The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday said that ₹2000 notes worth Rs 6,691 crore are still with the people. The central bank said 98.12 percent of the Rs 2,000 notes have returned to the banking system. Let us tell you, on May 19, 2023, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had announced the withdrawal of Rs 2000 notes from circulation. After this people were asked to return these notes. According to PTI news, the RBI said that the total value of Rs 2000 notes in circulation, which was Rs 3.56 lakh crore at the close of business on May 19, 2023, will decline to Rs 6,691 crore at the close of business on December 31, 2024. Went.
You can still change notes
According to the news, the facility to deposit and/or exchange Rs 2000 notes was available in all bank branches till October 7, 2023. However, this facility is still available in 19 issue offices of the Reserve Bank. From October 9, 2023, RBI issue offices are also accepting Rs 2000 bank notes from individuals and entities for deposit into their bank accounts. Apart from this, common people can send Rs 2000 bank notes through Indian Post from any post office in the country to any issue office of RBI for depositing it in their bank accounts.
₹2000 bank notes will remain legal tender
Let us tell you, according to RBI, bank notes of Rs 2000 will remain legal tender. The 19 RBI offices having bank note deposit/exchange are in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Belapur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna and Thiruvananthapuram. . Bank notes of Rs 2000 were introduced in November 2016 after the demonetization of the then prevalent Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes.
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