On Monday, former finance minister P Chidambaram questioned how the withdrawal of the Rs 2,000 notes from circulation will assist unearth ‘black cash’ as the State Bank of India as we speak clarified that no type or ID proof will probably be required to alternate Rs 2,000 notes.
The senior Congress chief tweeted this morning, “Ordinary individuals would not have Rs 2.000 notes. They shunned it quickly after it was launched in 2016. They have been ineffective for each day retail alternate. So who kept the Rs 2,000 notes and used them? You know the reply. The Rs 2,000 word solely helped keepers of black cash to hoard their cash with ease.”
Chidambaram questioned if banks have clarified that no identification, no types and no proof will probably be required to alternate the Rs 2,000 notes, then anybody hoarding ‘black cash’ can alternate these notes with none disruption and getting seen. This nullifies the authorities’s efforts to unearth black cash.
“The BJP’s spin that the Rs 2,000 notes are being withdrawn to unearth black cash stands demolished,” Chidambaram stated.
He additional added, “The keepers of Rs 2,000 notes are being welcomed on a crimson carpet to alternate their notes! So a lot for the authorities’s declared goal of rooting out black cash. The Rs 2,000 word was a silly move in 2016. I’m glad that the silly move is being withdrawn not less than 7 years later.”
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stated on Friday that the Rs 2,000 notes would not be in circulation. However, confusion nonetheless exists as a result of many companies are refusing to just accept them. The RBI emphasised that Rs 2,000 notes will proceed to be accepted as authorized money and suggested people to deposit or alternate their notes by September 30.
According to the State Bank of India, clients can swap ten notes price Rs 2,000 at a time with out offering ID or filling out any paperwork. Moreover, after adhering to KYC necessities, there isn’t a restriction on depositing higher-value notes in financial institution accounts.
The opposition leaders harshly criticised the authorities’s move to withdraw Rs 2,000 notes seven years after they have been first issued, however BJP officers supported the motion. According to the former chief financial adviser Ok Subramanian, this step won’t have an effect on the frequent individuals as a result of they do not have Rs 2,000 however will assist examine the hoarding of black cash. According to PM Modi’s former principal secretary Nripendra Mishra, PM Modi by no means preferred Rs 2,000 notes as they aren’t appropriate for each day use.
Previously, Chidambaram said, “As anticipated, the authorities/RBI have withdrawn the Rs 2,000 word and given time till September 30 to alternate the notes. The Rs 2,000 word is hardly a well-liked medium of alternate. We stated this in November 2016 and we have now been proved right. The Rs 2,000 word was a band-aid to cowl up the silly choice of demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes which have been common and extensively exchanged currencies. A couple of weeks after Demonetisation, the authorities/RBI have been compelled to re-introduce the Rs 500 word. I shall not be stunned if the authorities/RBI re-introduced the Rs 1000 word as properly. Demonetisation has come full circle!”
“Rs 2,000 word was by no means a ‘clear’ word. It was not used by the overwhelming majority of the individuals. It was used solely by individuals to maintain their black cash, briefly!” he added.
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