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Can't disclose if Arun Jaitley was consulted on note ban: Ministry

Updated on: 06 March,2017 07:40 AM IST  | 
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The Finance Ministry has refused to disclose whether its boss Arun Jaitley was consulted before the announcement of demonetisation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8, 2016

Can't disclose if Arun Jaitley was consulted on note ban: Ministry

Arun Jaitley

Arun Jaitley
Arun Jaitley


New Delhi: The Finance Ministry has refused to disclose whether its boss Arun Jaitley was consulted before the announcement of demonetisation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8, 2016.


The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had earlier claimed that the query whether the Finance Minister and the Chief Economic Advisor were consulted before the announcement does not come under the definition of "information" under the RTI Act.


The definition of "information" under the Act refers to "any material in any form" under the control of a public authority.

The response of the Finance Ministry to an RTI query filed by Press Trust of India (PTI) assumes significance as it acknowledges that there are records pertaining to the question but they cannot be disclosed under the Right to Information Act.

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