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RBI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday gave a big update regarding the 2000 rupee note. The Reserve Bank has said that 97.96 percent of the 2000 rupee notes have returned to the banks. But people still have notes worth Rs 7261 crore.
RBI had announced the demonetisation of Rs 2000 denomination banknotes on May 19, 2023. The central bank said that the total value of Rs 2000 banknotes in circulation at that time was Rs 3.56 lakh crore at the close of business. It came down to Rs 7261 crore at the close of business on August 30 this year.
97.96 percent notes deposited in banks
In a statement issued by the RBI, it has been said that thus 97.96 percent of the bank notes of Rs 2000 in circulation till 19 May 2023 have returned to the banks. The facility of depositing or exchanging bank notes of two thousand rupees was available in all bank branches of the country till 7 October 2023. The facility of exchanging bank notes of this value is available in 19 issue offices of the Reserve Bank from 19 May 2023. From 9 October 2023, the issue offices of RBI are also accepting bank notes of Rs 2000 from individuals and institutions for depositing them in their bank accounts.
There's still a chance to deposit
Apart from this, people can deposit Rs 2000 notes from any post office in the country to any RBI issue office and deposit money in their bank account. The 19 RBI offices for depositing/exchanging banknotes are located in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Belapur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna and Thiruvananthapuram. Rs 2000 banknotes were introduced in November 2016 after demonetisation of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 banknotes.