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"Situation is getting better as the banks are working in an organized manner. There are separate queues being arranged at various places to avoid chaos," said Kochhar.
Adding to this, she said that ICICI has been the first bank to provide currency notes of Rs. 2000, 500 and 100 simultaneously at its ATM's.
Appreciating the efforts of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Kochhar said that it has only been possible under the supervision of RBI that the banking industry has been able to gradually caliberate its ATM machines at various places.
"Not only this, banks have taken various other steps to provide sufficient currency as it has initiated starting the paused machines, providing cash to the money exchangers at the airports so that travelers can easily avail cash and also, there is special privilege given to senior citizens," added Chanda.
On being asked if the government's decision to demonetize Rs. 500 and 1000 currency notes is valid, she said that the decision should not be taken as pressure.
"This is a national duty, and everyone should enact upon the same. The bankers have been working 24*7 to serve the people, so similar cooperation is required," she added."The RBI has enough currency so people do not need to panic. As soon as the currency gets distributed, all ATM's will get caliberated and situation will ease," she added
Khan had said the rape was politically motivated because elections were close.
"Pakistan terrorists did not kill even half of our people in Uri than those who have died due to Government's wrong policy. Till the PM comes to the house for discussion we will not let the house function," Azad says and puts the number of deaths at close to 40. Reports have put the deaths at around 33.
The attack on an Army camp in Uri, Baramulla in September left 17 jawans dead and 19 injured.
BJP senior leader Venkaiah Naidu says the Leader of Opposition is insulting the nation by making such remarks by comparing this with Pakistan terror attacks and he should apologise.
Outside Parliament house, Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal launched a blistering attack on the Central government over its decision to scrap the use of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes. Addressing a rally at Azadpur Mandi in Delhi, Mamata served an ultimatum to the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, asking it roll back the decision in 3 days. Saying demonetisation will take the country backward by 100 years, Mamata said the crisis of this proportion was not seen even during the Emergency.
The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned for the day.
Image: Army jawans carry the coffin of jawan Rajesh Kumar in Ballia who was martyred in the Uri attack.
The government last week demonetised high denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes to flush out black money. Most of the jewellery showrooms in the national capital have been closed since November 11
"Deeply saddened to learn of the demise of Lt Gen (retd) Srinivas K Sinha, former Governor of J&K and Assam," Modi tweeted.
"Had the opportunity of meeting Lt Gen (retd) Srinivas K Sinha just a few days ago. His service to our nation will always be remembered," he said in another tweet. Sinha passed away at a hospital here this morning after brief illness. He was 92.
The West Bengal CM had led a rally to Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday where the TMC along with the NC (led by Omar Abdullah) and the Shiv Sena had presented a memorandum stating the President should intervene in the demonetisation led cash crunch which had inflicted untold hardships on the common man.
Mamata Banerjee speaks first saying, "I came to Delhi to meet the guardian of our Constitution the President -- to speak about the financial crisis in the country. Is this the achche din he promised? This govt does not trust the people of the country. Is everybody a thief? Transport sector has come to a halt. Do farmers use credit cards? This is India, here 4% use plastic money, what about the remaining 96%?
If vegetable markets are shut what will people eat? Govt has subverted the Constitution. Only 4 per cent use plastic money. Will people eat diamonds? They have even reduced the exchange limit".
File pic of the WB CM with the Delhi CM
"This is their party, and they can expel or reinstate anybody anytime at their will. If Mulayam Singh's affection and trust is with Ramgopal, then I am also with Ramgopal," Singh told ANI.
In view of disruptions, Lok Sabha has been adjourned till tomorrow and Rajya Sabha till 2 pm.
However, the government is unlikely to submit to the opposition's demand of a reply from the PM and Finance Minister Arun Jaitly will respond in the Rajya Sabha.
Earlier, Rajya Sabha was adjourned third time in the day till 12:30 pm after the opposition parties continued to seek a reply from the prime minister over the issue. .
A portion of the citizens who were unsure of such a demoentization program earlier and the ones who did not support it are now lending support to the program.
In a related survey, 44 percent of the same citizens outlined that they found the ATMs non-functional, yet most are in support of this scheme by the Government of India and feel that long term benefits will outweigh the short term pain.
LocalCircles, the citizen engagement platform was the one that ran the poll on currency demonetization from Oct 31st-Nov 8th . 78% citizens had indicated they supported the discontinuation and color change of 500 and 1000 rupee notes in this poll.
The Prime Minister announced the demonetisation scheme on Nov 8th via an address to the nation.In a follow on poll conducted by LocalCircles after a week, on Nov 15th, 79% citizens are still in full support of the currency demonetization program despite the inconveniences its causing.
Another 18% said that while they support it, it is causing pain to them. The remaining 3% citizens do not suppport the program. The survey was conducted amongst 10,000 citizens from across 200 cities of India. 68% of the participants were male while 32% of them were females.
On Nov 14th, in a different survey conducted on the platform, 44% of the same citizens said that ATMs were non-functional in their area.The survey was also done seperately in 13 states of India in the online local communities that LocalCircles has there.
More than 80% citizens in states like Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Telangana are offering unconditional support to the demonetization program, whereas over 25% of the citizens in states like Uttarakhand, Goa and Odisha are saying that they are supportive of the program but are experiencing pain and incovenience.
Post the survey on functioning of ATMs where 44% citizens highlighted that they found the ATMs non-functional, LocalCircles also asked what should be done to improve availability of cash. Citizens gave a variety of inputs listed below:
1. Bankers who have retired in the last 5 years could also be roped in to augment staff at bank branches
2. Steps should be taken to double efficiency of post offices including deploying GOI's NIC staff
3. Post offices should also increase the number of tellers by bringing the recently retired back
4. More awareness should be created that currency can be exchanged at post offices
5. Banks could tie up with companies like Uber/OLA to use their cars with security to deliver cash at home in amounts between 10,000 and 20,000 neighbourhoods where the request can be submitted online
6. Banks should make sure that the ATMs work 24 hours a day and are refilled several times during the day
7. Banks could issue online token to their customers and tell them a time an ATM location where they could reach and withdraw money. This would reduce unnecessary wastage of time by standing in long queues
8. Deployment of as many available central Government employees across India with interfaces to use the Unified Payment Interface of banks to transfer money.
The TMC's Derek O'Brien says, "The person who made the announcement on November 8, where is he?" The TMC demands that the PM be present in the House. The TMC, Congress, Left and other parties give 21 adjournment notices on demonetisation in Lok Sabha.
The Opposition slogan in both houses is Pradhan Mantri Jawab do. Rajya Sabha adjourned till 11:30 am. The Opposition has been saying that though they support the move, the implementation is wrong and people are facing immense hardships.
The first day of Winter Session went as expected, in fact it went better than expected.
While the Lok Sabha was adjourned earlier in the day, Rajya Sabha argued and debated on topics till 6 pm on Wednesday.
The replies to the Opposition's questions on demonetisation will be answered by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Lok Sabha. The PM is expected to be present in the Rajya Sabha today.
high courts and other courts against its demonetisation decision. SC agrees to hear tomorrow the plea of Centre against proceedings in other courts except the apex court.
-- Govt has decided to permit farmers to withdraw up to Rs 25,000 per week against crop loans sanctioned and credited to their accounts. The account has to be KYC compliant.
-- Payment of crop insurance premium extended to 15 days.
-- Mandi traders can withdraw Rs 50,000 per week. Again the account has to be KYC compliant.
-- For wedding ceremonies, Rs 2.5 lakh can be drawn per week, from the parents or the couple's accounts. All the accounts have to be KYC compliant. A self declaration has to be furnished that the money is drawn from one account.
-- And the best for the last -- the over the counter exchange of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes -- has been brought down from Rs 4500 per week to Rs 2000 per week. This, says Das, will enable larger number of people to get the benefit. This comes into effect from November 18.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh reportedly spoke to Mr Thackeray on the decision last week to pull out Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes from circulation, a move aimed at ending tax evasion and checking terror funding.
NDTV reports that Singh shared with the Sena chief the government's steps to ease the pressure on citizens queueing up at banks and ATMs amid a massive cash crunch.
Not for the first time, the Sena has been strongly critical of the government on the decision.Amid relentless queues at ATMs and banks for cash, Thackeray accused the government of "torturing people" and warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a "surgical strike" by people.
"If you have guts, conduct a surgical strike on Swiss banks where Indian money is stashed. Bring back this black money," he said, adding, "Do not betray the people's trust or you will see the impact of peoples' 'surgical strike' against you."
The Sena, one of the BJP's oldest allies, has been among its sharpest critics in recent times.On Wednesday, Sena lawmakers joined Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as she led a protest march of opposition parties in Delhi and met President Pranab Mukherjee.The opposition also took on the government in parliament, where, during a debate, parties alleged "financial anarchy".
News of the meeting, set for the morning in New York, began to filter out late Wednesday night from multiple press outlets. It also came after Trump-ally Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster told The Post and Courier earlier in the day he and Haley are being considered for Cabinet positions in Trump's White House.
Bob Dylan has told the Nobel prize committee he will not be attending the ceremony in Sweden in December to pick up his accolade.
Dylan was named winner of this years Nobel prize for literature in October for his vast body of lyrics and poetry but has since been reluctant to publicly acknowledge the honour.
The Academy says Dylan told them that he wishes he could receive the prize personally, but other commitments make it unfortunately impossible.
The literature prize and five other Nobel Prizes will be officially conferred upon winners in Stockholm next month on the anniversary of award founder Alfred Nobels death in 1896.
The Academy said it respects Bon Dylans decision, adding it was an unusual, but not exceptional decision.
Literature laureates have skipped the ceremony before. In 2004, Austrian playwright and novelist Elfriede Jelinek stayed home, citing a social phobia.
The award is still theirs, as it now belongs to Bob Dylan, the Academy said. We are looking forward to Bob Dylans Nobel lecture, which he must hold, according to the requirements, within six months from December 10.
It took two weeks for the singer and songwriter to acknowledge the
award, saying, The news about the Nobel Prize left me speechless. I
appreciate the honour so much.
"I know this isn't easy. I know that over the past week a lot of people have asked themselves whether America is the country we thought it was," Clinton said at the annual gala of the Children's Defense Fund, the child advocacy organization where she started her legal career.
"But please listen to me when I say this: America is worth it." She added: "It's up to each and every one of us to keep working to make America better and stronger and fairer." Clinton never cited the president-elect by name in her remarks, making only an oblique reference to the controversial policies that fueled his rise to the White House.
Instead, she focused on the future, asking her backers to "stay engaged on every level." "We need you. America needs your energy," she said.
Clinton's surprising loss threw her party into a period of intense soul-searching, with an ascendant liberal wing blaming Clinton's campaign for failing to embrace a more populist economic message.
In private calls with donors and Democratic officials, Clinton has largely attributed her defeat to the decision by the FBI to reexamine her use of a private server as secretary of state. In her remarks, Clinton offered no accounting for any failures she may have made during her presidential campaign, though she admitted that the past week hasn't been easy.
"There have been a few times this past week when all I wanted to do was just to curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again," she ruefully admitted.
On October 23, the Samajwadi Party had expelled Yadav, considered close to the CM. In a press conference after being sacked from the cabinet, Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother Shivpal Yadav, told reporters that Ram Gopal was expelled from the party removed from its General Secretary position for six years.
Shivpal claimed that Ram Gopal was involved with the BJP and hatching conspiracy against the SP which Akhilesh was not understanding. CM Akhilesh Yadav must understand who is with him and who is not. He (Ram Gopal Yadav) has been conspiring against me, he has been involved with BJP to save his son. They have created a group of goons who trouble people and create every kind of nuisance in the state, said Shivpal.
The 66-year-old-Rawal was run over by a train while crossing railway tracks, they said. His body was found on Tuesday morning, but the actor's kin identified him the next day, Commissioner of Railway Police Niket Kaushik said.
The body was found on the tracks between Borivali and Kandivali railway stations, Kaushik said. After autopsy, the body was handed over to his family members.
"Initially, we could not find anything on the body to identify. Railway Police had issued his photographs at all police stations. His son-in-law came to the Kandivali railway station in search of Rawal. The officials sent him to a hospital where he identified the body," the Commissioner of Police said.Apart from Ramayana, Rawal had also acted in Gujarati films and TV serials. Rawal was recently working on Gujarati TV serial Nass Nass Mei Khunnas
During the course of a seven-hour debate, the opposition took on the government, saying the move demonetisation of high currency notes is "ill-conceived", and it had led to an economic anarchy in the country.
The government, however, rejected the allegation, saying the move is in the national interest, and has been hailed by the common man.
The Centre asked the opposition to clear its stand on corruption.
The Lok Sabha was adjourned yesterday after paying tributes to the members who passed away.
The Congress and the Trinamool Congress parties have sought an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha today for a discussion on the demonetisation issue.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted all the opposition parties to cooperate and extend support to the government's crusade against black money and corruption.
Prime Minister Modi said he was optimistic of a positive winter session.
The Opposition will move an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is also expected to speak on the issue.
The Opposition wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to respond on the issue. A Joint Parliamentary Committee probe has also been sought. -- Agencies
PM Modi is one of the first few leaders that the 70-year-old Trump spoke with, Trump's transition team said.
Some of the other global leaders are Chinese President Xi Jinping, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it said.
Trump has also spoken with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, British Prime Minister Theresa May, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, and Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull.
The list of world leaders was released hours after Trump said in a tweet that he had spoken to several world leaders.
"Adani, Ambani, attram shattram ko pehle hi pata tha, hint de diya gaya tha (Ambani, Adani and others already knew about it, they were given a hint), Singh was quoted as saying by ANI.
This could be an embarrassment to the ruling BJP at the Centre as opposition leaders, including Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, have been claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modis industrialist friends were intimated about demonetisation in advance.