On the third year anniversary of one of the most devastating policies made, here's a thread on how the post-November 8 cash crunch has impacted rural India.
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In rural Marathwada, where the agrarian trade chain is cash-based, the ghost of demonetisation continued to haunt farmers – with bounced cheques, poor access to banks, and falling crop prices. #3YearsofDeMonetisation
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Farmers in Maharashtra’s Nashik district – where one in every four tomatoes in India comes from – destroyed standing crops on a scale never seen before, following persistent rock-bottom prices since the November 8 #demonetisation
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Vegetable farmers in Vidarbha had pinned a lot of hope on bumper tomato yields in the winter of 2016. But a price crash coupled with the post-November 8 notebandi left them with a sour aftertaste.
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When Dalit migrants of Bucharla in Andhra returned home in November 2016 for an annual festival, there was no work on farms hit by the cash scarcity on top of poor yields – forcing them to eat less during a festive time.
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