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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 RBI announced on 18 August 2017 that it would soon issue a new ₹ 50 note. [4] RBI announced the specifications of new denomination of ₹200 note in the Mahatma Gandhi New Series, bearing signature of Dr. Urjit R. Patel, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on 25 August 2017. [5]
According to a 2018 report from the Reserve Bank of India ₹15.3 lakh crore (15.3 trillion rupees on the short scale) of the ₹15.41 lakh crore in demonetised bank notes, or approximately 99.3%, were deposited in banks, leading analysts to state that the effort had failed to remove black money from the economy.
The Gandhi Series of banknotes are issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as the legal tender of Indian rupee. The series is so called because the obverse of the banknotes prominently display the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Since its introduction in 1996, this series replaced all Lion Capital Series banknotes issued before 1996. The Reserve ...
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. [19] [20] The ₹2,000 bank note which was introduced in 2016 however, will remain in legal tender until September 2023 according to RBI.
While the exchanging of notes was initially allowed only until 9th February, 1946, it was extended multiple times. [2]: 5 By the end of 1947, out of a total of Rs. 143.97 crore of high denomination banknotes, notes of the value of Rs. 134.90 crore were exchanged and notes worth Rs. 9.07 crore went out of circulation or were not exchanged.
Banknotes of the Indian rupee include: Lion Capital Series: Banknotes of the Indian rupee printed between 1962 and 2000. Mahatma Gandhi Series: Banknotes of the Indian rupee printed between 1996 and 2018. Mahatma Gandhi New Series: Banknotes of the Indian rupee printed from 2016 to present.
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.