印度廢鈔令致該國富豪數量減少

India's cash ban last year put a big dent in the wealth of some of its richest citizens.

印度去年實施的廢鈔令導致部分最爲富有國民的財富大幅縮水。

The country now has 100 billionaires, 11 fewer than a year ago, and their combined wealth fell by 1% last year, according to the Hurun Global Rich List 2017.

《2017胡潤全球富豪榜》顯示，印度目前有100名十億美金富豪，比一年前少11人，去年印度十億美金富豪的總財富縮水1%。

As a result it has fallen one spot to fourth in the global billionaires league, behind the US, China and Germany.

因此，印度在全球十億美金富豪榜的排名下降1位至第4名，排在美國、中國、德國之後。

The Hurun report said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "demonetization" was largely to blame.

胡潤報告稱，印度總理莫迪推行的廢鈔令要對此負主要責任。

Modi stunned India on Nov 8 when he announced the scrapping of all 500 and 1,000 rupee notes.

去年11月8日，莫迪宣佈棄用所有500盧比、1000盧比面值的鈔票，令印度舉國震驚。

That decision, aimed at cracking down on tax evasion, took 86% of the country's cash out of the system and caused many sectors of the economy to slow sharply.

這項旨在打擊逃稅的決策使得印度86%的現金退出流通體系，導致許多經濟領域增速明顯放緩。

India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, has the 29th largest fortune in the world with an estimated net worth of $26 billion.

印度最富有的人是穆克什·安巴尼，在全球位居第29名，淨資產估計約爲260億美元。