“I make it very clear that if anything unaccounted comes up, then I will check its records since Independence… will deploy as many people as required for this… I salute my countrymen for their patience.” — Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 12

Cautioning that it would come down on unaccounted money, the Union Government today claimed that the process of swapping demonetised notes with new ones was going on smoothly and praised the people for showing patience.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking in Kobe, Japan, said those holding unaccounted cash could not expect leniency after December 30. In Delhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the departments concerned were keeping an eagle eye on transactions and bank deposits.Speaking at an Indian community reception, Modi said there was no guarantee that after December 30 something new would not be introduced against illegal holdings.“I make it very clear if anything unaccounted comes up, then I will check its records since Independence…will deploy as many people as required for this… honest people will not face any problem. No one will be spared. Those who know me, they think it is better to offer it in the Ganga than in banks,” Modi said, in an apparent reference to reports that old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes had been found in the river. Thanking the people for accepting the decision despite facing hardship, Modi said, “I salute my countrymen. People stood in lines for four hours, six hours but accepted the decision in national interest…many families had weddings, health problems…yes, they faced inconvenience, but accepted it.”Reviewing the currency exchange arrangement, Jaitley urged the people not to insist on particular denominations and avoid thronging counters for depositing demonetised notes.“Till noon today, the State Bank group, which accounts for a fourth of banking in the country, did 2.28 lakh transactions worth Rs 54,370 crore and received Rs 47,868 crore deposits,” he said.As for complaints regarding ATMs, he said it could take up to three weeks to recalibrate the two lakh machines. Jaitley said while in the short run there could be a contraction in the economy, in the long run it would help with more money in the banking system. Dismissing as rumours messages on the social media about a tracking mechanism in the new currency or digitising lockers, the FM said people were taking liberties with truth. On reports of searches, he said the departments concerned had asked jewellers to report stock-holdings or to ascertain reports of illegal exchange of old currency as there had been a spike in zero-balance Jan Dhan deposits during the past two days.

Kejri smells a scam, corporate houses ‘forewarned’

• New Delhi: Alleging a major scam in the name of demonetisation, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday that some corporate houses were informed beforehand about the radical step. He said in the past three months, thousands of crores had been deposited in bank accounts of certain persons and corporate houses, arousing suspicion. “What kind of person holds black money in this country? Is it the Adanis, Ambanis, Subhash Chandras and Badals? Or is it rickshawallahs, cobblers, labourers or farmers?” he asked. ANI

Newborn dies as parents run out of cash

Mumbai: A Mumbai doctor’s decision to turn away a pregnant woman in labour as she had only the demonetised Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes for to pay for treatment caused the death of her newborn son.Kiran Sharma and her husband Jagdish, a carpenter, have filed a written complaint. Maharashtra Health Minister Dr Deepak Sawant said he was forwarding the couple’s complaint to the state Medical Council for investigation. In his complaint, the Sharmas have named Dr Sheetal Kamath, who runs the Jeevan Jyot Hospital and Nursing Home, for the death of the newborn. According to the complaint, Kiran who was consulting Dr Kamath, delivered her baby prematurely on Wednesday.  When the family rushed Kiran to the nursing home, the hospital did not accept their Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes to pay for the deposit. The baby died on Thursday. Dr Kamath told newspapers that the baby was not admitted to her clinic as it lacked Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and advised the parents to get him admitted to the public Sion Hospital. However, a newspaper on its website posted a recording of the doctor saying thebaby was not admitted as his parents did not have enough money in the legal Rs 100 notes to pay for the deposit. The hospital refused to take calls from this reporter. Shiv Kumar

Cash-strapped customers loot fair price shop in MP village

People decamping with the ration. ANI

Chhattarpur (MP), November 12Enraged over not getting ration from a fair price shop due to shortage of cash after the Centre’s demonestisation move, people at Bardaha village here allegedly looted groceries from the outlet in protest.Shop owner Munni Lal Ahirwar has alleged in his complaint that the villagers looted food grains as they did not have cash to buy it. Police, however claimed that no such incident took place and it was only a minor scuffle.

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Bardaha village sarpanch None Lall alleged that the scuffle took place as Ahirwar was not giving food grains and other items for quite some time and the villagers had also complained to the Chief Minister Help Line and local police, but no action was taken.Chhattarpur (MP), November 12Enraged over not getting ration from a fair price shop due to shortage of cash after the Centre’s demonestisation move, people at Bardaha village here allegedly looted groceries from the outlet in protest.Shop owner Munni Lal Ahirwar has alleged in his complaint that the villagers looted food grains as they did not have cash to buy it. Police, however claimed that no such incident took place and it was only a minor scuffle.

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Bardaha village sarpanch None Lall alleged that the scuffle took place as Ahirwar was not giving food grains and other items for quite some time and the villagers had also complained to the Chief Minister Help Line and local police, but no action was taken.He also denied reports of villagers looting the fair price shop.The villagers were not getting ration from the shop for the past four months and on Friday they demanded the owner to give them their due for the full period but he refused leading to a dispute, Assistant Sub Inspector (ADI) Ram Kishore Tiwari said.The owner asked the villagers to take ration for one month only but they insisted on getting it for the entire four-month period following which they started protesting, he said.Meanwhile, a purported video of the incident shows villagers taking away groceries from the shop.Police were investigating the matter, Tiwari said. PTI

Car carrying Rs 1,000 notes seized

• Burhanpur (MP): The police have seized scrapped Rs 1,000 currency notes amounting to Rs 4 crore from a car during a search in MP’s Burhanpur district on Saturday. The police said two suitcases and a bag packed with currency notes were seized from the car of Shabbir Hussain, a resident of Burhanpur, who was travelling with his family. IANS

Mamata empathises with crowd

• Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday hit the streets to mingle with the crowd standing outside banks and ATMs in Kolkata and empathise with them. Banerjee visited at least three banks. “You do not look like someone with black money. Then why do you have to undergo this ordeal,” she told people in the queue. TNS

Day 3: Queues outside banks grow longer

New Delhi, November 12

A glass door of a bank in Kerala was broken and clashes with bank officials erupted in Gujarat sparking police action as the weekend rush added to the chaos over demonetisation across the country for the third day today with serpentine queues outside bank branches growing longer.The endless wait to get valid currency notes was also taking a toll on people waiting for hours in long queues as there were reports of many elderly people collapsing out of fatigue.

Security beefed up

Security was beefed up outside bank branches as millions of anxious people struggling to buy daily items waited for hours to exchange the banned Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes even as the ATMs went dry soon after they were stocked due to the huge rush.“The crowd is more since it’s a weekend and many people have an off today. The crowd is swelling by the hour,” a senior police officer said in Delhi.To add to the misery of cash-strapped people, several ATMs were non-functional.People break bank’s glass doorAngry customers waiting outside a branch of the State Bank of Travancore at Vavvakkam in Kollam district allegedly broke a glass door after it decided to down shutters due to heavy rush when around 200 persons were inside the premises.At several places in Gujarat, people clashed with bank officials leading to police action, including lathicharge and detention.At a bank branch at Shihori in Banaskantha district, the police resorted to lathicharge after people clashed with bank officials when they refused to dispense money.In the national capital, the Delhi Police deployed more forces to maintain calm and warned of strict action against those trying to spread rumours on the social media.To manage anxious crowds, as many as 3,400 personnel of paramilitary and Delhi Police along with 200 quick reaction teams were deployed at ATMs.In addition to this, RAF jawans were also deployed at certain points to monitor the situation. Senior officers of the Delhi Police were also present at important junctions to oversee the security arrangements.People complained of difficulties with several ATMs remaining closed and banks exchanging the scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes with coins and small denomination currency.“Nobody is accepting old currency notes. Even hospitals are now refusing to do so because of which we are facing difficulty. Several ATMs still remain closed,” said Ramesh Agarwal, who came to exchange his old notes at a bank in Ahmedabad. A bank in Mumbai is said to have floated a mobile ATM to dispense money to customers.Shrikant Manohar, who drew money from the mobile ATM said, “It was no less than a surprise. People lined up for hours, while I got cash with this mobile ATM as it came to my doorstep.”Rahul asks Cong men to help people in queueNew Delhi: After himself visiting a bank for cash on Friday, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday asked all Congress workers and youth to help people standing in queues to get new currency or old currency replaced. — PTIEveninger’s April Fool prank comes true      Rajkot:  A city-based evening newspaper, which published a news item on April 1 as a prank on April Fools Day saying the government will scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, has been flooded with calls ever since the government demonetised them. The daily — Akila — is at pains now explaining to one and all that it was just a prank. The daily had to publish a clarification it its November 10 issue saying there is no substance in reports that it was based on information leaked by officials. PTI

A day in the life of a man in queue

Sandeep Sinha

“May you live in interesting times,” goes a Chinese saying. It is actually supposed to be a curse. So, unable to make head or tail out of the prevailing currency confusion, I found myself standing in a queue outside a bank to exchange the currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations, confounded by the chaos and not sure if the step was good or bad.With procrastination having become my forte, surprisingly, I found myself up and about early on a Saturday, ready to take the bull by its horns, in a rare show of decisiveness. Now, queues in themselves do not put me off. To me, they are primarily a show of order, a willingness on the part of the hoi polloi to abide by the rule of law. It is in their management that governance gets reflected. In my adolescent years, I remember going to the LPG dealer where there would be long queues — first to get the receipt, followed by another long queue at the godown to fetch the cylinder. There were queues at the PDS depots, railway stations, cinema ticket counters, temples for a “darshan” and in the markets during the festive season. Even at banks, before liberalisation set in, queues were common. Even to get a bank draft, you first had to complete the formalities in the morning and then hear this stock reply, “Teen baje ke baad aa kar le jana.” In the life of an aam aadmi, queues are no fiction but a reality. Been there, done that, I told myself as I steeled my resolve and set off for the bank. The crowd was remarkably enthusiastic. “Modi ji ne dhai saal mein jo kar dikhaya, woh Congress ne itne saalon mein bhi nahin kiya,” said Dharambir, an elderly Haryanavi standing ahead of me. “Sab chor hain ji,” chipped in another, reflecting the disillusionment with the political class. With the media and the government spinning tales of how the step would break the backs of those hoarding money in black, the crowd surprisingly seemed to be remarkably stoic, showing great fortitude in bearing the hardship. Masking their worries over the cash crunch and united in their resolve by their common plight, the ire was directed more against the well-heeled. “Sab setting hai ji. Andar se kaam ho raha hai. Jabhi line aage nahin badh rahi hai.” One got to hear this. Tales of cash flowing in the Ganga and being burnt dominated the queue conversation. Instead of wasting currency, it should have been given away to the poor, some said. “Rs 30,000-Rs 40,000 kamane walon ke pas black money kahan hota hai,” asked another. It was surprisingly a security guard, who, taking pity at those standing in long queues, remarked sympathetically, “Bina matlab hungama macha rakha hai.”  The bank staff, on their part, were cooperative. They filled the cubicles, counting cash, doling them out, satisfying queries. Even the security guards were courteous. After a two-hour wait, I was lucky to have my notes exchanged at the private bank I visited. But the queues at most government sector banks seemed longer.Achche din? Well, the millenarian doctrine lives on. The best of times or the worst of times? Well, only time will tell. But Charles Dickens, take a bow, for now. The writer is News Editor 

DEMONETISATION EFFECT

Foreigners riled as agents cash in on crisis

Tourists asked to pay hefty commission to get currency converted

Lalit Mohan

Tribune News Service

Dharamsala, November 12

The demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes has affected people, small traders, hoteliers but foreigners, who are here to enjoy the serene atmosphere of the state, are harassed the most.Sanjeev Gandhi, general secretary of the Upper Dharamsala Hotel Association, said long queues in front of banks had left the foreigners in trouble. Taking undue advantage, some money exchange officials and agents were offering them their services in return of up to 70 per cent commission of their currency, he said.Anat Sheena, a tourist from Israel, said she had some Indian currency notes. Now, nobody was accepting the currency. “Today, I went to a bank but there were long queues and I failed to exchange the currency. Then, I went to a local money exchanger but he was asking for huge money in exchange of the currency. I was feeling exploited,” she said.Alexander, another tourist from the US, said: “The Indian Government should have set up special counters for foreign tourists in banks and other places. We have been informed that the foreigners can exchange up to Rs 5,000 at airports. However, there is no such facility at Gaggal Airport in Kangra. Most foreigners coming to India do not have bank accounts here. They keep cash as guest houses and small hotels do not accept credit cards or debit cards,” he said.Pankaj, a restaurant owner in McLeodganj, said most eating joints in Dharamsala, were wearing a deserted look. The people were not coming to the joints as they were short of cash. The situation might improve after some days, but for the time being, the business at restaurants had been hit, he said.Hoteliers and restaurant owners were expecting a slump in their business for at least six months.Arpit Bawa runs a gift shop in lower Dharamsala. He said he used to bring gifts from wholesale markets in Ludhiana or Delhi and sell these here. Now, the entire trading had come to a halt. Uncertainty was prevailing as to how the trading would take place, he said.Jewellers had closed shops apprehending income tax raids. Sources said that banks had refused to accept huge cash amounts from some jewellers in Palampur. The cash was allegedly generated from sales of gold the day demonetisation of currency was announced.Sources said many agents were also making the rounds near banks, offering people to convert their black money into white. Some of them were even giving post-dated cheques as an assurance. They were charging from 25 per cent to 40 per cent of the value of their currency.A source in the Income Tax Department said cheque exchange between people who did not have any business might come under scrutiny. However, for the time being the department was turning a blind eye to such transactions. Sources said people were using the accounts of their near and dear ones to deposit amounts up to Rs 2.5 lakh.

Demonetisation: England’s Barmy Army stumped!

Sabi Hussain

Tribune News Service

Rajkot, November 12

“Oh my my…I have been visiting ATMs for the last three days, but there’s no cash. Long queues outside banks, can’t enter,” quipped John Whittaker, a member of Barmy Army, the England team’s travelling supporters.“It’s difficult to manage everyday expenses here. No one is accepting Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes,” added John Hanmer, another fan.Barmy Army, a group madly in love with cricket, are often designated as England’s unofficial 12th man. Fifteen of them are in Rajkot, and they’re facing problems as they have only the old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes. As everywhere in India, in Rajkot too cash hasn’t been lasting long in the ATMs. Tourists and mediapersons have also been facing difficulties — every business, from local eateries to autorickshaw drivers, are accepting only Rs 50 or Rs 100 notes. “If we want to go out and see some tourist place, we cannot go as the taxi driver is demanding new currency notes or money in lower denomination,” said Henry, who moved from Bolton to Australia after retiring from British Telecom. “We want to taste local delicacies but the restaurant owners are refusing to take Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes. We cannot buy drinks or a pack of cigarettes. Gujarat is a dry state and I have the liquor challan (permit) but the shop owner is refusing to take old currency notes. My wife had asked for souvenirs but I think I would have to disappoint her. Like every night, we will go to ATMs today also. Let’s see if we get something.”This group fears that the Indian currency they hold in Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations may go waste. Staffordshire-based John displayed his wallet containing wads of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes and said: “I got a good amount of British pounds changed to rupees. What will happen to those notes?”Bob, part of the group, said they have contacted their local agent in Mumbai to provide them with the new currency notes. “But that guy was also sounding helpless. Hopefully, the situation will improve by the time we reach Visakhapatnam for the second Test,” added Henry.

Baby dies after doctor ‘refuses’ treatment for want of Rs 100 notes

Mumbai, November 12

A doctor attached to a nursing home in suburban Govandi allegedly refused to treat a premature baby as the parents could not pay the necessary deposit in the wake of demonetisation, following which a case was registered against her.Jagadish Sharma, father of the newborn, had filed a case in this regard with Shivajinagar police station in the city.On November 8, Sharma’s wife Kiran, who was pregnant, was admitted to the nursing home for tests, including sonography.She was expected to deliver a baby around December 7.On November 9, Kiran went into labour prematurely and gave birth to a boy at home before she could be taken to hospital. Afterwards the mother and the boy were rushed to the nursing home.The woman doctor administered preliminary treatment but allegedly refused to treat the baby further unless Sharma, a carpenter by profession, paid a deposit of Rs 6,000 in notes of less than Rs 500 denomination, police said.Sharma alleged that he requested for some time for getting the Rs 500 notes changed into lower-value currency but the doctor refused and turned them away.The mother and the baby were taken to another hospital where the infant’s condition worsened and he died before getting treatment, as per the complaint.“Today we registered a case against the doctor for causing death by negligence (IPC Section 304A) and disobedience of order duly promulgated by public servant (IPC Section 188),” said Shahaji Umap, Deputy Commissioner of Police, zone VI.There were clear instructions from the state government to hospitals that they must continue to accept Rs 1,000 and 500 notes and a circular to this effect had been issued, the DCP said.“In our investigation we found that the baby died due to refusal by the doctor to treat him,” the officer said. No arrest has been made so far. — PTI

Long queues, no holidays, demonetisation hits bank staffers hard too

Many branches are not equipped to handle large crowds. — PTI photo

New Delhi, November 12

Tackling endless queues of waiting people, long working hours, and a working weekend, has left bank staffers a harried lot as they bear the brunt of angry customers questioning delays in changing the demonetised currency notes, with sometimes incidents of violence being reported at certain branches.The queues were longer on Saturday, the third day after currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 were demonetised by the government, to tackle black money.Bank employees said they were facing a logistics nightmare as many branches were not equipped to handle such large crowds.”We are overloaded with work due to sudden announcement of demonetisation. People are cashless, we understand their problem, but we are doing our best,” Preeti, a bank employee in the national capital, told IANS.”We realise that people require money for meeting their daily needs. They must cooperate with bank officials who are also humans and have sacrificed their holidays for helping people,” Preeti said.She said the work overload was beginning to tell on the health condition of bank employees as they are not getting enough time for rest.Similar story was told by other bank staffers, all of whom have been issued instructions not to interact with media.”We are facing a huge problem as customers are not listening to bank officials and creating chaos inside and outside the banks,” a senior government bank officer said.She added that people standing for hours are getting frustrated and angry, which is making the working environment in the bank difficult.”The crowd is impatient. They are pushing and creating a ruckus. They also broke some glass panes in the bank,” she said.Another bank officer told IANS that he has been returning home late at night for the past few days and arrives in office early the next the morning.”We are not even getting time to drink water or eat, but the crowd continues to grow,” he said.With people panicking, many banks kept their doors shut, and allowed limited numbers inside while queues outside grew longer.Sadly for many customers on Saturday, which was only a half working day for banks, it was closing time before they could make it inside.The manger of a branch of HDFC bank in south Delhi, said they were doing their best, and asked people to be patient.”The directive we got is to keep the branch open till 3.30 pm, we cannot do anything about it,” the manager said, adding that he was not authorised to speak to media.He said they had sufficient currency, but the crowd was too large to handle.”We have a currency chest, and sufficient cash, it will suffice till Monday. Banks are closed on Monday, so we will get more cash then,” the manager said.”But most of the crowd comprises of those who do not have accounts with us. We have limited capacity,” he said.Asked about the ATMs, the manager admitted that they were not able to fill cash.”The cash that was filled was emptied in an hour. We have not been able to fill cash after that,” he said.The new Rs 2,000 notes are not being filled in ATMs, he said, adding that a software update will be needed to give out these notes from the ATMs.He added that the size of the currency will not be a problem for the machines as it was of the same size as Rs 100 notes.Asked about the delays, the manager clarified that cashiers had to check every single demonetised currency note deposited so that there are no fake bills.”The process takes time, we are all working since morning, and we will be working tomorrow as well,” he added. — IANS

Cong dubs demonetisation another ‘gimmick’

Demands BJP to make public its poll expenses in UP, Punjab
Sibal termed the decision as one taken “in haste and without proper planning”. AFP photo

New Delhi, November 12

Dubbing the demonetisation move as another “jumla” (gimmick) for political reasons, the Congress on Saturday demanded that the BJP make public all its expenses in upcoming polls in UP, Punjab and other states if it was serious about eliminating blackmoney and corruption.Congress spokesperson Kapil Sibal also asked BJP to set up a commission of inquiry into all expenses made by it before 2014 Lok Sabha elections prior to Narendra Modi becoming the Prime Minister.He also questioned the Prime Minister’s absence from the country at a time when public was facing “harassment and inconvenience”.Sibal also termed the decision as one taken “in haste and without proper planning” due to which people had been put to hardship.“Modiji should make a promise that whether it (polls) is in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab or anywhere else, for every meeting that takes place of the BJP, there will be an expenditure account of the party irrespective of expenses on putting up tents and posters, bringing water tanks as all that are given by cheque.“Who gives the cheque, to whom it is given, all that should be put up on their websites,” he said.“Only then will we understand that he is serious about it and this is not an election jumla,” he said.Raising the demand for a probe on all poll expenses spent earlier, Sibal said, “I would suggest that Narendra Modi ji for all this strike on black money should set up a commission of inquiry with reference to all the money that was spent by the BJP before Mr Modi became the Prime Minister.”Sibal said when the UPA was going to take a decision on demonetisation of currency before 2005 in January 2014, the then BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi termed it as “anti-poor and a mockery with the poor people”.“The BJP had completely opposed it (at that time). Is it not a mockery with the poor people now? It is also a jumla and nothing else,” he said.In an apparent reference to BJP’s campaign during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, he alleged that a lot of “black money” went into the 2014 election campaign of the BJP.“The kind of money that was spent (on election campaign), which was displayed on all the television channels, suggested, I can’t say it is a proof, a lot of black money went into it…“Unless there is a commission of inquiry for Mr Modi to investigate as to who was responsible… Because he is against all this (black money), he would not know because he was only delivering speeches,” Sibal said.“He was only making speeches, how would he know that so much of black money is being spent, If he is honest about it, he should set up a commission of inquiry,” the Congress leader said. — PTI

Ready to work with all Oppn parties, including CPM: Mamata on demonetisation

Mamata Banerjee called upon all opposition parties to work together against the “anti-poor government at the Centre”. PTI photo

Kolkata, November 12

Upping the ante against the BJP, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said she is not averse to working with CPI(M) and other opposition parties like the Congress, SP, BSP to fight against the “anti-people” the Modi government which has imposed an “undeclared emergency”.”We may have ideological differences with CPI-M but we are ready to work with it and other opposition parties like the Congress, SP, BSP to save the country. The anti-people Modi government has imposed an undeclared emergency in the country,” she told a press conference at the state secretariat.(Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)”Congress, Mayawati, Mulayam Singh ji, (Arvind) Kejriwal have protested against the demonetisation issue. Let all the opposition parties work together to save the country,” she said, adding that BJP will lose deposits in upcoming elections.Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of conducting a surgical strike on the common people in the name of unearthing black money, she said that the demonetisation move was taken without any proper planning causing immense hardship.”The Modi goverment had misled the people on the surgical strikes (in PoK). The people do not know what had happened,” she said.TMC Parliamentary party will raise the issue on the floor of Parliament and will seek answers on the issue of surgical strikes, she said.Turning to Modi’s statement from Japan on the future steps to curb black money, she said, “Now the Prime Minister is threatening the people of the country from foreign land.”What will he do? He can put us in jail or shoot us for raising voice. I don’t care. He can also declare emergency,” she said.Terming the demonetisation move as “dangerous, disastrous and draconian”, Banerjee demanded that a probe should be carried out by the Chief Justice of India to find out the financial loss in the country during the period after the announcement of demonetisation of high value currency.”I heard that the ruling party (BJP) knew about the demonetisation of the high value notes,” Banerjee said, adding, “Why should the common people be punished?”         Earlier in the day, she visited banks and ATMs in the city to witness the “hardship” faced by the common people and demanded withdrawal of the decision.”I visited several bank branches and ATMs since the morning. I spoke to the people…How they were facing this inconvenience due to an ill-planned and anti-people policy.Those who have black money are not standing in long queues,” she said. — PTI