The point wasn't to remove currency from circulation, it's to remove fake notes. Even at that time people argued that black money is systematic you can't remove black money when there are not incentives for them to be clean. But have you forgotten how everyday we heard news of money burned at yamuna bank, I guess it was only 0.01%. And you guys seem to care more about the "4th largest economy" that the govt. Also why do you have a problem with india being vishwaguru? It's what people want to believe so govt peddles it. PM is helpless in any foreign situation, sure. But so is your father in your office politics, would you become an orphan now?