Team-BHP > Shifting gears


Closed Thread
  Search this Thread
657,494 views
Old 15th September 2018, 18:58   #2746
Distinguished - BHPian
 
mayankk's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: New Delhi
Posts: 5,136
Thanked: 8,112 Times
Re: Government scraps Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes!

https://indianexpress.com/article/bu...ation-5357295/


Well of course. Apparently they had all gained employment standing in line for the "black money" hoarders.
mayankk is offline  
Old 15th September 2018, 20:03   #2747
BHPian
 
blorebuddy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Bangalore
Posts: 594
Thanked: 257 Times
Re: Government scraps Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes!

I was a person who thought this move will remove all the black money from the country. I also thought our country will be free from parallel economy, GDP will zoom, tax levels will come down etc. Sadly nothing changed! Only the common man, unorganized sector and their employees have gone through all the pain.

I agree to many of you who has put forward points against this move.

Last edited by blorebuddy : 15th September 2018 at 20:04.
blorebuddy is offline  
Old 15th September 2018, 20:14   #2748
Senior - BHPian
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Bombay
Posts: 1,410
Thanked: 2,172 Times
Re: Government scraps Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes!

Quote:
Originally Posted by blorebuddy View Post
I was a person who thought this move will remove all the black money from the country. I also thought our country will be free from parallel economy, GDP will zoom, tax levels will come down etc. Sadly nothing changed! Only the common man, unorganized sector and their employees have gone through all the pain.

I agree to many of you who has put forward points against this move.
Don’t be depressed. A lot of folks have had their expectations dashed. Just drives home the point that nothing changes even if the political regime changes. Welcome to India.
Lalvaz is offline   (1) Thanks
Old 15th September 2018, 21:17   #2749
BHPian
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Bangalore
Posts: 503
Thanked: 1,420 Times
Re: Government scraps Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes!

I want to put two of my observations from the DeMo time. Not that I am trying to extrapolate these to the larger population.

Apart from usual harassment of no cash and long queues in ATMs, here are the below two

Our house maid is an poor elderly lady. She supports her husband who sells vegetables in a push cart during the day and occupies a prime footpath spot in the evenings again to sell vegetables. They buy from the whole sellers almost on daily basis in cash. They are illiterates, not having a bank account.
DeMo came as a lightning to them. Not knowing what to do with their little saved cash, not trusting any bank or rather not in a position to enter a bank cause of their illiteracy, not ever operating any atm, they handed their notes to me and I exchanged these.

But they could not sell enough to earn daily. Their sellers would never accept credit. They lost their clientele and had to sell their pushcart. Slowly they lost their prime footpath spot. Finally they wound up their vegetable selling business. Eventually their health gave in and she too lost her maid jobs.



During DeMo, I went to the Avenue road wholesale market (bangalore guys will know) to buy some material for the cheap price it offers. Not having much cash, I offered them every other digital method like neft, paytm, credit card but the shopkeepers would not accept anything but cash. I had to return back. I enquired with one of them, how are they managing? He said sales are down to 20% of normal, but they are willing to wait it out.

So you or I can see who won and who lost.

Fordday.
fordday is offline  
Old 16th September 2018, 15:39   #2750
BHPian
 
whitewing's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Bangalore
Posts: 551
Thanked: 1,555 Times
Re: Government scraps Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes!

I was amongst the large populace that cheered when De-Mo was announced and was hardly affected by De-Mo after affects since the little money I have has has been informed to the tax men. I escaped the immediate fallout since I traveled out of country on the day of the announcement and was back after a fortnight or so.

Though I did see the impact of the same on small vendors near my place, it was callous on the part of the government to harass and deprive people working hard to make amends to the bad deal fortune dealt with them at their birth. I hope they make their votes talk.

My esteem towards the PM diminished to a great extent due to De-Mo this was not so much for the failure of the process but more due to his inability to concede an obvious mistake.

Stumbled on an alternative narrative, as with other alternate theories - reader's discretion advised :-) .
This theory is that US & RaghuramRajan & the Govt colluded/collaborated for realizing De-Mo

http://norberthaering.de/en/27-germa...-role-in-india
https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/india/pr...payments-india


Quote:
Originally Posted by fordday View Post
During DeMo, I went to the Avenue road wholesale market (bangalore guys will know) to buy some material for the cheap price it offers.
Fordday.
I can cite my experience post De-Mo AND GST implementation, cash was still king in the construction material field in Bengaluru, but digital payments were being accepted with a 2-3% surcharge. This was true for large well known brands as well.
whitewing is online now  
Old 16th September 2018, 16:30   #2751
Senior - BHPian
 
extreme_torque's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 4,359
Thanked: 5,035 Times
Re: Government scraps Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes!

Quote:
Originally Posted by fordday View Post
Our house maid is an poor elderly lady. She supports her husband who sells vegetables in a push cart during the day and occupies a prime footpath spot in the evenings again to sell vegetables. They buy from the whole sellers almost on daily basis in cash. They are illiterates, not having a bank account.
DeMo came as a lightning to them. Not knowing what to do with their little saved cash, not trusting any bank or rather not in a position to enter a bank cause of their illiteracy, not ever operating any atm, they handed their notes to me and I exchanged these.

But they could not sell enough to earn daily. Their sellers would never accept credit. They lost their clientele and had to sell their pushcart. Slowly they lost their prime footpath spot. Finally they wound up their vegetable selling business. Eventually their health gave in and she too lost her maid jobs.
Broke my heart this story. It may have been just an extended inconvenience for us but for hard working people like them earning little money, it absolutely broke their back. Partisan pov aside this shoul'sd shame us all. How could we let this happen to the most vulnerable people of our society.
extreme_torque is offline  
Old 16th September 2018, 16:50   #2752
BHPian
 
avingodb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Delhi/Mumbai
Posts: 682
Thanked: 696 Times
Re: Government scraps Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes!

i have noticed in the neighbourhood that most of the shops have stopped using card machines now and have gone back entirely to cash. They returned it since they feel the 1-2 percent fee is not good for small vendors. So we are back to cash economy again.
avingodb is offline  
Old 16th September 2018, 18:31   #2753
BHPian
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Bangalore
Posts: 503
Thanked: 1,420 Times
Re: Government scraps Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes!

Quote:
Originally Posted by extreme_torque View Post
How could we let this happen to the most vulnerable people of our society.
That is what I wanted to convey.

While for us it was a minor inconvenience, DeMo hit the most vulnerable section of the society the hardest and many could not recover.

The intended targets must been sitting pretty waiting for things to settle down, to carry on as before.
fordday is offline  
Old 17th September 2018, 00:28   #2754
Distinguished - BHPian
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: --
Posts: 3,549
Thanked: 7,228 Times
Re: Government scraps Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes!

NaMo & DeMo remain a fiercely debated topic

I read a nice report recently. Though it's mostly about Russia, I see similar patterns in our country. Do give it a read - https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html. This page gives a brief about the paper. You can download the complete text in PDF from the right side menu.

A tiny excerpt from the report (ring any bells?)
Quote:
Distinctive Features of the Contemporary Model for Russian Propaganda
1. High-volume and multichannel
2. Rapid, continuous, and repetitive
3. Lacks commitment to objective reality
4. Lacks commitment to consistency

Last edited by Dry Ice : 17th September 2018 at 00:29.
Dry Ice is offline  
Old 17th September 2018, 01:37   #2755
Senior - BHPian
 
greenhorn's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: KL-01
Posts: 7,737
Thanked: 4,369 Times
Re: Government scraps Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dry Ice View Post
NaMo & DeMo remain a fiercely debated topic

I read a nice report recently. Though it's mostly about Russia, I see similar patterns in our country. Do give it a read - https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html. This page gives a brief about the paper. You can download the complete text in PDF from the right side menu.

A tiny excerpt from the report (ring any bells?)

There is a video of how it has been applied by the US government. I suspect the Indian government (and fanboys) are not too far behind, given their behavior in this thread so far
greenhorn is offline  
Old 17th September 2018, 15:17   #2756
Distinguished - BHPian
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: --
Posts: 3,549
Thanked: 7,228 Times
Re: Government scraps Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes!

Quote:
Originally Posted by greenhorn View Post
There is a video of how it has been applied by the US government. I suspect the Indian government (and fanboys) are not too far behind, given their behavior in this thread so far
That's nicely explained. I remember watching a few of their earlier videos - the borders series specifically. They seem to be publishing nice balanced content. I wasn't a regular so far. Bookmarked now. Thanks for sharing.
Dry Ice is offline  
Old 17th September 2018, 16:06   #2757
BHPian
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Bangalore
Posts: 500
Thanked: 338 Times
Re: Government scraps Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes!

Friends a.k.a Mitron in hindi, now get ready for a rehaul of the "Jurassic Era" cash chest management system of the RBI and it's banks. This will ensure that circulation of low and high denomination notes are high - provided there's that much physical notes in the system which clearly isn't the case - and isn't going to be as well as the new 100 is the 200 (rarely seen), while the old 100 is withering away due to extensive use, and the green 500 is all but worn out with limited print orders for new notes of the same denomination and 2000 note being slowly shunned or gotten rid off at the earliest for fear of another debacle especially since new 2000's will never be printed again. One way or the other, our citizens are going to be forced into doing something they don't want to do- which begs the question- who is the Government working for?

Last edited by Ford5 : 17th September 2018 at 16:08.
Ford5 is offline  
Old 18th September 2018, 09:34   #2758
BHPian
 
MBstoTBs's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Mumbai
Posts: 46
Thanked: 43 Times
Re: Government scraps Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes!

Quote:
Originally Posted by whitewing View Post
Stumbled on an alternative narrative, as with other alternate theories - reader's discretion advised :-) .
This theory is that US & RaghuramRajan & the Govt colluded/collaborated for realizing De-Mo

http://norberthaering.de/en/27-germa...-role-in-india
https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/india/pr...payments-india
Well I too respected and expected a lot from our PM - but completely gave up after the 'Gareebon ki Sarkaar' announces schemes that sound good but have a gotcha for the same folks - be it LPG, loan waivers, MSP increase, bank accounts etc etc.

As to alternate theories, I read something similar on zerohedge right around the time DeMo was announced. Felt it too far fetched at the time, but now I'm not sure, after several actions - there is a pattern. If we apply the Cui Bono principle, it does not look too good.
MBstoTBs is offline  
Old 18th September 2018, 11:33   #2759
BANNED
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Gurugram
Posts: 7,969
Thanked: 4,786 Times
Infractions: 0/1 (4)
Re: Government scraps Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes!

Quote:
Originally Posted by blorebuddy View Post
I was a person who thought this move will remove all the black money from the country. I also thought our country will be free from parallel economy, GDP will zoom, tax levels will come down etc. Sadly nothing changed! Only the common man, unorganized sector and their employees have gone through all the pain.
I can vouchsafe that the trend to be legit has improved. Of course old habits die hard. In any case any reduction in black money is to be welcomed.

Last edited by SDP : 18th September 2018 at 15:18. Reason: Minor typo
sgiitk is offline  
Old 18th September 2018, 15:04   #2760
BHPian
 
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Bangalore
Posts: 29
Thanked: 53 Times
Re: Government scraps Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes!

Cash increases corruption and is used by anti social elements and those who want to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. Now that I've had a taste of cashless, I will never go back to using cash. I dislike carrying my wallet these days and mostly just keep it in my backpack. Cashless is the future.

I don't understand the resistance to going cashless. It's the future, just like electric cars are.
nikhilck is offline  
Closed Thread

Most Viewed
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Team-BHP.com
Proudly powered by E2E Networks