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On 1 March 2024, Reserve Bank of India informed that 97.62% of Rs 2,000 notes have been returned to the banking system, however Rs 2,000 notes worth Rs 8,470 crore are still in circulation with public, at the close of business on 29 February 2024. [31] [32] RBI said that 2,000 bank notes continue to be legal tender. [33]
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. [1] [2] [3] The RBI announced on 18 August 2017 that it would soon issue a new ₹ 50 note. [4]
Earlier ₹ 1,000 notes have been discarded by the RBI. On 19 May 2023 the Reserve Bank of India announced the discontinuation of the Rs 2,000 denomination banknotes from circulation. This decision follows the cessation of its printing in 2018-19 due to the ample availability of other denominations and the note's limited use in transactions.
Later on, new notes of old denominations viz. ₹10, ₹20, ₹50 and ₹100 were issued with old notes of the same value still being legal tender. A ₹200 note, also a first for the Indian Rupee, is currently in circulation. 2023 Currency recall. In May 2023, the Reserve Bank of India started withdrawing the ₹2,000 notes from circulation.
Printing of five-notes, which had stopped earlier, restarted in 2009. On 8 November 2016, the ₹500 and ₹1000 banknote denominations of this series were demonetised and the new Mahatma Gandhi Series of banknotes were revealed in denominations of ₹500 and ₹2000, intended to replace this series.
Nobel laureate Richard Thaler, initially, praised the demonetisation of larger currency notes as "a policy I have long supported, First step towards cashless and good start on reducing corruption.", but was befuddled with the introduction of even bigger Rs.2000 banknote later on. [206]
The Indian 500-rupee banknote (₹500) is a denomination of the Indian rupee. In 1987, the ₹500 note was introduced, followed by the ₹1,000 note in 2000 while ₹1 and ₹2 notes were discontinued in 1995. The current ₹500 banknote, in circulation since 10 November 2016, is a part of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series.
2023 – Reserve Bank of India issued a circular on 19 May stating currency notes of ₹ 2000 denomination will be withdrawn from circulation [90] The reason given for this withdrawal is the decline in the number of currency notes in circulation. According to the circular, there were only 10.8% of Notes in Circulation on March 31, 2023.