A trader counts new 2,000-rupee notes at a wholesale vegetable market in Bangalore, India, Friday, December 30, 2016. India yanked most of its currency bills from circulation without warning, delivering a jolt to the country's high-performing economy and leaving countless citizens scrambling for cash. Still, as Friday's deadline for depositing old 500- and 1,000-rupee notes draws to a close, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has called the demonetization drive a great success in drawing out tax dodgers and eliminating graft. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)
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