GUWAHATI, Jan 12: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has said that terror funding has been drastically hit in the last two months following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of Remonteization.
Dr Jitendra in a program in Guwhati referred to inputs which indicate a 60% dip in terror related activities and 50% reduction in terror related Hawala transactions following the post-remonetization drive against black-money and withdrawal of legal tender of Rs.500 and Rs.1000 currency notes.
As per reports, Dr Jitendra Singh said there are reports that in Pakistan at least two printing presses have been shutdown which were earlier printing fake Indian currency.
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