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Re:Cash Ban the Best Thing to Happen to Indian Digital Payments by DesiLurker on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @05:50PM (#13026433)
you mean most of them who are required to be provided bank accounts under various govt scheme prior to demonetization. or perhaps you mean all 1 Billion mobile subscribers who dont have access to an electronic payment platform, Right? /s

Is it good for them tomorrow, likely not but what about six months from now? you get side benefit of being able to track transactions and tax avoidance.

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Re:Cash Ban the Best Thing to Happen to Indian Digital Payments by MichaelGG on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @06:28PM (#13026661)
>you get side benefit of being able to track transactions and tax avoidance

A lot of good people would consider that to be the opposite of a benefit.

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Re:Cash Ban the Best Thing to Happen to Indian Digital Payments by MyNameIsFred on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @08:00PM (#13027082)
By what reasoning? On the surface I would assume that to be false. Please elaborate?
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Re:Cash Ban the Best Thing to Happen to Indian Digital Payments by gruez on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @08:26PM (#13027228)
privacy?
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