The honorarium was announced by Atishi Marlena during the budget for fiscal year 2024-25. According to the budgetary provision, non-tax paying women above 18 years of age were to get a monthly honorarium of Rs 1,000 per month.
PM Modi was not at all in favour of Rs 2,000 notes. But, as demonetisation was to be done in a limited time, he gave reluctant permission for it, said former Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Rs 2,000 currency notes were introduced in the market after Modi government's demonitisation move when Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes were banned in November 2016.
Customs officials have registered a few cases, where demonetised banknotes were sent abroad by courier, and seized over Rs 1 lakh in such notes.
In 12 days after announcement of demonetisation by Narendra Modi, old notes worth Rs 8.15 crore were deposited in banks by DTC officials.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8 announced the decision to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes. Here is an analysis of what government is claiming it would achieve.
Law enforcement agencies which possess a huge cache of old Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes, seized over the years as case property, have said that demonetisation will have no impact on them.
The decision to extend the deadline is believed to have been taken after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and senior officials of the government.
India's income tax laws allow exemptions for members of tribal community of Northeast which is being misused by black money hoarders.
A Bihar-based businessman, travelling alone in a chartered jet, was apprehended today at the airport in Nagaland's Dimapur for allegedly carrying Rs 3.5 crore in demonetised currency.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that he found it unfortunate that people in public life had mustered the courage to speak out in support of black money and corruption.
CPI today alleged that country's economy is in chaos in wake of the demonetisation move and demanded that the Centre should allow use of old notes till December 31 and it pressed for action against real black money hoarders and those named in Panama.
Here are some of the ways people are using to explain the amount of over Rs 2.5 lakh they deposit in the bank.
India's sudden demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes has adversely affected hundreds of Bangladeshi citizens who had come to India for medical treatment, media reported. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a televised
For the convenience of the common people, who are facing hardships after the demonetisation of big currency notes, the government of India today extended the use of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes till
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today arrived at an ATM in the national capital to withdraw cash and was stuck in a long queue. Mr Gandhi had come to the SBI ATM at the Parliament
Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced scrapping of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes, more than 3 lakh Twitter users stopped following him. According to data available through the analytical service Twitter Counter, PM
The government has warned that cash deposits above Rs. 2.5 lakh threshold under the 50-day window could attract tax plus a 200 per cent penalty if there is an income mismatch.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes will expand the size of economy and will curb black money.
Banks in the country will remain open for public transactions on Saturday and Sunday, the RBI said today.
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