India Bank Notes Chaos

There has been chaos outside banks in India, after prime minister Narendra Modi made the surprise announcement this week that the government was cancelling high denomination currency notes in a bid to crack down on tax dodging. The BBC's Rahul Tandon reports on developments in Kolkata.

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(Picture: People stand in line to exchange banknotes outside an India Post branch in New Delhi, India. Credit: Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images)