TIL Desk Yangoon/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has justified demonetisation which has come in for criticism, asserting that his government was not afraid of taking “big” and “tough” decisions in the interest of the country. Addressing the Indian diaspora in Yangon, Myanmar, he said his government could take such decisions because it considers the country above politics.
Along with demonetisation announced on November 8 last year, he named the surgical strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir last year and the GST which was rolled out on July 1 as the “big” and “tough” decisions taken by his government.
“In the national interest, we are not afraid of taking big and tough decisions because for us, the country is above politics. Whether it be the surgical strikes, demonetisation or GST, all decisions were taken without any fear or hesitation,” Modi told the gathering.
Referring to the note ban, the prime minister said the step was taken to curb black money and that it had helped identify lakhs of people who had crores of rupees in bank accounts but never paid income tax.
He also said that registration of over two lakh companies had been cancelled in last three months as those had been found to be indulging in laundering of black money.
