Union Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad while listing out the many benefits of demonetisation said that the economic reform has led to a dip in prostitution. Not just prostitution, the Union minister argued that demonetisation has also led to a dip in supari killings in Mumbai, stone-pelting in Kashmir and Naxal violence while speaking at an India Today event on demonetisation on Monday. The minister said that the biggest benefit of demonetisation is the "effort to make India an honest country". Countering Oppositions argument that poor have been hit by demonetisation, Prasad said "poor are happy" and digital mode of payments have ensured that they get the money/benefits directly into their bank accounts. RAHUL's UNDERSTANDING OF ECONOMY DEBATABLEOn Congress and Rahul Gandhi's attacks on the government for demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST), Prasad said, "Rahul Gandhi's understanding of Indian economy is debatable".

Source: India Today November 08, 2017 08:26 UTC