New Delhi: Finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday that after demonetisation normalcy has been restored within few weeks even though experts were expecting it could be achieved in 7 months to a year.
“This is perhaps the biggest demonetisation drive in the world that was aimed at striking at the very root of corruption, black money and counterfeit currency,” he said at the at the 11th Foundation Day of Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd (SPMCIL).
He said the easiest task during demonetisation was to pass comments and make snide remarks. “For long you have worked for 24 hours, without break and to complete it with efficiency,” he told SPMCIL employees.
Stating that people often commented that it may take up to one year or at least seven months to restore normalcy, Mr Jaitley said the task has been achieved within few weeks.
“Normalcy has been restored within few weeks and there is no shortage (of bank notes) in market for even a day,” he said. And this, he pointed out has been achieved “without a single incident” of unrest anywhere in the country.
