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The banknotes in circulation had further increased to ₹19.5 trillion in September 2018 [98] and ₹21.41 trillion in March 2019, 19.14% higher than the level before demonetisation. [99] Five years after demonetisation, the currency in circulation was at a record high of ₹29.17 trillion on 29 October 2021. [100] [101]
The first banknotes issued in the New Series were the denominations of ₹ 500 and ₹ 2000, and are in circulation since 10 November 2016. While the ₹ 500 note is still being printed, the ₹ 2000 note was last issued date 2017.
Obverse of the ₹ 2000 banknote between October 2016 – November 2023. It was released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 8 November 2016 after the demonetisation of ₹500 and ₹1000 banknotes and has been in circulation since 10 November 2016. [2] It is a part of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series of banknotes with a completely new design.
On 10 November 2016, the then Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das announced a new ₹ 1000 banknote would be released in the Mahatma Gandhi New Series in the coming months. [7] But on 22 February 2017, Das walked back on his earlier announcement to deny it, saying there was no plan to reintroduce the banknote.
As per government figures, the number of income tax returns filed for 2016–17 grew by 25 per cent to 2.82 crores (compared to growth rate of 9.9% in the previous year), and the advance tax collections during that period rose 41.8% over the one-year period, as more individuals filed their tax returns after demonetization.
The loss of jobs was attributed to the 2016 demonetisation, and to the effects of the Goods and Services Tax. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] The last year of Modi's first term didn't see much economic development and focused on the policies of Defence and on the basic formula of Hindutva .
After the panel’s report was released in 2008, then-World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick called the bank’s actions “appalling.” Zoellick vowed that the institution would swiftly “strengthen oversight, improve procedures and help the families who had their buildings demolished.” “The bank cannot let this happen again,” he said.
The High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Act, 1978 was an act of the Indian Parliament that demonetized the high-denomination banknotes of ₹1000, ₹5000, and ₹10000. It was first introduced as the High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Ordinance, 1978, by the then President of India Neelam Sanjiva Reddy . [ 3 ]