|Nakrani Rajen said: (Jul 25, 2019)
|I am Rajen Nakrani. I would like to share my opinion about demonetization. The demonstration is nothing but changing the current currency of 500 and 1000 in India. During this time Which black money out side and more pay tex. It's good to help people progress in India.
|Shivani Goyal said: (Jun 22, 2019)
|Hello everyone.
Ban of 500, 1000 notes is initiated by our prime minister narendra modi. Well his motive behind this was to remove black money but this tend to be fail mission because those who were rich exchanged their notes however and middle class people was suffered. Due to this a great recession was in market. Middle class people was in long lines many people died in long queues. And according to data only 10000 carore was exchanged so it was just as changing clothes. Black money is still there.
|Pranaya said: (Apr 24, 2019)
|Hello everyone.
Demonetization of 500 and 1000 notes which was initiated by our Prime Minister NARENDRA MODI was to corrupt black money and avoid corruption. It effected the rural people the most as availability of banks are least and therefore staying in the queues in front of banks and exchanging of notes became the toughest. Demonetization brought out the people who were having the black money but, not all the people caught. Therefore, we can say that it reduced corruption to some extent. Thank you.
|Reddy said: (Mar 13, 2019)
|Yes, friends. I want to share my viewpoints about ban 500 and 1000 notes. Especially in my city, it's a very successful act demonization why because of this act most of the black money coming out. Those who are maintaining black money they tried to change their notes. Most of the politicians know about before demonization they already change their notes. Most of the poor people suffered a lot about this act. But this act most necessary successful act. I like this act personally for banning of 500 and 1000 notes.
|Sree said: (Mar 11, 2019)
|Hell, everyone, I am Sree.
I think there is no use of demonetisation in our country.
What the govt did after banning the 500&1000rs notes it invented 2000rs notes which is more flexible to store much mone illegally.
|Rakesh Kumar Khuntia said: (Feb 21, 2019)
|Hello, everyone, I am Rakesh & I would like to share my views & opinions about demonetisation. It was a great way to reduces the black money by banned of 500, 1000 notes made by PM MODI. I think it was successfully applied in all over India. It was making some advantages to our economical & making a step ahead in economic growth. The reason behind that was there was no proper strategy have a government so that the decision of making notes banned is successful.
I appreciate & thanks those helped to govt by facing problem after banned notes in India.
|Sunny said: (Feb 19, 2019)
|Demonetisation was a very powerful step taken by our government. The decision of demonetisation was taken to stop corruption and black money. High-class businessman and many people earn black money which is illegal. This increases corruption. So to stop this a major step was taken by banning 500, 1000 rs notes. But the situation, now and then is still the same. Corruption is still prevailing and black money is still the major cause of concern. So, for me banning of notes is just changing clothes.
Thank you.
|Manu said: (Feb 16, 2019)
|Hello Friends,
I am Sandeep Amatigoudra. I would like to share my opinion about demonetization. Demonetization is a combination of two words i.e. "de" and Monetization. Monetization is nothing but a flow of currency. Thus reducing the flow of currency called demonetization.
|Divya said: (Feb 11, 2019)
|Hi, Everyone.
Demonetization is a very good initiative taken by our government to eradicate corruption. But the results would have been much better if it got implemented with a proper planning and the government should have taken necessary measures before implementing. Particularly the poor and middle class people suffered a lot due to this. Surely there will be some negative consequences when such big steps have been taken. Corruption is not an small thing and it is a very difficult task to uproot it. The government alone can't do this. There should be cooperation from the people side too.
|Charles said: (Feb 10, 2019)
|Hi, everyone.
Banning 500 and 1000 rs note is a good move in government I appreciate it but the way they implement especially time they implement is wrong. Banning popular money from the entire country one at a time is a bad move. I can say government has not made any plan before implementing it do you know time they did it's night time 8 pm on November 8 even it's day time it would be fine everyone would be aware of it but in night time many people don't know that these money was nothing just paper that is banned and poor people become more poor and wealthy people and people who admitted in hospital people who about to book marriage every one were been affected but people who actually need to be affected just came in car to banks and pick up require money beforehand but poor people or ordinary people stood in a line for a day and go home empty hand as that money are taken by so-called wealthy people so we cannot say that corruption is uprooted but we can say "it's just updated "nowadays we cannot see 2000 rs notes even in banks we don't know where they are but we can say they again become corrupt money aka black notes.
So as per the topic these bans are just changed of clothes but this should have been discussed before implement and my idea would be tested in particular state and see the outcome if that would have worked we would have to make it globally that is nationally banned notes or else make enough preparation and time and camp to change money in this big nation so not India go and shout before a bank and pressure them. That would have decreased the corruption but this ban actually made those wealthy people bag wait for less since for carrying 40, 000 rs at least they need to carry two briefcases but now just they need one briefcase to take it that's the actual difference.
Thank you.
|Rajdeep Roy said: (Jan 29, 2019)
|Demonetization was a noble attempt to reduce corruption and hoarding of black money which is detrimental to our growth.
Demonetization has led to the return of money minted by RBI back to banks which is loaned to various businesses and people at lower interest and lead to better growth and development.
The psychological impact on corrupt or tax evading individuals was also great as they have witnessed how their illegal money and greed can work against them by losing the money, paying hefty fees and fear of being arrested.
There was a huge spike in property prices because of part payment being made in black but after demonetization the property prices reduced.
Though people faced huge trouble due to demonetization and the stock market indices decreased but people endured all of this without any Mass protest etc and also the market recovered quickly. It was mostly the opposition politician who spoke against demonetization but there was a lot of support from honest people on the government for it's an effort on curbing the menace of black money and corruption.
However regardless of this corruption has not been uprooted and there is still widespread corruption though it has been reduced by some amount. Also instead of asking for cash and storing it in safe houses, the corrupt are asking for money transfer digitally to Swiss accounts or through various innovative means.
Therefore we can conclude that demonetization did not uproot corruption and it has rather changed it's medium or clothes. However, the move was very bold on part of the government and it has reduced corruption and black money to some extent.
Also, in order to make huge changes in our society, we must play a part by not giving or accepting bribes and collectively educate the masses of the menace of corruption.
|Jyoti said: (Jan 18, 2019)
|Hello everyone.
In my point of view, the decision of Demonetization was right but the process by the Modiji government is wrong. Modiji wants the corruption free India by with this decision only the middle-class people suffer from:
1) Lack of new 500 and 2000 Rupee notes.
2) Long queues in Bank and ATMs.
3) No proper Planning.
I am not saying that the decision of demonetization was wrong a large amount of black money was in front of us but the middle class suffered a lot.
The main reason for demonetization was to curb black money, money laundering etc.
|Shaikh Saddam said: (Jan 8, 2019)
|Hello everyone,
My name is Saddam and I am going to make my view on this issue.
I think every decision should major by their consequences and achievement. The decision of Noteban was a sudden and was without any constructive policy. Note ban spread chaos in the market and small business industries collapsed. Common people had to face any major problems for instance to stand in a long row to withdraw money, it was very inconvenient and almost more than 100 people had to lose their life while they had been stand in a long row. Moreover, Rcc, Real state business collapsed and millions of employers had to lose their job. The intention behind the decision was to eradicate black money although common People who earn legally had to suffer more.
|Arkadev said: (Jan 6, 2019)
|Hello Everyone !
I am Arkadev.
As per my analysis, DEMONETIZATION was not a smart step towards the eradication of corruption. Before its implementation government should have analysed its impact on the economy in all the economic level. And due to the poor execution of this step, the country peoples had gone through a tough phase. And almost no black money has yet been recovered. Therefore we can't say that corruption is uprooted.
|Parth said: (Dec 29, 2018)
|Well, I think situation is more or less is same, if you think deep, you can clearly see that corruption is still exists in many areas, although it was good attempt to resolve this big issue, I have to say the government is only succeed 50 % in his target, although you just can't simply blame government only, the roots of corruption are very deep, & be realistic guys, in any country if their government wish to solve any major issue than the public has to cooperate the government, only government alone can't do this, the simplest example is swacch Bharat abhiyan, if the people simply doesn't have self discipline to keep their places clean, then it is really tough for the people.
|D.Lavanya said: (Dec 29, 2018)
|I am Lavanya. Coming to my point of view, demonetization is a good method. But what the procedure they take that's absolutely not correct. Because Modiji has taken his decision immediately for most of the black money people. But that affected mostly common people. Already, my friends said after that so many people in the queue at ATM centres. And those who have black money, they changed their currency with common people by giving a commission for that. So, that there was safe, but a lot of people struggled for that. After that, government Introduces new notes that is 2000, 500 rupees notes. OK, removed 1000 & 500 rupees that is good. But what is the use of introducing 2000 rupees? It is easily secured their money for black money candidate's. There is no use of that. So, finally what I saying that demonetization of currency is over, but there is no change in our country.
|Jignesh Chauhan said: (Dec 24, 2018)
|As per my view, demonetization is one step of gov. To reduce the corruption from the nation although it is not implement properly still due to which we get lots of changes in our nation like lots of black money holders came out.
India going towards digitalization around 67 to 100 crore people and many fake companies get captured increase in the amount of taxpayer as well as fake currency also get in lots of amounts. As we can see these all advantages in front of it some disadvantage like people has to stand in a queue. And all are negligible.
|Amit said: (Dec 8, 2018)
|Demonetization was not the correct procedure which should have been implemented by the Modi government to eradicate black money. It was actually a very foolish step to utterly harass a mere mass of people throughout the country. And it had no positive output as such only a number of honest and innocent people who had no black money sacrificed their lives in this scam of government. It was just false hope given by the government to the public. And the ache din is still pending. Honest countrymen who pay taxes in time, they stood in long lines of ATMs and banks while the rich black money holders did not even have to get out of their houses to deal with their black money. And it was rightly stated that Narendra Modi is the 2nd Muhammad bin Tughluq.
|Rishi said: (Nov 1, 2018)
|Banning 500, 1000 notes is just changing clothes. In short, it will affect the corrupt channels but this ban is not ready to uproot corruption in long term. The Government has introduced 2000 notes which will surely revive corrupts because bundles of 2000 notes will reduce stress on their soldiers and occupy less space. We have need to be more serious about all these corrupt channels rather putting ban on currency. Banking system should be more stronger to deal with these corrupt channels. A bridge is needed to impart the gap between all departments where corrupts can invest their corruptly hard earned money which is stolen by honest tax payers. To uproot all these corrupt channel we have need to bring change in our education system. Value addition is required in our education system.
|Misti said: (Oct 24, 2018)
|Banning 500, 1000 notes is a very great attempt made by our Indian government to curb all the black money out. But still it can not be considered as the best way to uproot the corruption as if it has compelled people to remove their black money then on the contrary, it has also wasted time by standing on long queue in bank, created lots of problems to poor people.
On the other hand the rich people again won the battle by using their contacts thereby converting their money black to white.
In between middle class people get trapped. Meanwhile, many bogus notes were also printed.
So, according to me, it can uproot the corruption but it needs much proper implementation with all the forthcoming solutions.
|Prathmesh Patil said: (Oct 12, 2018)
|Hello friends.
According to me, the demonstration is a good step against black money. But like a coin, everything has positive and negative aspects. The positive aspect is that the peoples from rural areas came to known that what is banking and how it works and came to know that our country is going to be the change we have to change with them.
Atleast they come to known what is going in our country. And the negative aspect is that this demonstration didn't affect too much on rich people. Because rich people have their direct contact with bank officials they changed their currency. But the real problems were faced by normal peoples. Beacuse during demonostration period people had spent houres and houres by standing in que for changing their currency.
Thank you.
|Tanu said: (Oct 12, 2018)
|Hello Friends,
According to my point of view, Demonetization was the excellent plan to got black money back. But what will government do if the mentality of the indians are corrupted. Getting black money back is not only the government responsibility, it's ours responsibility too. It was us because of this plan failed. It was us because of which gdp decrease from 8 01% to 7.11%. During the demonetization period the rich people makes their setting with the bank employees and only suffering faced by the poor people. It was very difficult for poor people to stand in the bank line for many hours.
But demonetization has some positive effects too. Because of this, at least poor people learn to makes their account in bank and they got knowledge about bank and interest. And also After demonetisation, villagers, local vendors and farmers are slowly getting used to digital transactions. Once they get used to it, they will realize it as a mode of advancement.
|Vina said: (Sep 19, 2018)
|I think the step of demonetisation taken by the government was big. There are pros and cons to every action but I will talk more about pros first as it is more relevant.
Demonetisation has helped to surpass the threshold of doing payments online, initially, people used to hesitate to do online transaction but after demonetisation people had no choice rather than doing the transaction, according to the survey online transaction has increased from 0 to 66.6 percentage. This also helps in keeping an eye on the black market.
The government was expecting to retrieve all the black money but it didn't happen as said by RBI officer that 99.6 percent of the old notes have been received.
|Sujit Upadhyay said: (Sep 15, 2018)
|I think demonetization is very good idea of Indian Government Because due to this digital payment become popular and it is necessary for each country. But ban of 500 and 1000 notes has not gotten 100% success to remove.
Black money because many rich person distribute their money to their worker as their salary as well as many bought diesel and patrol etc. As everyone felt that during demonetization only general people face lots of problem and stands for hours in line before atm but rich have direct contact with bank officers so they directly got their money from bank. So this idea couldn't show it's effectiveness so much.
|Deepak said: (Sep 12, 2018)
|Hi all,
I believe that Ban on 500, 1000 notes was just changing clothes! as it moved from common man to the ruling Govt, But also it was a good initiative with bad planning taken by the Govt of India.
In some Latin American countries demonetization occurs frequently so as to route out corruption in the Govt sector, so we also should do this more often but with proper planning and not giving the cash away first to the rich and the politically influential people.
|Abhishek Bhatt said: (Sep 2, 2018)
|In my opinion, demonetization is the biggest leap towards the national development. Yes, the ban of 500 and 1000 Rs notes came as a shock to the Indian public, and yes, common man did face a lot of problems but we cannot ignore the fact that this decision also leads to the eradication of corruption to a very large extent if not fully. Nothing comes without a price, we had to pay the price of discomfort for a few days, but eventually good results have been seen. Now it is also true that people who are corrupted will always pave out a way for themselves, but because of this, keeping quiet and never accepting a change is not an alternative. I think a ban of currency was not a cloth changing game and even if it was, we still cannot overlook the benefits it did to the society and the corruption that it removed.
Hence we can say that it was one of the corruption freed changing decision that bjp government took on 8 nov. 2017.
|Aditi said: (Aug 13, 2018)
|Hello friends,
Banning 500, 1000 rupees notes is a great initiative taken by the government, though it gives a hard time for a while but did its work. People may face some problem regarding changing of their notes but because of it, we can say that government is active and aware of the black money. Demonetisation help government to fight against corruption. And also there are some disappointment regarding implementation. While many people who have black money may able to change it by their own way of making deals with the other people.
Hence, the conclusion is that demonetisation help to uproot the corruption at its level while it also works just changing clothes!
|Prajakta said: (Aug 10, 2018)
|In my opinion, demonetization is the biggest leap towards the national development. Yes, the ban of 500 and 1000 Rs notes came as a shock to the Indian public, and yes, common man did face a lot of problems but we cannot ignore the fact that this decision also leads to the eradication of corruption to a very large extent if not fully. Nothing comes without a price, we had to pay the price of discomfort for a few days, but eventually good results have been seen. Now it is also true that people who are corrupted will always pave out a way for themselves, but because of this, keeping quiet and never accepting a change is not an alternative. I think a ban of currency was not a cloth changing game and even if it was, we still cannot overlook the benefits it did to the society and the corruption that it removed.
|Sallu said: (Aug 1, 2018)
|From my point of view,
It is a good thinking to reduce corruption not to totally remove corruption. It is a great step to move on a right stair among most.
Yes, This is true there was not a proper technique or say facilities for a common people. And that was a demerit of this step. But this major change was really a blast for a corruption.
Thank you.
|Sanu Raj said: (Jul 30, 2018)
|In my point of view, it is just one step to restrict the corruption. The government has to take numerous steps to uproot it. Its true, it took out all the black money from the society which was in the form of old 500 and 1000 notes. But in recent news, it is found that many people exchanged their old notes with the new notes with the help of bank managers and other brokers. They paid a lot for exchange. It was the only solution for some time. Again, the reality becomes the same as the previous. Even 2000 note is easy to hide in form of black money. It's a bad impact could be seen during the ban, it helped many people to earn in the wrong way. Till the current scenario, the ban of notes of 500 & 1000 is just changed its clothes.
|Kingsuk Kundu said: (Jul 30, 2018)
I think its two sides positive and negative.
The positive side is it's the positive step against black money corruption may be its failure. But something doing better than nothing. At least govt took some action against black money.
Negative Sides is it is created a huge problem for normal people. They queued in front of the bank whole day for changes their note. Etc.
|Snehalata Behera said: (Jul 30, 2018)
|In my opinion, yes it is a good decision decided by Government of India by which the people who have a lot of black money that should become out and they conscious about that they further don't such type again. Corruption also decreased. But it's demerit is people suffering a lot of problems with this demonstration. They wait for a long time at ATM for with drawing money. Only 2000 notes are available. By which many problems occur.
|Anmol Purohit said: (Jul 29, 2018)
|Hello friends,
In my opinion, demonization is one of the best initiative taken by Indian government till now.
Due to this no doubt, the black currency is almost uprooted but the fact is due to this the people suffered so much especially the women who saved money for difficult situations of upcoming life.
So, according to me, it had both good and bad effect on the people of our country.
|Vijay Gawate said: (Jul 23, 2018)
|In my opinion, it has two sides good and bad.
Good in sense that, increasing black get stuck also corruption decreased.
Bad in sense that, its major effect is on common peoples because they have to suffer from differant problems, they have to wait in long queue in ATM or bank for getting their money.
|Toshi Jain said: (Jul 23, 2018)
|Hello everybody,
In my opinion, on one hand, Demonetization has partially uprooted the corruption. And as to develop any country, some decisions must be taken by the government that may not please you always but may correct the things by giving little discomfort to you. So did this "Demonetization". Up to an extent it unveiled many people's black money and still counting.
And on the other hand, in recent Lok Sabha meet when Rahul Gandhi asked Modiji about 1600 times profit made by Amit Shas"s son, Modiji was speechless. Because their own parties candidates are corrupted. So if these politicians are just doing all this for the sake of politics and their party winning the elections then it's no less than merely changing clothes.
|Pranav Makwana said: (Jul 21, 2018)
From my side, I would like to ask why govt doing this?
Most of the people are ready to manage that type of problem because they know very well govt at least trying.
So why we can't support to Govt?
|Yeshwanth said: (Jul 21, 2018)
|Well, we can say that because of banning the 500 & 1000 notes there are many pros and cons both socially and personally.
If we consider socially, then I must say that the overall corruption rate have been decreased in the last two years and many people like big business tycoons who have avoided paying taxes have got their properties ceased and even their money was taken by the government.
Now let's just get into other flow, there are even many people who earned money legally and have paid their taxes in time. Buy just because of having liquid cash at their home they became helpless and could do nothing and lost all their money. But even in this case, there are some people who have political help so they got benefited. But what the point? if you want to stop corruption, it should be stopped in such a way that not even a single person who had sincerely earned should be affected, because it cost not a single life, but his family and their future.
So, I conclude by saying that although corruption rates have decreased than earlier, it isn't the way.
|Jesee said: (Jul 19, 2018)
Every coin has 2 sides. Similarly every situation has two sides. Demonetization is really a big and challenging change took by the Modi Government. The idea is really good to reduce the corruption. In my opinion, this is a nice idea to implement which can make the drastic changes in the society but our government failed in implementing it.
|Pratiksha Hasure said: (Jul 19, 2018)
|Hello everyone,
According to me, every thing has two sides one of them is good and another is bad, so ban on 500 and 1000 notes these rule also have to sides.
Now first point of view, its very good decision taken by government to ban on 500, 1000 notes thats why there will be control on corrupted people and much more corruption Also be control.
But in other hand common people has to suffered much more problems. So according to me government provide first alternate option to people and then only they have to make this type of rule.
Thank you!
|Ananya said: (Jul 18, 2018)
|Demonitization It was the biggest step which Modi government took in order to reduce corruption, everything comes with the pros and cons they had tried so much but I think they didnot planned that well. Because banning of 500 and 1000 rs note leads to so many hurdles for the common peoples on the other side the corrupt peoples invested their money in other assests like gold, diamond etc so I think this step didnot work completely or it comes out just like changing clothes.
|Nishi Raju said: (Jul 16, 2018)
|Good Evening all,
This Nishi Raju.
Demonetization was one of the biggest currency treats that our country faced. It was implemented on 8th November 2016 under the Modi government with the main aim of reducing the corruption. In my point of view it helped the government to reduce corruption but not completely stop it. This is because most of the people invested their black money in real estates and also in other assets such as gold etc. But when the 500 and 1000 Rs. Notes were stopped the day to day activities of the most common man was unmanageable. The process was a great cost to the government but a proper outcome could not be received from it. The next day after the demonetization was announced the BSE Sensex and NIFTY fell over 6%. Hence the overall idea was just another level of changing clothes and nothing more.
|Kevin Anto Joseph said: (Jul 16, 2018)
|Hello good evening. In my opinion, the ban of 500 and 1000 notes is really a big mistake. The demonetization affected our whole Indian market and we didn't recover from if after a long time. The whole financial problem that we face is a after affect of the demonetization. People waited a lot in front of ATM that is the main achievement of the demonetization. Yes, there is lot of corruptions and black money in our country but their proportion is very low. Not all the people are engaged in corruption. For destroying low amount of corruption don't need to disturb all other people of our country. Thank you.
|Kevin Anto Joseph said: (Jul 16, 2018)
|Hello good evening.
In my opinion, ban of 500 and 1000 notes is really a big mistake. The demonetization affected our whole Indian market and we didn't recover from if after a long time. The whole financial problem that we face is an after effect of the demonetization. People waited a lot in front of ATM that is the main achievement of the demonetization. Yes there is lot of corruptions and black money in our country but their proportion is very low. Not all the people are engaged in corruption. For destroying low amount of corruption don't need to disturb all other people of our country. Thank you.
|Pri said: (Jul 15, 2018)
|Banning 500, 1000 rupees notes are not at all the solution to curroption. Much has to be done. It has caused trouble to citezens. 2000 rs notes are still available. Also one who is corrupt will definately find a way to continue practicing corruption.
|Navyasriram said: (Jul 14, 2018)
|Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced the idea to ban 1000, 500 notes with the intention to reduce the corruption as people deposit there old notes in the bank for the newer ones and increase the GDP rate of the people. As of sudden like a flash, he put his idea of "Removal of 500, 1000 notes" into the public. There were many problems with the unavailability of the money at the beginning. People used to stand for a long time in Q's to get money. Keeping all aside, Do we really get any change out of it?
Clearly, my answer is NO. Its like, in order to the caught crocodile (People having black money) water (old notes) is cleared from the pond which leads to extinct of fish (common people) , as they might forget that Crocodile can even leave on land that is the entire hurdle is to the common man.
|Tanya said: (Jul 14, 2018)
|I think everything comes with pros and cons. Although the government tries its level best to eradicate corruption. But, I think the planning was not adequate. That's why demonetization has not a good impact. But, this is not only the responsibility of the government. This is the responsibility of all the citizen in the country. We cannot fully blame the government that demonetization is not 100% fruitful. Yes, middle-class peoples face many problems during demonetization but, there is also the good impact of demonetization like new taxpayers increases, the digital transition also increases (87 crores to 138 crores), after demonetization government cancelled the licence of more than 2.2 lakh fake companies, more than 7.5 lakh fake notes were confiscated, there is also decrease in terror funding.
In my opinion, this is the good step to bring black money. We know very well that corruption can't be removed in one or two weeks. And if all the citizen will take participation in it then becomes easy to do this.
|Georgelav said: (Jul 14, 2018)
|According to me,
The motive of introduction of 500 and 1000 rps note may be to abolish the corruption.
But in practice it was just changing clothes. Because even huge amount of black money can be corrupted with in a short area using 2000 rps note. Which encourages the culprits to further move on with their illegal activity.
|Abhiram Sahoo said: (Jul 12, 2018)
|Hi everyone.
It is a really good topic for us and for our country, If there is a positive change, there is development, It hampers very life of normal people because they do not bank account or saving money day by day whatever they earn, they expense. It hampers so many PSU and industry also, it also decline our economics, It does not measure a way to uproot corruption because who had huge money, they planned properly to save money, if it would have executed properly then Most of the corrupted person might have caught, but not executed fairly. It was an only harassing way for normal people.
Finally, I concluded that if it would have executed with proper planning, it might have given the fruitful result.
|Piyush said: (Jul 12, 2018)
|In my opinion Ban of 500, 1000 notes is not a good decision because due to this common people face so many problems. People have to stand in a line for hours for changing their money some people may have committed suicide and there is lots of problems faced be them.
The government took this decision to control corruption but there is no effect on corruption and people also find some way to rid of demonetisation.
So, this cannot control the corruption.
|Kavya said: (Jul 11, 2018)
|Hello everyone.
In my opinion; there are so many people suffered because of the ban of 500 and 1000rupees notes economic growth also fell down a lot of people losing their jobs because of this. They have to stand all the day to change the money. Some of old people loss their lives die to standing all the day because of lack of proper arrangements. Of course lot of corrupted people caught red-handed. It is very easy to get change the black money into white through many ways where as it is difficult only for common people. The factories also run on losses because of this demobilisation. Almost one year we faced lot of problems. It maybe success if the government took proper facilities regarding to this.
And also we heard in the news that one person thrown the money into the river and one man flowed the money from the car on his way.
As an Indian we should have a responsibility to improve our countries growth so please don't corrupt thank you.
|Rambo said: (Jul 11, 2018)
|Banning 500 or 1000 notes was not a good decision in my point of view and one could say that it hasn't been so successfully applied to the community.
In further explanation, I would say its beginning was looking quite captivating but unless you plan it so the major corrupts people get affected then I think, the idea was eventually thrown into the dustbin. So, we need a good planning idea designs which further will result effectively.
|Vaseeharan said: (Jul 10, 2018)
|Hi everyone.
First of all, I should clearly mention that the ban on 500 and 1000 notes is not a historical Revolution made by central government.
It is considered to be one of the failure step taken by the central government.
It doesn't bring out any black money from any biggest black money holders in India.
Taking one paper from a bunch of papers will not make any difference.
It is mainly targeted at rich men.
But unfortunately, the target location Changed to middle and low-class people's.
|Chirag said: (Jul 8, 2018)
|Banning 500 and 1000 rupee notes is a temporary solution, in no ways it will ensure that it will decrease corruption. Black money holders have suffered some loss of money but it doesn't mean that 500 and 1000 note ban have reduced corruption.
|Nil said: (Jul 5, 2018)
|Banning the 500 & 1000 notes is really a great initiative taken by Indian government. It's will not be uprooted the corruption fully but made the corruption hard to do at all levels. It's an alarm by the Indian government to the black money holder that the days are coming so harder day by day. Afterall currency is also on a way to lapse as the initiative of digital India program promotes the cashless Indian economy. So, the day is not far when the each and every money will be accounted for by the government. And era of corruption will go down.
|Hemalatha said: (Jul 4, 2018)
|Demonetization main aim is to stop corruption and make corruption less India. But this process face failure, it helps an only little bit. So many black money holders simply change their money in another way. But, common people suffer a lot by standing on roads in front of banks. They didn't get sufficient money in banks for their needs, emergencies. So, in my view, demonstration partially succeed.
|Hema Latha said: (Jul 4, 2018)
|Ban 500, 1000 notes are a sudden decision taken by central government. By this, middle class people suffer a lot by standing on roads for changing their money. But, this is not a correct way to stop corruption. In my view, black money holders change their money in other roots. So they don't suffer in any way, but common people suffer a lot. This process is only changing a new clothes instead of old clothes.
|Manu Sharma said: (Jul 4, 2018)
|Hello everyone.
There is always two sides of a coin. None of them can be ignored similarly, this plan has also pros and cons. The main aim of this is to prevent corruption, funding of terrorist, exposure of black money. We know very well that corruption can't be uprooted in one or two weeks. Our country is so much indulging by corruption that it requires time to get overcome from this. Banned of old currency, linking your accounts with your Aadhar digital payments and so on are the stones with the help of which we can build a bridge to overcome from the specific problems and obviously it needs time. No miracle will happen in some years but yes its a good initiative.
Now, the cons. The govt should arrange proper facilities for changing currency. We all saw in news that there were huge queues in front of ATMs, some people died, some suffered from other health-related problems while standing in the queue. People who thought if they went to the bank to change their black money then obviously they got arrested so they destroyed our currency. They threw that currency in river, dustbins, on roads and so on. There was a huge loss of currency because of these things. Though it was black money they didn't contribute that money to the welfare of our country still it was a loss to our currency by destroying it in those ways.
At the time of demonetization we suffered from some problems but now we have successfully adopt that change.
So conclusively Demonetisation is like a injection to get rid of the illness of our country.
|Saikumar said: (Jul 2, 2018)
|Demonetization is a very good thing to clear the corruptions. But during this process, our country lost the economy rate and corruption also increased.
The government simply announced but they didn't take any further step to provide new currency.
|Rajesh said: (Jul 2, 2018)
|In my point of view, there is no change in Indian economy after demonitization. After announcement of demonitization I think it would be helpful for the uprooting of corruption of India and it results in economic growth of India. The idea of demonitization is very good but it is not properly implemented. After ban of 500 and 1000 the middle class people are struggled and in that struggle also they take it in a positive way because they thought that it is first step for uprooting the corruption in India. Thats why they take it in a positive way. At the end the black money holders simply exchange their money. In their way of thinking they simply wearing a new clothes instead of old clothes.
Thank you.
|Saqlain Shaikh said: (Jun 30, 2018)
|Hi everyone.
In my opinion, demonetisation hasn't done any good, in fact, it has created many setbacks such as many of the industries were shattered, lakhs of workers lost their jobs.
India's growth rate has been reduced due to demonetisation. During the demonetisation period, people faced a problem because there was no management done by the government to provide new currency to the public.
People get lined up for hours for withdrawal of money from ATM. Some people lost their lives while standing to get money from the ATM.
|Rishabh said: (Jun 29, 2018)
|In my point of view, as demonetisation was a welcome move as above mentioned by one of my friend it needs courage because government is aware of problems regarding to banning of 500 and 1000 rs currency but as we are heading towards positive aspects this step is taken to counter flow of counterfeit currency it is stopped for very extent and stopped funding to terrorist group there are no reports during that time related to any terrorist attack.
And as we all read the news that on that time there are some cases that a large amount of cash is drowned in rivers and there are cases too that a large amount of cash is transferred to relative to whom they didn't talk from many years they get cash.
So the conclusion is as for what cause it has happened the objective is achieved for some level they are able to restrict the flow of black money.
|Riyas M K said: (Jun 26, 2018)
|Demonetization was one of the most brave and bold decision of Indian government. It was a move against black money, counterfeit currency and to abolish the funds for terrorism. But we cannot say that the demonetization was a success. Let us analyse it's targets one by one, starting from black money. It is a fact that India had thousands of crores of black money before demonetization and most of them might be in the form 1000 and 500 rupee notes. But most of the currencies that were circulating before demonetization have returned to RBI after demonetization. It is clear that the people who had black money with them have found their way to change it to new currency. Counterfeit currency of the new currency note also was caught from smugglers in a few weeks after demonetization. So this objective also was not achieved. Terrorism activities activities had reduced for a few weeks after demonetization, no incident was reported even in Jammu kashmir for a few weeks. But even terrorists have found their way to find the fund for their activities. So it is clear that demonetization could not achieve it's objectives. Let's check what were it's impact on the life of a common man. People had o stand in front of ATMs for hours to withdraw the new currency. Remember that all of them were standing for the money they earned, not for a money given free. Some people died paralyzing while standing in the queue. I have read news about a girl who had a kidney problem and had no money to treat it. Many good people helped her and made the money for her surgery. This money was deposited in bank before demonetization. But because of the restriction on the withdrawal of money from an account and shortage of currency they didn't get the money in time for her surgery and she died. Demonetization caused a deduction in the GDP of India. So I cannot say that demonetization was a right decision.
|Mahesh said: (Jun 24, 2018)
|You should note that the government had very good intention behind demonetization. The government was aware of problems it was going to create, but still it took courage to do it. But I don't think it succeeded as much as thought.
When demonetization was announced, it was a big surprise for everyone. Most of the people welcomed this, may be because most of the people liked were on government's side. The government said this will curb the financing of terrorist activities and will eradicate black money. People had never seen this kind of thing before, and they believed it, they had really too much expectations. They thought this demonetization is going to bring miraculous changes. But today they aren't feeling much changes.
So did it fail completely? Or why it did not succeed as thought?
The demonetization did affect terrorists. They could not convert the money to new notes. So of course it the terrorist activities reduced for some time. But the terrorists are mostly funded by Pakistan or gulf countries. So after some time, they could able to receive money like before.
If we talk about corruption, the people who had made money by illegal ways or the people who had hidden their income to prevent taxes got enough time and enough ways to convert into new cash. But people who had considerably more money had no ways but to deposit it in bank. So the at least most of the money came under banking, which also provided capital. But there were large number of people who had deposited more money. One, it can't make out which money is honest one and which money was earned illegally, so the government could not make all people to ask to pay taxes. But of course it made big tax hiders make them pay. But as most people's money have come under banking, in future government can make more easily more people tax payers.
And because of demonetization people understood how corruption can be reduced by using banking and also the importance of digital payments. India saw big improvement in digital payments after demonetization.
So, the corruption can't be much controlled by demonetization, but corruption prevention wasn't the only intention behind demonetization. Demonetization will definitely bring positive impact on Indian economy. So demonetization is not big success, but not a failure.
|Saksham said: (Jun 19, 2018)
|Hi guys,
In my point of view, demonetization has a postive as well as some negative aspects.
Plus point of demonetization is that is has stopped fundings to terrorist agencies and also stopped corruption and black money to a larger extent. Its disadvantages are that enough time was given by our government To public to convert their black money into white as there was no curb on buying of gold etc. People had to suffer in long queues in front of bank and many bank employees died due to overburden.
It was a good initiative by the govt but was not completely successful.
|Yadagiri said: (Jun 19, 2018)
|Dear all,
Demonetisation of Rs.500 and Rs.1000 was announced by prime minister Narendra Modi on 8th Nov 2016, . It was a shock to the Indian public. The intention of implementation as said by the govt was 1. To curb financing of terrorist activities, 2. To stop the circulation of counter fiet currency and 3. To eradicate black money.
It was a welcome move, and was successful in curbing circulation of counter fiet currency and affected funding of terrorist activities, to some extent. It has also succeeded in reducing cash transaction and encouraged digital transactions.
But, the most affected were low and middle-class people, who suffered a lot standing in huge ques, some of them died standing in crowds and some died not withstanding the shock.
In my opinion, demonetisation has nothing to do with corruption, many of the black money holders had found their ways to exchange currency and govt did not take any stringent actions against them. As said by one of our friend above it is the intention of public having more and more and most of the times corruption is due to offerings by people, the anxiety of getting their work done at any cost. This can only be changed through a change in mindset of the public.
|Yaqob said: (Jun 18, 2018)
|Ban of 500, 1000 notes is like a test case for black money holders. They just learned how to solve this case when the face and not only this they also learn how to store, exchange and transfer black money whenever they may these. So, what I would like to conclude is 'Ban of notes' made nothing of uprooting the corruption instead it learnt them how to face that situations and overcome them.
|Rounak Soni said: (Jun 18, 2018)
|In order for any plan to be successful, it is 1% idea and 99% execution and the same applies here. Banning 500, 1000 notes was a good initiative by the government but was not executed well. It helped rich people in converting white money into black money. Middle class people were the affected ones as they stood in front of banks in queues for hours and the rich people got their money changed into white. The only positive is that people started using online payment applications like paytm, bheem etc. For rich people it was just change of clothes, but still it left footprint in their mind that government can bring some other initiative to uproot corruption.
|Deepak Kumar Pandey said: (Jun 17, 2018)
|Yeah! The statement can be true. But there is not only negative effects like conversion of black money to white of big business man or some corrupt leaders. While most of the money has come in the eye of bank after demonetization and this reason is more powerful.
And if we say about the impact on poor people or middle class people was also there but all this was done for good for people. Because of demonetization many people forced to use online mode of payment which is also more valid reason than suffering in queue of ATM. And also rich people use their debit cards for online transaction that's why they didn't come in notice of people who are in queue.
This is a step in eradicating courption but in different manner than people usually think.
|Varshini said: (Jun 15, 2018)
|Hello everyone. We are in the society that is surrounded by full of corruption. Demonetisation has a major impact only in poor and middle-class people. There is no eradication of corruption after implementation. Many rich people and other corruptionist have invested their money in Share market, gold and real estate. Only middle class and below poverty people are affected but it's just changing clothes for rich and other corrupted people. Thus demonetisation neither reduce nor eradicate corruption.
|Madhu said: (Jun 12, 2018)
|According to me, everything comes with some pros and cons. Although the government tried it's level best to eradicate corruption from its base. But, I think the planning procedure was not adequate. More stringent measures should have been taken. Despite of all the efforts, it's not only the sole responsibility of the government alone, we the citizens should also contribute to this matter. And it is only possible if we remain self content with whatever we have. The desire to have more is the main reason behind this corruption problem. So, I think this action could have been better if we ourselves try to put some efforts into changing our mindset.
|Rupesh said: (Jun 10, 2018)
|According to me, it is good things for our economy, because of demonetization affected by the rich people as well as middle-class people, in my life it has seen the first time and after demonetization our economy increase.
|Digvijay said: (Jun 9, 2018)
I am Digvijay.
In my opinion, friends it's not that much uprooted as the planned made by the government or our respected Modi Ji wanted but yes we can say that it has really affected the rich people because of this demonetisation our economy increased little bit at that time when it implemented. But it is true because of this implementation the middle class and poor have faced so many types of problem. But hates of you Modi ji that one person who thinks for poor people or to become our nation corruption free. Or we can say that he has taken his first step against the corrupted person.
|Shruti said: (Jun 8, 2018)
|In my opinion, it is a very good initiative of government for reducing the corruption. Although it fail to achieve the expected results I think it has an impact over corrupt people too. I think it is an indirect warning of the government to such people so that they can come on the right track and serve to the nation.
|Deshmukhsuraj said: (Jun 7, 2018)
|Hi friends.
Ban of 500 and 1000 notes was a good step by our government but it fails in many views.
There was no any black currency caught during the demonization time.
There is no good effect on people's but so many bad effects are some during the denomination. No any businessman or any politician are not stand in the queue but poor and middle-class people's are stand in the queue of ATM or bank. Demonization takes some lives that are not any rich person that are poor people's.
|Pooja said: (Jun 7, 2018)
|Dear All,
Yes, it is a good step, the government has been taken for demonetization.
But this time, it was not succeeded as it only affects the poor or middle-class family. Neither any minister nor any businessman is in the queue at ATM for Exchanging money. The Government has done this just to make India corruption free but it was affecting only poor people whose family is standing in a queue outside of ATM as a daily routine it affects poor people daily income source. Hence, Demonetization is just changing clothes I would like to say that Government are doing good in the field of developing India but they should be taken care of middle class or poor family first.
|Narayan said: (Jun 6, 2018)
|The intention behind banning notes is noble, but corrupt people always find ways to escape such traps. As a result, a number of corrupt people managed to exchange the old notes to the new one by joining hands with bank officials. Though it was strategically planned to announce just before midnight, some people still managed to get rid off black money by acquiring some wealth. Banning notes resulted in common people standing in front of banks in queues for hours while corrupt people had already new cash. Some amount of success could be found due to this drastic decision but it was a disaster to many middle-class men and women. It should have been planned properly. Truth to be told it is a mix of changing clothes as well as uprooting corruption.
|Sai said: (Jun 6, 2018)
|Hi friends,
Ban 500, 1000 notes are nothing but just changing the clothes. The primary idea behind this decision to be to support the higher ministers and make their black money converted into white money. Due to this Demonetization, the poor and middle-class people suffered a lot by standing in front of ATM for a long time.
|Heena Vasdani said: (Jun 5, 2018)
|According to my point of view, the decision of banning on 500, 1000 notes are just changing clothes. IT is correct that demonetization is an important step which is taken by government but it is not implemented correctly. Demonetization is just affect the poor or middle class people, small business etc but if we noticed then we saw that none of rich person was standing in front of bank for changing the notes, it's just because they already find a way through which they convert their black money into white money. Corruption could not be stop completely by Demonetization, it can be stop by secretly investigation on each officer, minister or other person which get high power as the perspective of their duty or there job etc. When each and every rule will be apply on everybody equally as these are applied on common people then corruption will not only reduce but it can be completely disappear from our country.
|Bharti Jaib said: (Jun 4, 2018)
|Hi friends,
According to my point of view, it's just like changing of clothes, because demonetisation affected only common man, small businesses and farmers only, the main corruption in India lies in upper-class families, ministers etc, after demonetisation no minister was caught in corruption cases or cbi raids, black money can come again in power after banning and bring new notes, so it didn't solve any problems.
|Brahma Reddy said: (Jun 4, 2018)
|Hi, friends.
Ban 500, 1000 is a very good idea to protect the country from the corruption. It should have some strict laws. The government should be transparent and should have providence. But Modi government fail in both ways. That's mean ban 500, 1000 is just changing clothes. The government didn't tell till now how much money they printed and how much money they collected.
|Niranjan Kumar said: (Jun 4, 2018)
|Hi friends.
Ban on 500 and 1000 rupee not is very courageous decision in recent years. It's aim to get India corruption free in financial means. Banks played an important role to perform that cumbersome task and it also perform well even in very inverse situations they perform their duties with full dedication and integrity. But the other government debt related to this decision doesn't do well like income tax debt we are expecting that they can verify the account holder who deposited much cash during demonetisation. Unless that all debt does not perform their duties how it is possible to make demonetisation successful up to some extent they only change their money. Govt can also instruct their concern dept to do their duties in their time frame almost 2 years going to happen no any outcome are there so very little corruption is uprooted I hope government may do some extraordinarily work to make demonetisation successful.
|Gaurav Thakur said: (Jun 3, 2018)
|According to my knowledge, the ban of 500 and 1000 notes is a very good step for reducing the black money by our government. It is not just clothing changing. But it is a huge step to reduce the corruption. In many places, Many people had to face some problems in their marriage and in medical treatment etc. But after this, it is a good step to stop terrorism and corruption.
|Jawwad Ansari said: (Jun 2, 2018)
|In my opinion, I find it to be the changing of clothes and switching to much better ones. What I mean by that is, it was a step taken by the Government to increase in the corruption. According to an authentic source, the amount of money (notes) in circulation is much more as of now than that before demonetization. I personally don't believe in a Democratic form of Government There are many reasons for this belief which has rational grounds and reasoning attached. When you believe that this universe has a Creator, then you should ascertain and implement the guidelines given by Him to rule the world for it to be a better place.
|Avinash Sharma said: (May 30, 2018)
|According to my point of view, in these days taking much risk fully steps by the government to control the corruption like ban 500, 1000 notes by this important step large amount of corruption is stopped but at the time when 500 &1000 notes are banned then there is much difficulty for the poor to change their notes but by the corrupt people the money is changed easily by the bank employees so on this type of steps corruption is something stopped but there are many problems are facing by poor people by.
|Sanjay Kumar Sahu said: (May 30, 2018)
|Hii, guys I am sanjay.
In my point of view, The government will try to take incredible decision to change our country's Bellow poverty classes people to something better position through the corrupted black money in our country which has in a hidden way but I still say that its not working because of that main root of corruption is who create this word of "demonetization".
In the time, when we can't use of ban, not of 500 and 1000 Rupees notes poor people are facing so many problems to face the changing the ban notes in local banks and have so many conditions to change its.
But I can't see any RICH person in the line of changing notes. Because they have already settled his way to convert BLACK money into WHITE through consult the bankers.
In the say of my way this not at all black money which without pay the tax have in our country.
Black money is which have outside of our country on similar like that swiss bank holder of our politician and businessmen.
|Prathyusha Talari said: (May 29, 2018)
|Hi; guys, I am Prathyusha.
And in my point of view, the ban of 500 &1000 notes are not just changing clothes.
It is a step to fight against corruption, demonetization is implemented on 8 nov 2016.
I think nothing gets changed, not effect on corruption so, many members saying that Black money was found and Change to white.
Any person who has black money he will be an influenced or rich person he can easily translate to black money to white.
In banks also, I can see so, many normal people standing in front of banks I did not see one rich person standing in front of banks.
Finally, I concluded that nothing gets changed to ban of 500, 1000 notes.
|Naga Satya Kishore said: (May 28, 2018)
|I'm Kishore.
Nowadays corruption is enhancing In our country. Suddenly, government took a decision has demonetisation cause to collect the black money but common people faced so many problems and that time not available money in banks. So much time waiting for money to near the banks otherwise some people are died. This effect is totally on every person corrupt or uncorrupted. Finally, this method is going to developing the country in our future.
Thank you.
|Rahul said: (May 22, 2018)
|It was very challenging decision of our government to make India corruption free. Our politicians and businessman have too much black money which is underground and they can't make it white within few days. So it was a good decision. And the second thing I would like to tell that it hammer next activities and terrorism in Kashmir because it will be funding illegally by Pakistan and China.
|Dev said: (May 21, 2018)
|I'm Dev.
Ban on 500 & 1000 rs note it's not a cloth changing action. Our government took this decision on 8 Nov 2016 to stop money laundering and black money in India. Which was a very huge decision ever taken by the Indian government in last few years. Now if people say that it was just cloth changing then it's not correct because nobody can change a country in one day. So we have to wait for a time to see the final result of these changes. We can say that after demonetisation a very big part of black money recovered by the government till the time and they are still working on it.
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text: Pollbearers Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Summary Transcript Transcript So we know that political consultants on both sides of the health care debate are cherrypicking words to craft the narrative. Are pollsters doing the same thing? This week, new polls declared that public support for President Obama on health care is dropping, and media coverage of those polls made it seem as if a health care overhaul was in serious trouble. So how should a media consumer interpret this polling data, especially when it comes to a complicated and messy policy issue like health care? We asked Nate Silver, who crunches numbers and analyzes polls at his site, FiveThirtyEight.com. Silver says pollsters, like political consultants, know that very small changes in wording sometimes elicit a 15- to 20-point difference in a response. Here's an example. Silver says if a pollster confuses the words "government-provided insurance plan," which is the public option, with "government-provided health services," which tends to connote, quote, unquote, "socialized medicine," that will affect the poll's results. So which poll should we pay attention to, if any of them? NATE SILVER: There is a great poll put out every other month, a tracking poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation, and they're not-for-profit. And they're very careful with their wording. In fact, a lot of what they'll do is actually phrase things in two different ways and see how it tests. For example, they have a question about the public option, where in one case they use the phrase "like Medicare," which tends to be favorable to that. In the other case, they omit it. It turns out not to make a lot of difference, but two or three points. That's honest polling, when you're willing to like ask the same question both ways. That's the one poll that I will look at, in part because they have been asking the same questions every other month, so February, April, June, so we can really kind of make an apples-to-apples comparison. MIKE PESCA: Is it the case that the polls out now are confusing or worthless, or has the public really not changed its – from what you can tell – really not changed its general opinion about the health care proposals working their way through Congress? NATE SILVER: Oh, it certainly seems to me like it's lost somewhere five points, plus or minus a few. That seems clear enough. But, you know, you have different polls who have different partisan leans. Some of the Rasmussen polling that's been out, for example, that says, you know, 51 percent opposed now, you know, that polling was pretty decent during the campaign, but ever since the campaign it's been much more Republican-leaning than most polls on most issues, sometimes by a matter of 10 or 15 points, you know. And if something is consistently off in that one direction, then you tend to give it less weight in terms of any individual issue. MIKE PESCA: You said something to the effect of people can be asked about health care and they don't understand the question. Now, it could be the case that a pollster asks, what do you think of the health care plan, and that person's mind will immediately jump to, oh, rationing and long lines, I'm against it. That's not necessarily illegitimate. If people are convinced that that's what the health care plan means and they tell pollsters, I don't like it 'cause it means rationing, it still could be a good poll, right? NATE SILVER: Yeah, it could still be a good poll. What it's measuring exactly is maybe not support for that policy but in terms of who's winning the messaging war. I mean, what I would like to see is some kind of daily tracking poll, whether it's Gallup or someone else, where you ask kind of an abstract question like, do you think health care reform is necessary, and then maybe ask, do you favor the bill that's currently before Congress, and see if those numbers start to diverge. MIKE PESCA: You started out as a baseball stats guru. There is a lot of raw data there. Then you reinvented yourself as a political guy. There's a pretty good apparatus to measure baseball. We know what the definition of winning is in politics - lots of polls about each individual state. Is there a good enough apparatus to measure the goal of a policy - will it pass or won't it - good enough polling, good enough raw data there? NATE SILVER: You know, one thing we're starting to do at 538 is, for example, on the Climate Bill, which was passed, barely, by the House and hasn't passed the Senate, we just ran a bunch of analysis of what actually motivated that vote in the House. And it actually matters how much carbon does your district emit, you know, what's the poverty rate, the unemployment rate? What's your partisan ideology? How much did Obama or McCain win by, and how much lobbying money did you take from both the nuclear and alternate energy industry, as well as, obviously, big coal? That's the bill, though, where ideology takes a back seat to local considerations. With health care it's not quite as much like that. There are some areas where more people are uninsured. Ironically, some of those areas are areas where you have some of these conservative blue dog Democrats. It tends to be more kind of rural poor areas, by and large. MIKE PESCA: So climate change may be not blue or red, but inhalers and exhalers. NATE SILVER: Yeah, exactly. [LAUGHTER] MIKE PESCA: Now, did you look at age with the, with the current health care bill? NATE SILVER: Well, that's one thing, and there was a little interesting anecdote put out by an economist named Tyler Cowen on his blog this week, and he suggested that if the Democrats hadn't passed Medicare under Lyndon Johnson, then you'd have all these old people who are clamoring for health care. And you do see support for the bill tailing off with people who are 65 and up, and they have no reason to change the system. I mean, Medicare has done a great job. So in that way, it's almost been a victim of its own success, I think. That's a real worry. I mean, it's usually a key part of the kind of tapped-in policy constituency who will actually watch the evening news, still, and will watch C-SPAN and will kind of write their congressmen, and they don't have so much incentive to be, to be engaged here. You know, maybe Obama should challenge the public and say, okay, if you don't believe in any kind of public health care, we'll take away Medicare and pay down the debt a whole bunch here. [MIKE LAUGHS] But I don't think he's going to be willing to do that. MIKE PESCA: "Oh, you hate all public options, do you?" NATE SILVER: Yeah, yeah. [OVERTALK] MIKE PESCA: "How about this one?" Nate Silver, great as always. Thank you. NATE SILVER: Thank you. MIKE PESCA: Nate Silver is the founder of FiveThirtyEight.com. This is On the Media from NPR. Produced by WNYC Studios


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I've been looking for a good authentic Kolsch recipe, but virtually all that I find contain wheat malt. I detect wheat malt in American Kolsch, but none at all in German Kolsch. In fact, I've read that some German brewers make kolsch EXACTLY like a pilsener except with different yeast and fermentation temps. Am I just not tasting the wheat, or do the German kolsch brewers NOT use wheat malt? If not, does anyone know of a good German style kolsch recipe?Great reference is Designing great beers by Ray Daniels.
Is a diacetyl rest normal for this style? I've heard it's not necessary, but then I've heard that a kolsch is lagered, so I'm not sure.
If you are really interested in learning more about this style I highly recommend Eric Warner's Style Guide Series book "Kolsch". By far the best printed resource for brewing these beers.
Oddly enough, Warner suggests mashing-out and sparging at ~170-173 F, which might promote tannin extraction.
I agree with Denny.Oddly enough, Warner suggests mashing-out and sparging at ~170-173 F, which might promote tannin extraction.
Not in my experience. If your pH is in line, there should be no problem with those temps.


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Sunday, November 18, 2012
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via Plumpiñon, I have met some of my extended family! I'm thrilled by this--I couldn't think of a better way for the work to have traveled and returned. I'm writing this from London, where I am organizing a symposium for PLOS next week. Tomorrow: Kew Gardens, most fecund & rich edible & postcolonial territory.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Bridal Hunger
How did I miss this??? Bridal Hunger Games and its aftermath via Maria Gould, of Meatpapers and PLOS... I'm in the final stages of scheduling a liquid food tasting event at the Jackman Humanities Institute at University of Toronto...more anon...
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Rural Alchemy Workshop covers the Multispecies Meal at Goddard College
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Obsolete US Prez Electoral college system : an anachronism of time.
DentalFloss(PF) wroteYou realize that the allocation of electoral college votes doesn't require, or even allow, "voters" to have a say, right? As a practical matter, all 50 States have adopted that method, and most, but not all, use the "winner take all" method. But there is nothing that requires that. The State Legislature could decide to use ANY method they chose, the flip of a coin for example, or even only having the Legislature itself vote on the Electors. There is no right for the average person to have a vote at all.
I STILL THINK that the way electoral college votes are totalled and the result transmitted to Washington dc for the determination of whom should be president is more a product of LIMITATION BY DESIGN to the pre-1861 state of available communications technology (i.e. smoke signals, pony express mail service in the era BEFORE telegraph service) and perhaps the infant democracy that the USA was at (blacks and women weren't allowed to vote).
Why else would a state not accede to accurate transmission of data to the benefit of minority interest but either due to TECHNOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS of the contemporary period or else because many states were ruled by BULLIES who would gratuitously (indecently/corruptly) exploit minority interest in favour of their majority rule. I am already being very lenient in blaming technological limitations for the perceivable injustice since to label state leaderships of being rogue BULLIES would be most incriminating. Costs of elections were also a concern so the focus was on state legislature, the vote for president having much lesser concern since USA was more concerned about intra-contentinental issues with few if any global concerns.
Perhaps the fact that state legislatures across all states (to my knowledge) opt for statewide voter participation in presidential elections (rather than flipping a coin as u mentioned) alludes to the fact that contemporary justice supported by modern technological progress, the GROWING AMBIT OF GLOBAL ROLE OF USA PRESIDENT, demand for as widespread voter participation as possible. Both technological availability and voter interest mandate that a national vote BEYOND the election of mere state legislators be conducted.
The 'winner take all' manner of state reporting towards total electoral college votes for president only serves to fuel extremes of citizen participation, from extreme obsession/expression to apathetic absence as 'my vote won't count': which itself adds fuel to creating divisions within a nation/ federation. The current method of USA presidential vote counting remains an anachronism of our time and urgently needs reform if the USA is to remain a leading thought/policy leader in the world, rather than an OBSOLETE /spent force, or a bully which others need to teach discipline to and be put back to its original humble place.


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To tell the truth, I was never quite sure whether the title of Todd Rundgren's 1973 album, A Wizard, a True Star, was supposed to be ironic. But it's likely his most fanatic followers—some of whom were known to solemnly intone "Todd is God"—bought into it. I was convinced that Runt, the name under which he performed for his first two solo albums, was meant to be cheeky. And it was pretty clear that the title of 1983's The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect was meant to be satirical and self-deprecating.
It seems as if at every turn of Rundgren's career, the singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and innovator has done something to surprise and/or confound listeners. He's enjoyed Top 40 hits but he also seems to want to stretch boundaries.
And his fans have followed his activities, straying sometimes, but always fascinated. Many of us were 1970s teenagers who, in true music-geek fashion, would devour every liner note, dig historically into back catalogs, pore over deep cuts and learn personnel changes as if they were baseball box scores.
Rundgren, who wasn't available for an interview when I wrote this story, has forged a career that seems custom-made for this kind of cultish fan.
The Pennsylvania-born Rundgren's first recordings in the late 1960s were with the Anglophile band the Nazz, but soon he fell under the spell of the folk- and soft-rock style, especially the music of Carole King and Laura Nyro. He loves the intricate genius in the music of the Beach Boys and the Beatles, like lots of us, and has recorded detailed homages to them. He's also well known for his love of Motown and Philly soul, and has often performed accordingly.
He has embraced psychedelia, hard rock, proto-metal and, especially with his band Utopia, progressive rock. He has worked with seminal punk-rockers and new-wavers, and inspired a whole generation of power-pop artists. He's also recorded an album of bossa nova versions of his most popular tunes, as well as a tribute to blues giant Robert Johnson.
Rundgren worked with some of the earliest synthesizers and often has moonlighted in the realm of electronic music. His latest album, State (released in April), is a solid example of EDM-influenced rock. He plays almost all of the instruments on the album and flirts with styles such as synth-pop, dubstep, techno and industrial. His eccentric sense of humor is intact, too, on cuts such as "Ping Me," "Angry Bird," "Collide-A-Scope" and "Sir Reality." Almost as if to prove his versatility, an expanded edition of the album includes a second disc containing a 2012 live set in Amsterdam, where Rundgren was backed by the Metropole Orchestra.
He's also been a visionary in the zone where music crosses over to other media. He has developed custom software, established websites and incorporated interactive video into his releases, and composed occasional TV and movie soundtracks. He founded a site called PatroNet, through which consumers could buy music directly from the artists, eliminating the record company. Such an arrangement is common now, but that was in 1996.
When it comes to hits, his songs range from inspiring ("Hello, It's Me," "I Saw the Light," "Can We Still Be Friends?") to novelty ("Bang the Drum All Day"). I love his inspirational numbers, such as "Just One Victory" and "Love Is the Answer," but I'm also a Rundgren fan who likes the artsy stuff from Utopia just as much. To this day, Utopia's albums Ra and Oops! Wrong Planet (which it could be successfully argued are as bloated as they are brilliant) are among my not-so-guilty pleasures. They give me as much joy as Rundgren's more accepted solo masterpieces, such as Something/Anything? or Hermit of Mink Hollow.
In addition to his work as a recording artist and songwriter, Rundgren also has made an indelible mark on popular music by producing albums for many other artists. Around 1970, he became an in-house producer and engineer for Bearsville Studio and its namesake record label, founded by Albert Grossman. And he has continued producing, parallel to his own musical career, during the decades since.
Some listeners may be surprised to learn that Rundgren was behind the board on many memorable albums. Often, he produced albums that have come to be considered the best by that respective artist.
A short list of his production credits includes Grand Funk Railroad's We're an American Band, Badfinger's Straight Up, the New York Dolls' debut album, the Tubes' Remote Control, Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell, XTC's Skylarking, Patti Smith's Wave, the Psychedelic Furs' Forever Now and Daryl Hall and John Oates' obscure but brilliant War Babies, a sci-fi-influenced, hard-rock concept album.
Rundgren also has worked—either as a producer or engineer—with Cheap Trick, the Band, Janis Joplin, Jesse Winchester, James Cotton, Felix Cavaliere, Ian and Sylvia Tyson, the Pursuit of Happiness, Shaun Cassidy, Sparks, Bad Religion, Steve Hillage, Jill Sobule, What Is This? and the Tom Robinson Band.
When it comes to odd detours, not even serious Todd fans could have predicted that he would, in 2005, partner with two members of the Cars (Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes) to form the New Cars, which played a lot of classics by the original new-wave act. The group—which also included longtime Rundgren collaborators bassist Kasim Sulton and drummer Prairie Prince—recorded only one album.
I never even saw Rundgren perform live until last year. I did buy a pair of tickets to his 1980 concert at what was then called the Tucson Community Center, but had to give them up to attend a Boys State meeting. I was envious when the schoolmate to whom I sold the tickets found himself in the ideal position to catch a guitar pick that Rundgren tossed into the audience.
So, it wasn't until an April 2012 concert at the Rialto Theatre that I finally got to see him, and I enjoyed the show thoroughly. My review ran in these pages, and I noted that despite having a terrible head cold and being in temporarily poor voice, Rundgren gave an entertaining and energetic performance. It helped that Sulton and Prince also played.
On the other hand, my best friend since childhood admitted last week that he did not care for that Rundgren concert at all.
My friend—who probably spoke in confidence, so I will not use his name here—has been a professional musician for more than 25 years and is perhaps a more passionate Todd fan than I am. He found fault with Rundgren that night for the quality of his voice, the overall performance, his song choices and even his attire. My friend and I don't always see eye to eye, but most of the time I respect his opinions about music. As they say, opinions are like bellybuttons: Everybody has one.
But, seeing as I liked Todd so much when he was under the weather, I am looking forward to hearing him play this weekend when he's feeling better.


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