Making a strong defence of demonetisation, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the government owed such a step to the nation for eliminating the black money menace and to bring hoarded cash back into the banking system.
During a panel decision, on 'India's Time to Transform', at the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Sitharaman has said that the demonitisation move may sound 'propagandist' but one needs a strong and courageous leadership to take such a bold step. She also said that the move was absolutely necessary as 87 per cent of economy was informal and only in cash-driven segments where money would not go into the banking system. She added that only about 50 lakh people pay tax and all others who file the returns do not file any tax.
Talking about why government felt it was essential to do the demonetization, she said that it was part of the electoral promise they made to check the black money menace. She also said that after coming to power, they started with setting up the special investigation team, came out with scheme for declaration of undisclosed money, and tightened tax treaties with different countries to check round tripping of money. The Minister further said that no part of the country faced any problem because the ministers and officials were moving around the country to take stock of situation and to take necessary measures throughout this 50-day period.
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