Recently, the Indian Central Bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a report found that after 22 months of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2016 demonetization drive, 99.3% of the demonetised currency has been returned. The “black money counter” move which was aimed to “curb terrorism” has failed, claimed many. This news acted as an insult to injuries for many common people who had to suffer in the hands of the unplanned and unprepared demonetisation. One such victim, Meenakshi, who is a speech and hearing impaired domestic help in Karnataka shares her woes.
According to The Hindu, the 41-year-old, Meenakshi, threw away ₹1.39 lakh worth banned currency notes, that she had saved over years, into the Hemavati river. She had been saving the money for the last 15 years, to build a small house of her dreams.
“She stopped taking food after she realised that her hard-earned money holds no value any more. For several weeks, she was upset. We threw the currency into the river after neighbours and friends pointed out that keeping it would invite trouble,” said her 70-year-old mother Lakshmidevi while speaking to The Hindu.
Ms Meenakshi earns about ₹1,500 a month by working as a domestic help and gets ₹1,200 as a pension. With this money, she survives in a rented house along with her mother and brother, who is also speech and hearing impaired.
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