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In this photo taken on March 25, 2019, Indian factory worker S. Subbramanian works on a textile fabricating machine at a production unit in the south Indian city of Tiruppur. - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the surprise withdrawal of most of the country's currency from circulation in November 2016, justifying the sudden move as a means to flush out cash being hoarded by wealthy tax cheats. But ordinary businesses reliant on cash were kneecapped, banks thrown into chaos and the entire Indian economy recoiled from what one global lender described as an "acute monetary shock". (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) / TO GO WITH India-economy-vote, FOCUS by Bhuvan BAGGA (Photo credit should read ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)

In this photo taken on March 25, 2019, Indian factory worker S. Subbramanian works on a textile fabricating machine at a production unit in the south Indian city of Tiruppur. - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the surprise withdrawal of most of the country's currency from circulation in November 2016, justifying the sudden move as a means to flush out cash being hoarded by wealthy tax cheats. But ordinary businesses reliant on cash were kneecapped, banks thrown into chaos and the entire Indian economy recoiled from what one global lender described as an "acute monetary shock". (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) / TO GO WITH India-economy-vote, FOCUS by Bhuvan BAGGA (Photo credit should read ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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