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WWW.EASTERNMIRRORNAGALAND.COM EASTERN MIRROR Trump arrives in China for wide Shakira dragged into Paradise Mary Kom wins gold at Asian ranging talks with Xi | P9 Papers row | P10 Boxing C'ship | P12 WORLD ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS VOL. XVI NO. 306 | PAGES 12 ` 4/- RNI NO. NAGENG/2002/07906 DIMAPUR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2017 Jury still out on note ban: Some hail, others wail New Delhi, Nov. 8 (IANS): Ex- so hard that I had to go without profit since then? Those who actly a year ago, Prime Minister cash for many days. come with Rs 2,000 notes are Narendra Modi dramatically "I was left with no cash in an scoffed at." NPCC observes black day in Kohima scrapped high value currency altogether different state. I feel it Many stated that the decline notes in a decision that jolted the is very important to ensure that in business was an issue just for Our Correspondent wrong policies in adopting religious di- are these people? They are the poor economy and divided opinions policies or initiative like these are a couple of months and that their Kohima, Nov. 8 (EMN): Joining its vide. This, he stated, brought down the ones- students and farmers. Can Modi on a major policy like never be- implemented in the same way as business revived soon. counterparts across the country, the country’s economy in such a manner and Jaitley be considered wise men? fore. While the jury is still out on they are intentioned," she said. Days after demonetisation, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Commit- that it lost international markets and is They are capable of robbing the poor. the note ban, which cost India Chandigarh-based Kamaljeet the government said it was also tee (NPCC) today organised a ‘Black now confined to doing business within India’s voters should throw them to the two per cent GDP, the mass of Kaur, who works in a BPO (Busi- aimed at giving impetus to digital Day for Demonetisation’, marking the itself mostly. Exports and imports mar- Bay of Bengal!” Therie stated. people remain divided on what it ness Process Outsourcing) centre, transaction and make the econo- passage of one year since the decision kets have shrunk and they were now He alleged that BJP is one of the achieved. said it was not possible to gauge my less dependent on cash. of the BJP-led central government to almost at their lowest ebbs, he stated. greatest corrupted parties and if there Many people IANS spoke to the intention of the government E-transactions picked up. But demonetise the currency notes and He took a dig on Prime Minister are any black money, it would be with across the country continue to behind the move. whether it sustained with the how it has affected the common people Narendra Modi and Finance Minister BJP and RSS. support Modi's decision to ban "Modi said it was to curb same momentum in the months nationwide. Arun Jaitley for having doubled the “Some of our friends still believe Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes to black money, corruption and ter- to come is arguable. Terming the recent demonetisation prices of cooking gas (LPG), petrol, that if we are not close to the central curb black money and counter- ror. But have we achieved any- A good number of people as ‘Modi-made India’s economy dis- diesel while they have dropped in the govt, we will not be benefitted in devel- feit currency that helps sponsor thing on that front? If yes, can said they were making card pay- aster’, NPCC president K Therie did international markets. Questioning opment activities. This is what the BJP terrorism. But, equally, others say you tell me what and how?" she ments but had stopped using e- not waste any courtesy and claimed why Modi and Jaitley failed to bring preaches and what the 60 MLAs of the measure was needless and said. wallets for many reasons. it had affected every citizen of the down the prices of these goods, he the state believe. Have they (Nagaland hazardous. Suren Swain, an agri-prod- "I continue to make card country, more adversely distressing pointed out that neighbouring nations government) received any special plan Several people complained ucts shopkeeper in Odisha, said payments wherever cards are ac- the poorer sections of the society such like Bangladesh, Pakistan or Myanmar or non-plan assistance after three and the initiative was not well thought he lost much of his business in cepted, otherwise I use cash... no as farmers and students. He alleged were paying at the most Rs.32 for pet- half years? No, they have not been able of given the hardships people the aftermath of the note ban. particular change after demoneti- that the central government has been rol and about Rs.20 for diesel. to even receive whatever has been sanc- endured in the aftermath of the "Can you really expect small sation. Paytm and similar mobile promising development activities but Adding to this, Therie stated that tioned or budgeted. And they continue decision, with some 100 deaths traders in rural areas to switch applications are very rare," said the ground reality after demonetisa- people were again imposed with a to say we need to be close with the BJP attributed to demonetisation. over to digital transactions? That Gaytri Kapur, an Indraprastha tion was that, it had not been able to “designless GST (Goods and Services government at the centre- at the cost of "I support demonetisation too overnight? It spelt doom." University student in Delhi. pay even 35-40% of funds for central- Tax)”, making them pay ‘double tax’ our people, at the cost of our faith, at but it was not a well-planned ini- Many traders in Delhi and R.C. Bisht, a vegetable and ly sponsored schemes such as RHM, through GST by way of paying tax for the cost of our history!” the PCC presi- tiative," Pallavi Singh, a teacher other states said they felt the grocey vendor in Shahberi Mar- SSA, MGNREGA etc. He said most of material, then pay again for the fin- dent stated. in Delhi's Uttam Nagar, told brunt of the surprise move that ket near Ghaziabad, said using e- the schemes have lapsed and whatever ished/manufactured product. He further concluded that Mo- IANS. still hanuts them. Most com- wallets was expensive and much small amount was sanctioned, were In Nagaland, he said people were di’s assessment of curbing terrorism She said the government plained about the decline in busi- of his money was stuck with mo- looted by the government. “Farmers, made to pay multiple taxes both legal with demonetisation was foolish. He could have done enough not to nesses. bile wallet owners. entrepreneurs, business community, in- and illegal- GST, state government claimed that the nation does not trust let people, especially small busi- Said Praful Sarkar, a shop- "It is not foolproof. One day dustries have collapsed. And to further taxes, underground taxes etc. but the Modi anymore, and even his own col- nessmen, suffer. "I don't know keeper in east Delhi: "I am not a girl bought chocolates from me destroy the economy of the nation, state government is unable to do any- leagues do not trust him anymore. how. But people did suffer during sure whether it is because of the worth Rs 360 and said she could ‘designless GST’ was imposed at vari- thing towards this, he asserted the He stated that it is time for leaders the cash crunch." demonetisation or anything else, Paytm but I never received the ous levels of percentage of tax, confus- MLAs were unfit to represent the peo- to make the people realise that BJP’s Amit Gupta, a wholesale but our sales have gone down by payment because of some stupid ing the nation and the business com- ple ‘when they cannot protect life and policy of ‘religion divide’ has divided dealer in east Delhi, called the 30 to 40 per cent. It is not like botch up. I don't rely on it since munity even more, he stated. property of their own subjects’. and pushed Nagas from mainland In- note ban "a good move since what it used to be earlier." then." Therie asserted that now, econo- “Without understanding ABC of dia. all the money -- black or white Manoj Sharma, who deals in Aditya Reddy, a retailer in my experts have summed up the poli- the GST, they have passed GST in as- On the occasion, the NPCC also -- came in the open and got ac- aluminium foil in the capital, said Andhra Pradesh, said he still cies of the government of the day to sembly, not knowing the impact of de- resolved to urge the All India Con- counted for". that "things have indeed taken a used non-cash modes of pay- the country’s GDP falling down to monetisation,” he said. gress Committee (AICC) to move for For Hiya, a freelance compere hit" -- maybe due to demonetisa- ments like cheques but e-wallets 3.7%, amounting to more than Rs.44- Therie also remarked that the Modi the joint parliamentary committee to based in west Delhi, demonetisa- tion or because of the tendency was not used all that much. He 45,00,000 cr. Also lashing out at the government promised zero-balance ac- probe into demonetization and corrup- tion was nothing but "havoc". of customers to buy online. said the application didn't al- BJP-led central government for infla- count but later proudly announced that tion; that GST should be completely "It was a very poorly ex- Manoj Rawat, a retailer in low transactions above a certain tion on the rates of essential commodi- it had collected Rs.235 crore as penal- reviewed; investigate corruption in ecuted plan.