While the credit-carded elite cheer the government’s move to ban Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes, the lives of small-business owners and daily wage workers were thrown into disarray.
Here are stories of people, many of whom are now forced to go without income.
On Wednesday, Chinni waited with a helpless expression. Seeing that she had only a Rs. 500 note, the conductor made her get off the bus. She desperately needs to get to her village in Bhuavangiri – 50 km from the city of Hyderabad. This 500 rupee note is all she has.
I don’t have any change, and nobody is giving me any. How will I get out of here? I don’t know how to run or use a bank account. I just want to go to my village.
Ailayya is a drill operator. He wanted to buy a new slab driller for Rs. 14,000 and went to a shop, with the money in Rs. 1000 notes. The vendor would only accept the notes with a commission – Rs. 100 per Rs. 1000. Ailayya hadn’t budgeted for a Rs. 1400 commission, and couldn’t pay the vendor.
I have to wait a few days without work to get the new notes now. I don’t have a bank account either. What can I do without a drilling machine?
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