Survey on Narendra Modi App: 93% support demonetisation

New Delhi, Nov 23 (PTI) More than 93 per cent of the five lakh people who participated in a survey on Narendra Modi App have supported demonetisation, the PMO said today a day after the Prime Minister sought public feedback on the issue.

“I thank people for the historic participation in the survey. It’s satisfying to read the insightful views & comments,” the Prime Minister tweeted along with the results of the survey conducted on Narendra Modi App.

“Unprecedented response to App Survey, record number of citizens share their view,” said the title of a write-up on narendramodi.in whose link was shared by the Prime Minister on his twitter account.

The survey result was read out by IT and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at Cabinet meeting this evening, prompting the Prime Minister to say that it “reflects the mood” of the people.

In just over 24 hours of the survey, more than 5 lakh people have participated and expressed their opinion, it said, adding “This is a staggering number by any stretch. No opinion survey conducted in India, on such policy or political issues, even comes close to sampling so many responses.”

More than 93 per cent people support the move to demonetize the old 500 and 1000 rupee notes, it said. Of the over 5 lakh responses so far, only 2 per cent have rated the move as ‘very poor’ or ‘one star’, the survey result said.

More than 90 per cent of the respondents feel the government s move to tackle black money is above four-star rating, the survey result says. 73 per cent of them give it five-star rating of ‘brilliant’.

On the overall fight against corruption, more than 92 per cent of respondents either rate the government as ‘very good’ or ‘good’ while 57 per cent of them rate the fight as ‘very good’.

“As high as 86 per cent people believe that some so- called anti-corruption activists are now actually batting in support of black money, corruption and even terrorist financing!”, the write-up said.

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C-Voter, an international polling agency headquartered in India, conducted its survey in close to half the total parliamentary constituencies on Monday.

86 per cent of the respondents living in urban and rural areas said the inconvenience was worth it. This was 80.6 per cent in semi-urban areas. The highest level of support however seems to come from those from the higher income group, 90.6 per cent of whom said the move is worth it. Also tellingly, the lowest level of support in the ‘below 25’, 25-45, 45-60 and 60+ was 83.3 per cent.

A picture of broad support also emerged for those who thought the demonetisation was a ‘good move and equally well implemented’. This sentiment was reflected in 71 per cent of those surveyed in urban areas, 65.1 per cent in semi-rural zones and 59.4 per cent of rural respondents.

23.8 per cent of urban, 24.3 percent of semi-urban and 36 per cent of rural respondents agreed with the charge of some opposition parties that demonetisation was a ‘good step but poorly implemented’.

Significant pluralities of the respondents also said the problems caused by the demonetisation were ‘little, easily manageable’. This was reflected by 38 per cent in urban, 35.5 per cent in semi-urban areas and 36.8 per cent in rural belts.