8th to 12th Nov: NAPM & Jan Azadi 75 Call to Support Financial Accountability Campaign

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[Posters in English and Hindi attached]

National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) and Jan Azadi-75 support the Campaign Call issued by the Financial Accountability Network India - FAN India to observe 8th to 12th November, 2021 as Week of Action highlighting the anti-people decisions of the Govt. of India, that has jeopardized our economy and wreaked havoc on the lives and livelihoods of millions of working-class people across the country.

8th Nov, 2021 marks 5 years of the disastrous demonetization plan that made grand promises, but only ended up pauperizing large numbers of people in numerous ways, while securing the wealth-hoarders. Let us raise this and other relevant issues such as soaring fuel prices, inflation, brutal impacts of the lockdown, health crisis, delayed payments under NREGA, enactment of pro-corporate laws such as farm laws & labour codes, sale of public assets etc. throughout this week.

(Use the attached posters in your on-ground and social media actions)

Financial Accountability Network India - FAN India वित्तीय जवाबदेही नेटवर्क इंडिया - फैन इंडिया द्वारा 8 से 12 नवंबर, 2021 को सरकार के जन-विरोधी आर्थिक फैसलों को उजागर करने वाले सप्ताह के रूप में मनाने के लिए जारी अभियान कॉल का जन आंदोलनों का राष्ट्रीय समन्वय (एन.ए.पी.एम) और जन आजादी-75 समर्थन करता है। हमारी अर्थव्यवस्था को खतरे में डालकर, देश भर के करोड़ों श्रमिक-वर्ग के लोगों के जीवन और आजीविका को दुर्लभ करने वाली नीतियों के खिलाफ आवाज उठाना जरूरी है।

8 नवंबर, 2021 को विनाशकारी विमुद्रीकरण योजना (demonetization) के 5 साल पूरा होते हैं, जिसने बड़े-बड़े वादे किए, लेकिन धन-संग्रह करने वालों को सुरक्षित करते हुए, बड़ी संख्या में आम लोगों को कई तरह से कंगाल बना दिया। आइए, हम इसे और अन्य प्रासंगिक मुद्दों जैसे कि ईंधन की बढ़ती कीमतों, महंगाई, लॉकडाउन के क्रूर प्रभावों, स्वास्थ्य संकट, नरेगा के तहत देरी से भुगतान, कृषि कानूनों और श्रम संहिताओं जैसे कॉर्पोरेट-समर्थक कानून, जन – संपत्तियों का निजीकरण आदि मुद्दों को इस पूरे सप्ताह में उठाएं।

(अपने जमीनी और सोशल मीडिया कार्यों में संलग्न पोस्टर का प्रयोग करें)

✊🏽 Mark 8th November as Protest Day

5 years back on 8th November, the country came to a stand still. At 8pm the PM announced 500 and 1000 notes to be out of legal tender. The many claims made by the government is now proved to be just lies.  The poor and the marginalized had to bear the brunt of the economic destruction that followed. The economic downturn that was triggered by demonetization has been further deepened by the successive moves like the GST & the lockdown.

🔴 FAN India calls for 8th november to be marked as a protest day and from 8th to 12th a week-long campaign to highlight the impacts of demonetisation and the economic failures in the last 5 years.

Remember, Remember the 8th of November...

It has been 5 years since the country came to a standstill as the govt wiped out 86% of cash on a few hours' notice. What followed was chaos, panic and untold suffering for the poor and the marginalized. The economic downturn that was triggered by demonetization have been further deepened by the successive moves like the GST & the lockdown.

The many claims made by the government is now proved to be just lies. The article here is a part of a series that the Centre for Financial Accountability has put together with Scroll looking back at the five years of demonetization.

▪️Article #1
Five years later, it’s even more clear that demonetization was a disaster for India
The move brought about a policy-induced crisis for the country and did little to stop the flow of black money.
by Arun Kumar

https://scroll.in/article/1009871/five-years-later-its-even-more-clear-that-demonetisation-was-a-disaster-for-india

Notebandi: Claim Vs Facts Part 1

Looking at 5years of demonetisation, these series of short videos revisits the claims made on 8th November 2016.

Claim no 1: To end counterfeit currency

Claim no 2: to end black money

Did demonetisation end black money? Did demonetisation stop conterfiet currency?

https://youtu.be/WsE7ihUSvYA

To watch the full interview click the following link:
https://youtu.be/gFyC3bepGNU

Financial Accountabilty Network India.

Notebandi: Claims Vs Fact: Part 2

For some of us demonetisation could be a distant memory of a troubled time. But for many of the small businesses of India demonetisation was the beginning of the end.

Dr. Sangeeta Gosh discusses the impacts of demonetisation, GST on the small businesses of the country.

https://youtu.be/5hrC95kKGDw

Watch the full interview of Dr. Sageeta Gosh

https://youtu.be/WPAic48kfPI

Financial Accountability Network India

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