“But, the toughest work is to implement it. 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.
Stating that people often commented that it may take up to one year or at least seven months to restore normalcy, he said the task has been achieved within a few weeks. “Normalcy has been restored within a few weeks and there is no shortage (of bank notes) in market for even a day,” he said.
And this has been achieved “without a single incident” of unrest anywhere in the country, he said, adding that this was possible because of the exemplary work done by the printing presses of RBI and SPMCIL who kept the supply line going.
