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by paapi__gudiya 3212 days ago
Road-side merchants live hand-to-mouth and would anyways not contribute to tax because their incomes are so low.

Every study out there suggests that demonetisation was a big blunder, causing a very severe blow to the Indian economy, including the death of 150+ civilians.

The real motive for demonetisation was to legitimize the black money of the ruling party BJP and eliminate black money of opposition parties.

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If they start using banks and digital payments, one can build credit score and issue loans to them, so they can develop their business. That is not possible today.
Loans for what? Some people in many fields should NOT get a loan. It will make matter worse...broke and indebted to a bank. Not everyone is gonna make a $1 million a year.
Women from rural areas can start a small business with a loan of 1-5 lakhs INR (~10k $). You should read more. Here is one recommendation http://a.co/fAC8YSQ
This, there's so much corruption its ridiculous.