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Indian 500 and 1000 rupee note demonetisation

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The demonetisation of 500 and 1,000 banknotes was a policy enacted by the Government of India on 8 November 2016, ceasing the usage of all 500
(US$7.40) and 1,000 (US$15) banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series as legal tender in India after 9 November 2016.[1]

The announcement was made by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in an unscheduled live televised address at 20:15 Indian Standard Time (IST) on 8
November.[2][3] In the announcement, Modi declared that use of all 500 and 1,000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series would be invalid after midnight
of that day, and announced the issuance of new 500 and 2,000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series in exchange for the old banknotes. However,
the banknote denominations of 100, 50, 20, 10 and 5 of the Mahatma Gandhi Series and 2 and 1 remained legal tender and were unaffected by the
policy.

The government claimed that the demonetisation was an effort to stop counterfeiting of the current banknotes allegedly used for funding terrorism, as well as a
crack down on black money in the country.[4][5] The move was also described as an effort to reduce corruption, the use of drugs, and smuggling.[6][7]

However, in the days following the demonetisation, banks and ATMs across the country faced severe cash shortages.[8][9] with severe detrimental effects on a
number of small businesses, agriculture, and transportation.People seeking to exchange their notes had to stand in lengthy queues, and several deaths were
linked to the inconveniences caused due to the rush to exchange cash.[10][11] Also, following the announcement, the BSE SENSEX and NIFTY 50 stock indices
crashed for the next two days.[12]

The move received support from several bankers as well as from some international commentators. But it was heavily criticised by members of the opposition
parties, leading to debates in both houses of parliament and triggering organised protests against the government in several places across India.[13][14][15]

Contents
1 Background
2 Televised address
3 Exchanging old notes
4 Prior leakage of information
4.1 Allegations and claims
5 Reactions
5.1 Support

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5.2 Criticism
5.3 Opposition
5.4 Strikes
6 Effects and aftermath
6.1 Cash rush
6.2 Stock market crash
6.3 Transportation halts
6.4 Agriculture
6.5 Banking
6.6 Business
6.7 Income tax raids and cash seizures
6.8 Seizures of new Rs. 2000 notes
6.9 Insurgent groups
6.10 Railways
7 Evasion attempts
7.1 Gold purchases
7.2 Donations
7.3 Multiple bank transactions
7.4 Railway bookings
7.5 Municipal and local tax payments
7.6 Backdated accounting
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

Background
Historically, previous Indian governments had demonetised bank notes. In January 1946, banknotes of 1,000 and 10,000 rupees were withdrawn and new notes
of 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 rupees were introduced in 1954. The Janata Party coalition government had again demonetised banknotes of 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000
rupees on 16 January 1978 as a means of curbing counterfeit money and black money.[16]

In 2012, the Central Board of Direct Taxes had recommended against demonetisation, saying in a report that "demonetisation may not be a solution for tackling
black money or economy, which is largely held in the form of benami properties, bullion and jewellery".[17][18] According to data from income tax probes, black
money holders keep only 6% or less of their ill-gotten wealth as cash, hence targeting this cash may not be a successful strategy.[19]

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On 28 October 2016 the total banknotes in circulation in India was 17.77 trillion (US$260 billion). In terms of value, the annual report of Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) of 31 March 2016 stated that total bank notes in circulation valued to 16.42 trillion (US$240 billion) of which nearly 86% (around 14.18 trillion
(US$210 billion)) were 500 and 1,000 banknotes. In terms of volume, the report stated that 24% (around 22.03 billion) of the total 90266 million banknotes
were in circulation.[20]

In the past, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had opposed demonetisation. BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi had said in 2014 that "The aam aurats and the
aadmis (general population), those who are illiterate and have no access to banking facilities, will be the ones to be hit by such diversionary measures."[21][22]
[23][24]

The Government of India devised an Income Declaration Scheme (IDS), which opened on 1 June and ended on 30 September 2016. Under the scheme, the black
money holders could come clean by declaring the assets, paying the tax and penalty of 45% thereafter.[25]

Modi said that the queues due to demonetisation were the last queues that would end all other queues.[26][27]

Televised address
On 8 November 2016, an announcement was made by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in an unscheduled live televised address to the nation at 20:15
IST.[2][3] In the announcement, Modi declared circulation of all 500 and 1,000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series as invalid effective from the midnight
of the same day, and announced the issuance of new 500 and 2,000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series in exchange for the old banknotes.

After the official announcement by Prime Minister Modi, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Urjit Patel, and Economic Affairs secretary, Shaktikanta
Das explained in a press conference that while the supply of notes of all denominations had increased by 40% between 2011 and 2016, the 500 and 1,000
banknotes increased by 76% and 109% respectively in this period owing to forgery. This forged cash was then used to fund terrorist activities against India. As a
result the decision to eliminate the notes had been taken.[28]

Patel also informed that the decision had been made about six months ago, and the printing of new banknotes of denomination 500 and 2,000 had already
started. However, only the top members of the government, security agencies and the central bank were aware of the move. But media had reported in October
2016 about the introduction of 2,000 denomination well before the official announcement by RBI. This statement has led to much debate, because the Reserve
Bank governor six months before the announcement was Raghuram Rajan, while the new banknotes have the signature of the newly appointed governor, Urjit
Patel.[29][30]

Exchanging old notes

The Reserve Bank of India laid down a detailed procedure for the exchange of the demonetised banknotes with new 500 and 2,000 banknotes of the
Mahatma Gandhi New Series and 100 banknotes of the preceding Mahatma Gandhi Series.[1] Following are the key points:

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Citizens will have until 30 December 2016 to tender their old banknotes at any office of the RBI or any bank
branch and credit the value into their respective bank accounts.[1]
Cash withdrawals from bank accounts were restricted to 10,000 per day and 20,000 per week per account from
10 to 13 November 2016.[1] This limit was increased to 24,000 per week from 14 November.[31][32]
For immediate cash needs, the old banknotes could be exchanged for the new 500 and 2,000 banknotes as well
as 100 banknotes over the counter of bank branches by filling up a requisition form along with a valid ID proof.[1]
People gathered at ATM of Axis Bank
It was announced that this facility would be available until 30 December 2016.
Initially, the limit was fixed at 4,000 per person from 8 to 13 November 2016. in Mehsana, Gujarat to withdraw cash
following deposit of demonetised
This limit was increased to 4,500 per person from 14 to 17 November 2016.[31][32] currency notes in bank on 15
The limit was reduced to 2,000 per person from 18 November 2016.[33] November 2016.

All exchange of banknotes was abruptly stopped from 25 November 2016.[34]

Initially, all ATMs were dispensing banknotes of only 50 and 100 denominations and cash withdrawals from
ATMs were restricted to 2000 per day.[35] From 14 November onwards, ATMs recalibrated to dispense new 500
and 2000 notes will allow a maximum withdrawal of 2,500 per day, while other ATMs dispensing banknotes of
only 50 and 100 denominations will allow a maximum withdrawal of 2000 per day.[31][32]

However, exceptions were given to petrol, CNG and gas stations, government hospitals, railway and airline booking
counters, state-government recognised dairies and ration stores, and crematoriums to accept the old 500 and 1,000
banknotes until 11 November 2016, which was later extended to 14 November 2016 and once again to 24 November Long queue in front of SBI ATM at
2016.[36][37] International airports were also instructed to facilitate an exchange of notes amounting to a total value of Paravur near the city of Kollam in
5,000 for foreign tourists and out-bound passengers.[38] Kerala, 19th November 2016.

Under the revised guidelines issued on 17 November 2016, families were allowed to withdraw 250,000 for wedding
expenses from one account provided it was KYC compliant. The rules were also changed for farmers who are permitted to withdraw 25,000 per week from
their accounts against crop loan.[33][39]

Prior leakage of information

Several exact details pertaining to the decision to demonetise the notes had been published on 1 April 2016 in a Gujarati newspaper called Akila, including for
instance, that there would be around 2 months' time to exchange banned notes, and that new notes in the 2,000 denomination would be issued.[40][41] The editor

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of the newspaper claimed that it was only an April fool's day prank.[42]

A fortnight before the official announcement, a news report in the Hindi daily Dainik Jagran quoting RBI sources mentioned about the coming release of new
2000 rupee note alongside withdrawal of 500 and 1000 rupee notes.[43][44]

A businessman reportedly admitted in an interview that he had received prior warning of the impending demonetisation from a source in the government, and
that he had sufficient time to convert most of his money into smaller denominations.[45]

The chairman of the State Bank of India had also openly spoken in April 2016 about the possibility of demonetisation of 500 and 1000 notes.[46]

A BJP MLA from Rajasthan, Bhawani Singh Rajawat, claimed in a video that 'Ambani and Adani' were informed about the demonetisation, and made
arrangements. However, he later said that it was an off-the-record conversation, and officially denied the comments.[47][48]

Allegations and claims

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI ( M)) alleged that the BJP unit in West Bengal had advance knowledge about the impending announcement, and
deposited money just before the announcement.[49][50] Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal also claimed that there had been some leakage regarding the
move.[51][52] Kejriwal questioned how Sanjeev Kamboj, a BJP leader in Punjab, posted about the 2000 notes days before the official announcement, and
alleged that a sudden spike in bank deposits between July and September 2016 was also due to information leakage.[53] The Congress party demanded a probe
into this huge jump in bank deposits before the demonetisation.[54]

Nitish Kumar,[55][56] Arvind Kejriwal[57] and Rahul Gandhi[58] alleged that the BJP made large purchases of land in Bihar ahead of the demonetisation because
they had prior information.

Reactions
Support

The decision met with mixed initial reactions Several bankers like Arundhati Bhattacharya (Chairperson of State Bank of India) and Chanda Kochhar (MD &
CEO of ICICI Bank) appreciated the move in the sense that it would help curb black money.[59] Businessmen Anand Mahindra (Mahindra Group), Sajjan Jindal
(JSW Group), Kunal Bahl (Snapdeal and FreeCharge) also supported the move adding that it would also accelerate e-commerce.[59] Infosys founder N. R.
Narayana Murthy praised the move.[60][61]

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that demonetisation would clean the complete economic system, increase the size of economy and revenue base. He
mentioned the demonetisation along with the upcoming Goods and Services Tax (GST) as "an attempt to change the spending habit and lifestyle."[62]

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The Indian National Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala welcomed the move but remained sceptical on the consequences that would follow.[63] Chief
Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar supported the move.[64][65][66] The demonetisation also got support from Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Nara Chandrababu
Naidu.[67][68][69] Former Chief Election Commissioner of India S. Y. Quraishi said demonetisation could lead to long term electoral reforms.[70] Indian social
activist Anna Hazare hailed demonetisation as a revolutionary step.[71][72][73] The President of India Pranab Mukherjee welcomed the demonetisation move by
calling it bold step.[74][75][76][77] The opinion of the masses varied both ways on micro-blogs and social media sites like Twitter.[78]

By and large, international response was positive which saw the move as a bold crackdown on corruption.[79][80][81] International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a
statement supporting Modi's efforts to fight corruption by the demonetisation policy.[79]

Chinese state media Global Times praised the move and termed it as "fierce fight against black money and corruption."[80] Former Prime Minister of Finland and
Vice-President of European Commission Jyrki Katainen welcomed the demonetisation move stressing that bringing transparency will strengthen Indian economy.
[82][83] BBC's South Asia Correspondent Justin Rowlatt in his article praised the move for its secrecy and success and elaborated on reason behind

demonetisation.[84]Tim Worstall termed the demonetisation as welcome macroeconomic effect in his article in Forbes magazine.[85] Swedish Minister of
Enterprise Mikael Damberg supported the move by calling it bold decision.[81]

Singapore-based paper The Independent published a laudatory article on the move titled "Modi does a Lee Kuan Yew to stamp out corruption in India." Lee
Kuan Yew was the Singaporean Prime Minister and is considered the architect of modern Singapore. "From making up his mind to rolling it out, a new Lee Kuan
Yew is born in India. It will be reflected in the legacy of this Prime Minister," the article said.[86]

Criticism

The Indian Supreme Court while hearing one among a slew of cases filed against the sudden demonetisation decision in various courts,[87] observed that it
"appears to be carpet bombing and not surgical strike" which government repeatedly claims it to be.[88]

Nobel laureate Indian economist Amartya Sen, severely critcized the demonetisation move calling it a "despotic action" among other things.[89][90]

Former Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, Kaushik Basu, called it a 'major mistake' and said that the 'damage' is likely to be much
greater than any possible benefits.[91][92][93]

Pronab Sen, former Chief Statistician and Planning Commision of India member, called it a "hollow move" since it did not really address any of the purported
goals of tackling black money or fake currency.[94]

Prabhat Patnaik, a former professor of economics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi called the move 'witless' and 'anti-people'. He criticised the simple
way in which black money was assumed as "a hoard of cash", saying that it would have little effect in eliminating "black activities" while "causing much
hardship to common people.".[95]

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Noted economist and journalist, T. N. Ninan wrote in the Business Standard that demonetisation 'looks like a bad idea, badly executed on the basis of some
half-baked notions'.[96] Deepak Parekh (Chairman of HDFC) had initially appreciated the decision to ban the Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes, but later said that the
move had derailed the economy, and expressed skepticism about its outcome.[97][98]

Chief Ministers of several Indian states like Mamata Banerjee,[99] Arvind Kejriwal[100] and Pinarayi Vijayan[101] have criticized and led major protests against
the decision in their states and in parliament. Initially, the move to demonetise and try to hinder black money was appreciated, but the manner in which it was
carried out by causing hardships to common people was criticised.[102] A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in Madras High Court by M Seeni Ahamed,
General Secretary of the Indian National League, to scrap the decision. The High Court dismissed the PIL stating that it could not interfere in monetary policies
of the government.[103] Similar PILs were also filed in the Supreme Court of India.[104] Supreme Court of India is yet to decide on the matter. It is listed for
hearing on 2 December 2016.

Several government ministers had declared before the demonetisation that they were holding large amounts of cash, including Arun Jaitley, who had more than
65 lakh rupees in cash. This led to speculation about whether and when the ministers had deposited the cash they held.[105][106]

Opposition

A Congress-led opposition, which includes 13 political parties, opposed the current government on the demonetisation issue in the Winter Session of the Indian
Parliament on 16 November 2016. The Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee also met the President Pranab Mukherjee to oppose the demonetisation.
[107][108][109][110][111][112] The debate on demonetisation is known to be initiated by Indian National Congress[113] and Anand Sharma in the Rajya Sabha on 16

November 2016,[114][115] while Banerjee is known to be the first to oppose the current government on the demonetisation.[116]

On 16 November 2016, Banerjee led a rainbow delegation comprising political parties of Trinamool Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, BJP ally Shiv Sena, Patidar
Anamat Andolan Samiti (of Hardik Patel) and National Conference to Rashtrapati Bhawan to protest against the decision to withdraw the 500 and 1000
banknotes. A memorandum was submitted to the President of India Pranab Mukherjee demanding rollback of the decision.[117] Outside the Parliament in a rally
the same day, Saugata Roy, a member of parliament from the opposition Trinamool Congress Party, commented, "People are in utter distress, especially the
informal sector is totally disrupted. Poor people, daily wage earners, they're all facing difficulty"[10]

In the demonetisation debate on the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament at the Rajya Sabha, on 16 November 2016, Pramod Tiwari from the Indian
National Congress, accused Narendra Modi for the demonetisation and compared him to Mussolini, Hitler and Qadhafi, while Prem Chand Gupta questioned a
statement of Modi from the unscheduled TV broadcast on 8 November, "If it was planned 10 months ago, how did RBI Governor Urjit Patel sign on new note?".
While on the other side, Praful Patel criticised the demonetisation by stating "the government was not even prepared to recalibrate the ATMs while announcing
the move. People's suffering unimaginable. Nobody is questioning the government's intention, but you are unprepared to execute the move". Later, the former
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Mayawati Prabhu Das stated the situiation to "a financial emergency", by saying "It looks as if Bharat has shut down." Also,
Sitaram Yechury from Communist Party of India, questioned the government on the demonetisation move by stating "only 6% of black money in India is in cash
to drive his point that demonetisation won't curb illicit wealth."[118]

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On 17 November 2016, in a rally against demonetisation of 500 and 1000 notes, led by the Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal and his West Bengal
counterpart Mamata Banerjee at Azadpur Mandi, the biggest vegetable and fruits wholesale hub in the national capital, Arvind Kejriwal demanded the withdraw
of demonetisation in 3 days, or else there would be a rebellion, he said. Banerjee also stated "I give the government 3 day ultimatum, fix things or withdraw the
demonetisation scheme".[119]

In the demonetisation debate on the second and third day of the Winter Session of Parliament, on 17 and 18 November 2016, the opposition and the government
clashed over the demonetisation issue, bringing the house to continuous halts.[120]

On 24 November 2016, in the demonetisation debate, the former prime minister of India Manmohan Singh said "this scheme will hurt small industries, the
farming sector. The GDP can decline by about 3 per cent due to this move", while he also questioned "I would like to ask the Prime Minister examples of
countries where people have deposited their money in the banks and not allowed to withdraw their own money." and later also said "It is no good that on each
day banks bring out new notifications. It doesn't reflect properly on Prime Minister's Office, Finance Minister and the Reserve Bank of India. Cooperative
banking system has been prevented from handling cash".[121] Singh at last termed the demonetisation move as an "organized loot, legalized plunder of the
common people".[122]

Strikes

As the demonetisation was opposed in both houses of the parliament, it triggered organised nationwide strikes across India.The Opposition involving parties like
Indian National Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party, Trinamool Congress,[123] DMK, JD(U), AIADMK, Nationalist Congress Party, Left, Rashtriya Janata Dal and
the Samajwadi Party[124]decided to observe Aakrosh Diwas as, a protest campaign day on November 28 [125][126] and launch protests in front of banks,
demanding that money be returned to people.[127] In the state of Bihar, 15 trains were blocked and stranded, while the states of West Bengal, Maharashtra and
Uttar Pradesh saw protest marches and rallies led by opposition parties.[128] In the state of Kerala, shops and business establishments were shut, with school and
colleges closed throughout the state, while movements of private vehicles were also disrupted in Northern Kerala.[128]

Effects and aftermath

Cash rush

The scarcity of cash due to demonetisation led to chaos, and most people holding old banknotes faced difficulties exchanging them due to endless lines outside
banks and ATMs across India, which became a daily routine for millions of people waiting to deposit or exchange the 500 and 1000 banknotes since 9
November.[8][9][10][129] ATMs were running out of cash after a few hours of being functional, and around half the ATMs in the country were non-functional.[9]
Sporadic violence was reported in New Delhi, but there were no reports of any grievous injury,[130] people attacked bank premises and ATMs,[131][132][133]
[134][135][136] and a ration shop was looted in Madhya Pradesh after the shop owner refused to accept 500 banknotes.[137][138][139][140]

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Several people were reported to have died from standing in queues for hours to exchange their old banknotes.[141][142]
[143][144][145][146] Deaths were also attributed to lack of medical help due to refusal of old banknotes by hospitals.
[147][148][149] As of 15 November 2016, the attributed death toll was 25.[11][150][151] In an interview, Chief Minister of
Delhi Arvind Kejriwal lashed out at a BBC reporter who asked him to justify his 19 November claim that 55 deaths were
linked to demonetisation.[152] While, the CMD of Punjab National Bank said that panic after demonetisation started
fading on 19 November 2016.[153] As of 8 December 2016, there were still long queues at banks and ATMs.[154][155]

Stock market crash

Queue at an ATM for 100 banknotes
As a combined effect of demonetisation and US presidential election, the stock market indices dropped to an around in Howrah, on 8 November 2016,
six-month low in the week following the announcement. The day after the demonetisation announcement, BSE SENSEX 22:23 (IST)
crashed nearly 1,689 points and NIFTY 50 plunged by over 541 points.[12] By the end of the intraday trading section on
15 November 2016, the BSE SENSEX index was lower by 565 points and the NIFTY 50 index was below 8100
intraday.[156]

Transportation halts

After the demonetisation was announced, about 800,000 truck drivers were affected with scarcity of cash, with around
400,000 trucks stranded at major highways across India were reported.[157] While major highway toll junctions on the
Gujarat and Delhi-Mumbai highways also saw long queues as toll plaza operators refused the old banknotes.

Nitin Gadkari, the Minister of Transport, subsequently announced a suspension of toll collections on all national People queue outside a private bank to
highways across India until midnight of 11 November, later extended until 14 November and again until midnight of 18
deposit and exchange old 500 and
November, and yet again till 2 December.[158][159] 1000 banknotes in Kolkata on 10
November 2016.
Agriculture

Transactions in the Indian agriculture sector are heavily dependent on cash and were adversely affected by the demonetisation of 500 and 1,000
banknotes.[160] Due to scarcity of the new banknotes, many farmers have unsufficient cash to purchase seeds, fertilisers and pesticides needed for the plantation
of rabi crops usually sown around mid-November.[161] Farmers and their unions conducted protest rallies in Gujarat, Amritsar and Muzaffarnagar against the
demonetisation as well as against restrictions imposed by the Reserve Bank of India on district cooperative central banks which were ordered not to accept or
exchange the demonetised banknotes.[162][163][164][165]

Banking

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In the first four days after the announcement of the step, about 3 trillion (US$45 billion) in
the form of old 500 and 1,000 banknotes had been deposited in the banking system and
about 500 billion (US$7.4 billion) had been dispensed via withdrawals from bank accounts,
ATMs as well as exchanges over the bank counters. Within these four days, the banking
system has handled about 180 million transactions.[31] The State Bank of India reported to
have received more than 300 billion (US$4.5 billion) in bank deposit in first two days after
demonetisation.[166][167][168] A spike in the usage of debit card and credit card post
A State Bank of India branch remained open at night, and a long queue
demonetisation was also reported.[169]
of people waited outside the ATM to withdraw money
Between November 10 and November 27, banks reported exchange and deposits of
demonetised banknotes worth 8.45 trillion (US$130 billion) (exchange of 339.48 billion (US$5.0 billion) and deposits of 8.11 trillion (US$120 billion)).
During this period, an amount of 2.16 lakh crore (US$32 billion) had been withdrawn by people from their accounts.[170]

In Malda, a district believed to be a transit-point for fake Indian currencies,[171] a large sum of cash deposits in dormant accounts were also reported. According
to The Economic Times, more than 80 percent of fake currency in India originates from Malda district in West Bengal.[172]

Business

By the second week after demonetisation of 500 and 1,000 banknotes, cigarette sales across India witnessed a fall of 3040%,[173] while E-commerce
companies saw up to a 30% decline in cash on delivery (COD) orders.[174][175] Several e-commerce companies hailed the demonetisation decision as an impetus
to an increase in digital payments. They believe that it would lead to a decline in COD returns which is expected to cut down their costs.[176]

The demand for point of sales (POS) or card swipe machines has increased.[177] E-payment options like PayTM and PayUMoney has also seen a rise.[178]
According to data of Pine Labs, the demand for its POS machines doubled after the decision. Further it states that the debit card transactions rose by 108% and
credit card transactions by 60% on 9 November 2016.[177]

Income tax raids and cash seizures

The Finance Ministry instructed all revenue intelligence agencies to join the crackdown on forex traders, hawala operators and jewellers besides tracking
movement of demonetised currency notes.[179]

Income Tax departments raided various illegal tax-evasive businesses in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Ludhiana and other cities that traded with demonetised
currency.[180] The Enforcement Directorate issued several FEMA notices to forex and gold traders.[179] Large sum of cash in defunct notes were seized in
different parts of the country.[181][182][183][184][185] In Chhattisgarh liquid cash worth of 4.4 million (US$65,000) was seized.[186]

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Seizures of new Rs. 2000 notes

Huge amounts of cash in the form of new notes were seized all over the country after the demonetisation.[187][188]

In December 2016, over 4 crore in new Rs. 2000 notes were seized from four persons in Bangalore,[189][190][191] Rs 33 lakh in Rs. 2000 notes were recovered
from Manish Sharma, an expelled BJP leader in West Bengal,[192][193] and Rs. 1.5 crore was seized in Goa.[194] 900 notes of the new Rs. 2000 denomination
were seized from a BJP leader in Tamil Nadu.[195] Around Rs. 10 crore in new notes were seized in Chennai.[196]

As of 10 December, Rs. 242 crore in new notes had been seized.[197]

It was noted in the media that while people were dying in queues to obtain a few thousand rupees in cash, persons with the right connections were able to amass
crores of rupees in new notes, thus rendering the demonetisation exercise futile.[197][198][199]

It was announced by the government that the seized notes will be brought into the mainstream as soon as possible to ease out the cash problem.

Insurgent groups

The move also reportedly crippled Communist guerrilla groups (Naxalites) financing through money laundering.[200][201] On 10 November the police arrested a
petrol pump owner at Ranchi when he reportedly tried to deposit 2.5 billion, belonging to a person affiliated with the banned Communist Party of India
(Maoist).[202] According to Chhattisgarh Police demonetisation has affected the Naxalite activities. It is reported that insurgents have stashed more than
70 billion in the Bastar region.[201][203][204] Mumbai Police reported a setback to Hawala operations.[205][206] Hawala dealers in Kerala were also affected.[207]
The Jammu and Kashmir Police reported the effect of demonetisation on hawala transactions of separatists.[208][209] While Manohar Parrikar claimed that the
move has also helped in reducing the incidents of stone-pelting in valley,[210][211][212] his claim has been disputed.[213][214][215][216] More than 300 Naxals have
surrendered to the police voluntarily due to shortage of funds.

Railways

As of November 2015, Indian Railways did not have the option to make payment with cards at the counters. After the demonetisation move, the government
announced to make card payment options available at railway counters in the country.[217]

Evasion attempts
Gold purchases

In Gujarat, Delhi and many other major cities, sales of gold increased on 9 November, with an increased 20 to 30% premium surging the price as much as

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45,000 (US$670) from the ruling price of 31,900 (US$470) per 10 grams (0.35 oz).[218][219]

Donations

Authorities of Sri Jalakanteswarar temple at Vellore discovered cash worth 4.4 million (US$65,000) from the temple
Hundi.[220]

Multiple bank transactions A jewellery store in a shopping mall

with a notice "We accept 500 and
There have also been reports of people circumventing the restrictions imposed on exchange transactions and also 1000 notes", even after they were no
attempting to convert black money into white by making multiple transactions at different bank branches.[221] People longer valid banknotes.
were also getting rid of large amounts of banned currency by sending people in groups to exchange their money at
banks.[222] In response, the government announced that it would start marking customers with indelible ink. This was in
addition to other measures proposed to ensure that the exchange transactions are carried out only once by each person.[223][224][225] On 17 November, the
government reduced the exchange amount to 2,000 (US$30) to discourage attempts to convert black money into legitimate money.[33]

Railway bookings

As soon as the demonetisation was announced, it was observed by the Indian Railways authorities that a large number of people started booking tickets
particularly in classes 1A and 2A for the longest distance possible, to get rid of unaccounted cash. A senior official said, "On November 13, 42.7 million
passengers were nationally booked across all classes. Of these, only 1,209 were 1A and 16,999 for 2A. It is a sharp dip from the number of passengers booked
on November 9, when 27,237 passengers had booked tickets in 1A and 69,950 in 2A."[226]

The Railways Ministry and the Railway Board responded swiftly and decided that cancellation and refund of tickets of value 10,000 and above will not be
allowed by any means involving cash. The payment can only be through cheque/electronic payment. Tickets above 10,000 can be refunded by filing ticket
deposit receipt only on surrendering the original ticket. A copy of the PAN card must be submitted for any cash transaction above 50,000. The railway claimed
that since the Railway Board on 10 November imposed a number of restrictions to book and cancel tickets, the number of people booking 1A and 2A tickets
came down.[226][227]

Municipal and local tax payments

As the use of the demonetised notes had been allowed by the government for the payment of municipal and local body taxes, it led to people using the
demonetised 500 and 1,000 notes to pay large amounts of outstanding and advance taxes. As a result, revenue collections of the local civic bodies jumped.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation reported collecting about 1.6 billion (US$24 million) in cash payments of outstanding and advance taxes, within
4 days.[228]

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Backdated accounting
The Enforcement Directorate raided several forex establishments making back dated entries.[229] Money laundering using backdated accounting was carried out
by co-operative banks,[230] jewellers,[231] sellers of iPhones,[232] and several other businesses.[233]
See also
Indian black money
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