I am not asking you to not question the govt ' s interpretations . Even in LPG case , there was nothing wrong with the data itself . The govt ' s interpretation was incorrect . There was a ready explanation for the data about savings in LPG subsidy at hand the fall in gas prices yet the govt attributed all the savings to the people giving up their subsidies . Still , that scheme did save the govt Rs 2000 crores not just once , but every year so despite the exaggeration , the scheme did achieve a lot of its intended purposes . In this case , however , if there is a significant increase in deposit of money in bank accounts after demonetization , I think you will be really hard pressed to find plausible alternative explanations . Also , I am saying I don ' t accept their vague criteria for success . Nobody with a functioning brain is . That material is for campaign purposes . My criteriaWould you not consider a large amount of previously unaccounted for money being pushed into the formal system as a success for the scheme ?