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Demonetisation: two years on

The benefits of the government’s demonetisation policy should be evident by now, two years after the shock announcement that the bulk of the country’s bank notes were being withdrawn. But the promised gains haven’t materialised and the positive developments that have resulted from the policy have been small when set against the damage it caused to incomes and output.

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