Rs 2000 banknotes continue to be legal tender. On May 19, 2023, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the withdrawal of Rs 2000 denomination banknotes from circulation
The RBI had announced the withdrawal of Rs 2000 notes on May 19, 2023 and the circulation of notes has drastically come down from Rs 3.56 lakh crore to Rs 6,691 crore as of December 31, 2024
Three notes of Rs.2,000 denomination found during the counting of the hundi's collection of Sri Kethaki Sangameshwara Swamy Temple in Jharasangam on Saturday.
97.50 per cent of the Rs 2,000 banknotes that were in circulation as on May 19, 2023, when the withdrawal was announced have been returned, the RBI said on Thursday.
from October 8 it can be, you know, deposited in or exchanged in the Reserve Bank in the issue offices of the Reserve Bank, which is there in almost every state capital we have presence. So there are 19 of them, Das told reporters
Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das has said that within a month of the recall order, more than two-thirds of the Rs 2,000 currency notes have returned to the system.
A vacation bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and KV Viswanathan declined an urgent hearing of the plea saying the case does not require a hearing during the vacation
Speaking to the reporters, Raj Thackeray said, "I had said this at that time as well. If someone takes a decision with proper thought then this won't happen
According to former AIADMK Lok Sabha MP K.C. Palanisamy there are also possibilities of the Lok Sabha elections being held in October/November this year.
According to the new guidelines the notes which are already in circulation will be considered valid untill September 30 and there won't any printing of fresh notes