I am not asking you to not question the govt ' s i nterpretations . 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 . Where do we see real data ? We see only what Govt releases , right ? It was not some journalist poring over data who caught the govt . It was the CAG who caught the lie who probably do their own audits . Would you not consider a large amount of previously unaccounted for money being pushed into the formal system as a success for the scheme ? What is large amount of ? Considering the estimate that only 6 % of unaccounted for income being in the form of cash , the maximum possible unaccounted for income which comes back would be 6 %. So is it worth it to throw the whole country into disruption , make people stand in lines , throwing the economy into a tailspin to get 6 % of total unaccounted for income ? The GDP is projected to slow down , the economy is projected to slow down . People have suffered and are still suffering ? How about targeting the other 94 % the big shots that would be an actual surgical strike instead of a carpet Bombing . Multiple foreign bank leaks have come out in the last 2 . 5 years has anything been done about it ? One of the crooks who featured in the Panama Leak who is now cheering the demonetisation and sermonising about it was actually appointed an Incredible India ambassador after his name appeared in the Panama leak . And consider the fact that some state BJP orgs have been reported to deposit money in their accounts just before Nov 8 has any IT notice gone out to them ? , consider the fact that Amit Shah made several regional BJP orgs buy a lot of land all over the place before Nov 8 all this will help BJP immensely in terms of money strength in the coming elections . I consider this just one step below Indira Gandhi declaring emergency putting opp leader in jail to retain power . So yeah , it ' s highly unlikely I will consider this whole chutiyagiri to be a good thing based on how much money came into the system I don ' t think that will be more than 3 % of all unaccounted for income . . Also about previously unaccounted for money being pushed into the system money laundering also does the same thing it brings unaccounted for money into the system but is that good ? If the point of the exercise was to get money back into the system , then declaring a free for all on money laundering for 2 months would have achieved the same effect without so many problems , disruptions and screwing the economy . Also take the following scenario some guy with 10 lakhs rupees of unaccounted for income . Say he hires a lot of people to stand in line and exchange it . He pays these guys a 10 % cut so you will have that 10 % coming back into the system so some of the ways money has got back into the system is not necessarily good . And deposits should not be considered as money getting back into the system . Though that will be first data BJP will release . How much of those deposits remain after 6 months will be buried away .