I-T department conducts raids across country after demonetisation of currency hya hya
Tax officials are conducting large and simultaneous raids in four different cities including Delhi and Mumbai to find people hoarding large amounts of the 500 and 1,000 rupee notes that can no longer be used for transactions.
After demonetisation 1,000 per cent rise in rail ticket bookings; airport counter sales also soar
According to central PRO of the Indian railways, Anil Saxena there has been 1,000 per cent in AC-I class ticket booking in various trains.
The railways have alerted its vigilance department for unusual pattern of booking. The department has also taken a few precautionary steps to thwart the ulterior motives of suspected black money hoarders.
The railways have put a cap on the number of wait list tickets for AC-I and AC-II classes. As a result tickets for these classes are not available in majority of the trains.
RAILWAYS CLAMPDOWN
The western railways have decided to issue wait-list ticket till November 12 only for Ac-I and Ac-II classes. The Indian railways have decided to refund amount in excess of Rs 10,000 against cancelation only in the bank account of the concerned person. The catering refreshment room, Jan Aahar and pantry cars have been instructed to maintain a detail register of acceptance of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes so that the source person could be identified. For any transaction of over Rs 50,000 in any form with the railways, a copy of PAN has been made mandatory.
Don't cancel tickets booked with old notes: Govt to airlines
Government has directed airlines to ensure tickets issued using the now-withdrawn Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes directly from counters at airports are "non-refundable" following an unusual surge in such bookings since the high-value currencies were demonetised two days ago.
The government's directive to airline operators came amid concerns that unscrupulous elements could be using air ticket booking as a means to convert their unaccounted cash into legal transactions by cancelling the bookings later and take back the refund.
Sources said the directive came from the "top level" in the government.
"We generally see bookings at the airport counters to the tune of Rs 20-25 lakh per day. However, in the last 48 hours, it has risen significantly to around Rs 1 crore, which is almost a four-fold jump," no-frills airline SpiceJet's spokesperson Ajay Jasra told PTI.
In a tweet, full-service carrier Vistara said "tickets sold at airport ticket counters with Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes are strictly non-refundable".
I think Mukesh Ambani gave Reliance Jio completely free to all customers for around 6–7 months which might have a costed him a fortune. Was this just a move to use all of his black moneyhe pre-informed of this decision