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World Business Report: First broadcast 2016/12/30 18:32 GMT: Businesses suffer in India cash crackdown

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First broadcast 2016/12/30 18:32 GMT

First broadcast 2016/12/30 18:32 GMT: Businesses suffer in India cash crackdown

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Time is running out for Indians to get rid of discontinued bank notes.

India and Venezuela are cracking down on undeclared money and fake cash by banning certain bank notes. We hear how people and businesses in both countries are struggling to adapt.

Time is running out for Indians to get rid of discontinued bank notes, as the government crackdown on undeclared money and fake cash intensifies. The BBC's Yogita Limaye reports from Mumbai on how legitimate businesses are also suffering. 

A month after Prime Minister Modi scrapped India's high-denomination notes, Venezuela's president announced that the 100-bolivar notes - notes that account for more than three-quarters of all the country's cash - would be taken out of circulation. But while India's cash overhaul has been relatively peaceful, Venezuela's has not, as journalist and author Francesco Toro explains from Caracas. 
 
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And for our review of the week we're joined by Jason Abbruzzese from Mashable and Elaine Moore of the Financial Times.

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