Despite the increase in digital transactions, the cash flow remained the same
Five years have passed since the ban Mumbai: Today marks the fifth anniversary of the government's ban on banknotes. While digital transactions have increased in the country in the last five years, the country's cash flow has also remained the same. During this time the number of notes in the currency as well as its value has increased. However, growth has been slow. Five years after the government announced the ban on November 9, 2016, the amount of cash available to the public has reached an all-time high. In the fortnight ended October 8, 2021, the amount of cash in the hands of the public was a record Rs 2.50 lakh crore. In the fortnight before the announcement of the ban on November 8, 2018, the currency with the public figure stood at Rs 13.5 lakh crore. Thus, the current figure is Rs 10.3 lakh crore or 2.3 per cent higher than that. In the first fortnight after the ban, that is, at the end of November 8, 2016, the amount of cash in the hands of the public fell to Rs...