A video of two minor scrap dealers flaunting wads of currency notes is viral on social media. In the video, two men ask the kids if they can take some notes for themselves and the boys hand these over as if they are mere paper. Those sharing the video claim that demonetised Indian currency notes were found in Pakistan and this highlights Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “masterstroke”.

On November 8, 2016, Modi announced a controversial policy in a bid to target money laundering and push “black money” out of circulation. He announced that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes of the Mahatma Gandhi series would no longer be legal tender. For days after, people scrambled to withdraw money and deposit their existing cash with banks to avoid their notes going void. As a result, the poor with limited bankin

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