Demonetisation Decoded: A Critique of India's Currency Experiment

by Jayati Ghosh, C P Chandrasekhar, Prabhat Patnaik, et al.

Book Overview

On the night of 8 November 2016, at 8:15 pm, India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced in a televised broadcast to the nation that with effect from midnight, currency notes of denominations Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 would no longer be legal tender. In one stroke, this involved the de-recognition of over 86 per cent of the value of Indian currency in circulation with only four hours' notice.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138049883
• ISBN13: 9781138049888
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.6"