Saturday 19 November 2016

Only 3 % against demonetisation;51 per cent say implementation good,79 per cent people said that they wouldn't mind the inconvenience

Only 3 % against demonetisation;51 per cent say implementation good,79 per cent people said that they wouldn't mind the inconvenience caused by demonetisation move. 
 
Eleven days after the demonetisation decision was announced, a survey says that only three per cent people oppose the move while 51 per cent believe that even the much debated implementation is good.

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/demonetisation-localcircles-survey-support-government-implementation-good/1/814750.html


Highlights
1.Only 3 per cent people are against the demonetisation decision of the government.
2. LocalCircles conducted a survey by seeking responses from across 200 cities.
3.About 51 per cent found implementation of demonetisation good.

In a survey conducted by a citizen engagement social platform, only three per cent people opposed the very idea of demonetisation of high value currency to fight black money. Others were not against the government move.

The survey was conducted by LocalCircles, a citizen engagement social platform, which sought responses from over 9,000 people from across 200 cities of the country.

Around 51 per cent of respondents in the survey found the implementation of the currency demonetisation measure a good step. About 24 per cent people explicitly termed it poor.

Another 25 per cent called the implementation average.

A policeman warns people against breaking the queues as they wait to exchange or deposit discontinued currency notes outside a bank in Delhi (Photo: AP)

While currency demonetisation was a drastic step, citizens believe that better planning must have been done by the government to avoid long queues at ATMs and banks for over 10 days now.


People stand in queues to exchange or deposit discontinued currency notes (Photo: AP)

Also, some of the steps suggested by citizens and taken by the government later like the use of indelible ink, special provision for weddings, mobile ATMs and cash availability for farmers should have been included early on. Several other suggestions like deployment of retired staff at banks and post offices and special provisions for senior citizens and women have still not been announced.

Rush for cash (Photo: AP)

Earlier surveys had revealed that in the first few days, 40 per cent of the people in ATM and bank lines were standing in for someone else and 44 per cent of the ATMs were not functional when they were supposed to.

A man distributes water bottles to people standing in queue to deposit and exchange discontinued currency notes at a mobile bank in Ahmedabad. (Photo: AP)

According to the LocalCircles survey, 79 per cent people said that they wouldn't mind the inconvenience caused by demonetisation move.

Another 18 per cent said that though the government decision caused pain but they still supported it. Only 3 per cent said that they were against this step of the government.

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