Demonetisation gaining support amongst citizens: Survey

According to the survey by LocalCircles - a citizen engagement platform - 79 per cent of those surveyed citizens fully supported the demonetisation programme while only 3 percent were against it.

New Delhi, Nov 17 Notwithstanding the significant inconveniences and loss of productivity caused by it, the Narendra Modi governments currency demonetisation move has been gaining support from the citizens, a survey has found.

According to the survey by LocalCircles - a citizen engagement platform - 79 per cent of those surveyed citizens fully supported the demonetisation programme while only 3 percent were against it.

Another 18 percent supported the initiative though they found the inconvenience caused by it painful, said the survey conducted amongst 10,000 citizens across 200 cities.

IANS