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A comment on India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes. Parent comment

Re:India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes by denzil_correa on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @02:22PM (#12903135)
> This is the boldest and probably most brilliant move by any Indian politician since liberalization of economy in 1990s.

This is not the first time this has happened. It happened in March 2014.

https://rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=...

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Re:India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes by pavanky on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @02:27PM (#12903189)
This is slightly different. All 500 and 1000 rupee notes in circulation right now are being demonetized. In previous cases demonetization was done for older currency over a longer period of time.
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