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 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;objectives behind demonetisation&lt;/a&gt; when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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In &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot;&gt;terms of volume&lt;/a&gt;, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- &lt;em&gt;(new design) &lt;/em&gt;denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.&lt;br /&gt;
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Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 &lt;em&gt;(new design)&lt;/em&gt; between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), &lt;em&gt;(Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%201_19.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:316px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),&lt;em&gt; (Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Table 2 RBI&quot; src=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:278px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The latest &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;Annual Report of the RBI&lt;/a&gt; says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) &lt;em&gt;[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]&lt;/em&gt; withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;RBI&amp;rsquo;s liabilities and income&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The RBI&amp;#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;2017-18 Annual Report&lt;/a&gt; states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;Rs. 15,417.93 billion&lt;/a&gt;. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;15,310.73 billion&lt;/a&gt;. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot;&gt;SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act&lt;/a&gt; (2017).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%203_2.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:816px; width:836px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2018&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 &lt;em&gt;(viz. during the year of demonetisation)&lt;/em&gt; to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;It is worth noting that the RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2017&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;808.7 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16 &lt;em&gt;(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)&lt;/em&gt;. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;149.90 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;Rs. 34.21 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot;&gt;Rs. 658.76 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;

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Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&amp;rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp;amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp;amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Demonetisation achieved objectives quite substantially: Government, The Economic Times, 29 August, 2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot; title=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;objectives behind demonetisation&lt;/a&gt; when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot;&gt;terms of volume&lt;/a&gt;, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- &lt;em&gt;(new design) &lt;/em&gt;denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 &lt;em&gt;(new design)&lt;/em&gt; between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), &lt;em&gt;(Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%201_19.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:316px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),&lt;em&gt; (Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Table 2 RBI&quot; src=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:278px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The latest &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;Annual Report of the RBI&lt;/a&gt; says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) &lt;em&gt;[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]&lt;/em&gt; withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;RBI&amp;rsquo;s liabilities and income&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The RBI&amp;#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;2017-18 Annual Report&lt;/a&gt; states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;Rs. 15,417.93 billion&lt;/a&gt;. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;15,310.73 billion&lt;/a&gt;. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot;&gt;SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act&lt;/a&gt; (2017).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%203_2.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:816px; width:836px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2018&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 &lt;em&gt;(viz. during the year of demonetisation)&lt;/em&gt; to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;It is worth noting that the RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2017&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;808.7 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16 &lt;em&gt;(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)&lt;/em&gt;. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;149.90 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;Rs. 34.21 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot;&gt;Rs. 658.76 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&amp;rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp;amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot; title=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp;amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html&quot; 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	&#039;title&#039; =&gt; &#039;Note ban failed to curb the menace of counterfeit currency, indicates RBI&amp;#039;s Annual Report&#039;,
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;objectives behind demonetisation&lt;/a&gt; when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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In &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot;&gt;terms of volume&lt;/a&gt;, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- &lt;em&gt;(new design) &lt;/em&gt;denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.&lt;br /&gt;
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Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 &lt;em&gt;(new design)&lt;/em&gt; between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), &lt;em&gt;(Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),&lt;em&gt; (Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Table 2 RBI&quot; src=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:278px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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The latest &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;Annual Report of the RBI&lt;/a&gt; says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) &lt;em&gt;[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]&lt;/em&gt; withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;RBI&amp;rsquo;s liabilities and income&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The RBI&amp;#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;2017-18 Annual Report&lt;/a&gt; states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;Rs. 15,417.93 billion&lt;/a&gt;. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;15,310.73 billion&lt;/a&gt;. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot;&gt;SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act&lt;/a&gt; (2017).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2018&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 &lt;em&gt;(viz. during the year of demonetisation)&lt;/em&gt; to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;It is worth noting that the RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2017&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;808.7 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16 &lt;em&gt;(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)&lt;/em&gt;. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;149.90 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;Rs. 34.21 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot;&gt;Rs. 658.76 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;

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Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&amp;rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp;amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp;amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Demonetisation achieved objectives quite substantially: Government, The Economic Times, 29 August, 2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the objectives behind demonetisation when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot; title=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;objectives behind demonetisation&lt;/a&gt; when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot;&gt;terms of volume&lt;/a&gt;, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- &lt;em&gt;(new design) &lt;/em&gt;denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 &lt;em&gt;(new design)&lt;/em&gt; between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), &lt;em&gt;(Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%201_19.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:316px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),&lt;em&gt; (Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Table 2 RBI&quot; src=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:278px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The latest &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;Annual Report of the RBI&lt;/a&gt; says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) &lt;em&gt;[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]&lt;/em&gt; withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;RBI&amp;rsquo;s liabilities and income&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The RBI&amp;#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;2017-18 Annual Report&lt;/a&gt; states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;Rs. 15,417.93 billion&lt;/a&gt;. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;15,310.73 billion&lt;/a&gt;. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot;&gt;SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act&lt;/a&gt; (2017).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%203_2.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:816px; width:836px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2018&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 &lt;em&gt;(viz. during the year of demonetisation)&lt;/em&gt; to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;It is worth noting that the RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2017&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;808.7 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16 &lt;em&gt;(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)&lt;/em&gt;. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;149.90 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;Rs. 34.21 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot;&gt;Rs. 658.76 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&amp;rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp;amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot; title=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp;amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html&quot; 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                <p style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</p><div style="text-align:justify">Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the <a href="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122" title="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122">objectives behind demonetisation</a> when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&agrave;-vis the previous year.<br /><br />The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &nbsp;<br /><br />In <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg" title="Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg" title="Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation">terms of volume</a>, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br /><br />The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- <em>(new design) </em>denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.<br /><br />Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 <em>(new design)</em> between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.<br /><br /><strong>Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), <em>(Number of pieces)</em></strong><br /><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Table%201_19.jpg" style="height:316px; width:381px" /></div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access </em><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.<br /><br /><strong>Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),<em> (Number of pieces)</em></strong><br />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><img alt="Table 2 RBI" src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg" style="height:278px; width:381px" />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access<br />&nbsp; </em><br />The latest <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018" title="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">Annual Report of the RBI</a> says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) <em>[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]</em> withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.<br /><br /><em>RBI&rsquo;s liabilities and income</em><br /><br />The RBI&#39;s <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018" title="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">2017-18 Annual Report</a> states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities">Rs. 15,417.93 billion</a>. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities">15,310.73 billion</a>. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf">SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act</a> (2017).<br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018</strong></div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Table%203_2.jpg" style="height:816px; width:836px" />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><br /><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718">click here</a> to access </em><br /><br />The RBI&#39;s income statement for the <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf">year ended June 2018</a> shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 <em>(viz. during the year of demonetisation)</em> to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">It is worth noting that the RBI&#39;s income statement for the <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf">year ended June 2017</a> shows that its income was Rs. <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">808.7 billion</a> in 2015-16 <em>(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)</em>. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">149.90 billion</a> in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">Rs. 34.21 billion</a> in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg">Rs. 658.76 billion</a> in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.<br /><br /><strong><em>References:</em></strong><br /><br />Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018" title="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access</div><div style="text-align:justify"><br />Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17">click here</a> to access&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please <a href="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122" title="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please <a href="https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Demonetisation achieved objectives quite substantially: Government, The Economic Times, 29 August, 2018, please <a href="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><strong>Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak</strong></div>               </font>
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;objectives behind demonetisation&lt;/a&gt; when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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In &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot;&gt;terms of volume&lt;/a&gt;, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- &lt;em&gt;(new design) &lt;/em&gt;denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.&lt;br /&gt;
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Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 &lt;em&gt;(new design)&lt;/em&gt; between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), &lt;em&gt;(Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%201_19.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:316px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),&lt;em&gt; (Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Table 2 RBI&quot; src=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:278px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The latest &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;Annual Report of the RBI&lt;/a&gt; says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) &lt;em&gt;[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]&lt;/em&gt; withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;RBI&amp;rsquo;s liabilities and income&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The RBI&amp;#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;2017-18 Annual Report&lt;/a&gt; states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;Rs. 15,417.93 billion&lt;/a&gt;. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;15,310.73 billion&lt;/a&gt;. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot;&gt;SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act&lt;/a&gt; (2017).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%203_2.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:816px; width:836px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2018&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 &lt;em&gt;(viz. during the year of demonetisation)&lt;/em&gt; to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;It is worth noting that the RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2017&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;808.7 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16 &lt;em&gt;(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)&lt;/em&gt;. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;149.90 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;Rs. 34.21 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot;&gt;Rs. 658.76 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&amp;rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp;amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp;amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Demonetisation achieved objectives quite substantially: Government, The Economic Times, 29 August, 2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the objectives behind demonetisation when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot; title=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;objectives behind demonetisation&lt;/a&gt; when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot;&gt;terms of volume&lt;/a&gt;, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- &lt;em&gt;(new design) &lt;/em&gt;denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 &lt;em&gt;(new design)&lt;/em&gt; between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), &lt;em&gt;(Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%201_19.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:316px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),&lt;em&gt; (Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Table 2 RBI&quot; src=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:278px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The latest &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;Annual Report of the RBI&lt;/a&gt; says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) &lt;em&gt;[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]&lt;/em&gt; withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;RBI&amp;rsquo;s liabilities and income&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The RBI&amp;#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;2017-18 Annual Report&lt;/a&gt; states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;Rs. 15,417.93 billion&lt;/a&gt;. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;15,310.73 billion&lt;/a&gt;. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot;&gt;SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act&lt;/a&gt; (2017).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%203_2.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:816px; width:836px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2018&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 &lt;em&gt;(viz. during the year of demonetisation)&lt;/em&gt; to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;It is worth noting that the RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2017&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;808.7 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16 &lt;em&gt;(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)&lt;/em&gt;. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;149.90 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;Rs. 34.21 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot;&gt;Rs. 658.76 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&amp;rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp;amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot; title=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp;amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html&quot; 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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;objectives behind demonetisation&lt;/a&gt; when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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In &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot;&gt;terms of volume&lt;/a&gt;, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- &lt;em&gt;(new design) &lt;/em&gt;denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.&lt;br /&gt;
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Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 &lt;em&gt;(new design)&lt;/em&gt; between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), &lt;em&gt;(Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),&lt;em&gt; (Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Table 2 RBI&quot; src=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:278px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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The latest &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;Annual Report of the RBI&lt;/a&gt; says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) &lt;em&gt;[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]&lt;/em&gt; withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;RBI&amp;rsquo;s liabilities and income&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The RBI&amp;#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;2017-18 Annual Report&lt;/a&gt; states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;Rs. 15,417.93 billion&lt;/a&gt;. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;15,310.73 billion&lt;/a&gt;. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot;&gt;SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act&lt;/a&gt; (2017).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%203_2.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:816px; width:836px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2018&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 &lt;em&gt;(viz. during the year of demonetisation)&lt;/em&gt; to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;It is worth noting that the RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2017&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;808.7 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16 &lt;em&gt;(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)&lt;/em&gt;. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;149.90 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;Rs. 34.21 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot;&gt;Rs. 658.76 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;

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Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&amp;rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp;amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp;amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Demonetisation achieved objectives quite substantially: Government, The Economic Times, 29 August, 2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the objectives behind demonetisation when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot; title=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;objectives behind demonetisation&lt;/a&gt; when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot;&gt;terms of volume&lt;/a&gt;, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- &lt;em&gt;(new design) &lt;/em&gt;denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 &lt;em&gt;(new design)&lt;/em&gt; between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), &lt;em&gt;(Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%201_19.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:316px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),&lt;em&gt; (Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Table 2 RBI&quot; src=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:278px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The latest &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;Annual Report of the RBI&lt;/a&gt; says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) &lt;em&gt;[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]&lt;/em&gt; withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;RBI&amp;rsquo;s liabilities and income&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The RBI&amp;#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;2017-18 Annual Report&lt;/a&gt; states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;Rs. 15,417.93 billion&lt;/a&gt;. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;15,310.73 billion&lt;/a&gt;. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot;&gt;SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act&lt;/a&gt; (2017).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%203_2.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:816px; width:836px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2018&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 &lt;em&gt;(viz. during the year of demonetisation)&lt;/em&gt; to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;It is worth noting that the RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2017&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;808.7 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16 &lt;em&gt;(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)&lt;/em&gt;. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;149.90 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;Rs. 34.21 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot;&gt;Rs. 658.76 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&amp;rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp;amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot; title=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp;amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html&quot; 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                <p style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</p><div style="text-align:justify">Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the <a href="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122" title="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122">objectives behind demonetisation</a> when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&agrave;-vis the previous year.<br /><br />The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &nbsp;<br /><br />In <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg" title="Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg" title="Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation">terms of volume</a>, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br /><br />The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- <em>(new design) </em>denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.<br /><br />Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 <em>(new design)</em> between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.<br /><br /><strong>Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), <em>(Number of pieces)</em></strong><br /><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Table%201_19.jpg" style="height:316px; width:381px" /></div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access </em><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.<br /><br /><strong>Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),<em> (Number of pieces)</em></strong><br />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><img alt="Table 2 RBI" src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg" style="height:278px; width:381px" />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access<br />&nbsp; </em><br />The latest <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018" title="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">Annual Report of the RBI</a> says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) <em>[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]</em> withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.<br /><br /><em>RBI&rsquo;s liabilities and income</em><br /><br />The RBI&#39;s <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018" title="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">2017-18 Annual Report</a> states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities">Rs. 15,417.93 billion</a>. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities">15,310.73 billion</a>. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf">SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act</a> (2017).<br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018</strong></div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Table%203_2.jpg" style="height:816px; width:836px" />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><br /><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718">click here</a> to access </em><br /><br />The RBI&#39;s income statement for the <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf">year ended June 2018</a> shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 <em>(viz. during the year of demonetisation)</em> to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">It is worth noting that the RBI&#39;s income statement for the <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf">year ended June 2017</a> shows that its income was Rs. <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">808.7 billion</a> in 2015-16 <em>(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)</em>. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">149.90 billion</a> in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">Rs. 34.21 billion</a> in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg">Rs. 658.76 billion</a> in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.<br /><br /><strong><em>References:</em></strong><br /><br />Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018" title="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access</div><div style="text-align:justify"><br />Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17">click here</a> to access&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please <a href="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122" title="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please <a href="https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Demonetisation achieved objectives quite substantially: Government, The Economic Times, 29 August, 2018, please <a href="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><strong>Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak</strong></div>               </font>
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;objectives behind demonetisation&lt;/a&gt; when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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In &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot;&gt;terms of volume&lt;/a&gt;, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- &lt;em&gt;(new design) &lt;/em&gt;denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.&lt;br /&gt;
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Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 &lt;em&gt;(new design)&lt;/em&gt; between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), &lt;em&gt;(Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),&lt;em&gt; (Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The latest &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;Annual Report of the RBI&lt;/a&gt; says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) &lt;em&gt;[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]&lt;/em&gt; withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;RBI&amp;rsquo;s liabilities and income&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The RBI&amp;#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;2017-18 Annual Report&lt;/a&gt; states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;Rs. 15,417.93 billion&lt;/a&gt;. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;15,310.73 billion&lt;/a&gt;. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot;&gt;SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act&lt;/a&gt; (2017).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2018&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 &lt;em&gt;(viz. during the year of demonetisation)&lt;/em&gt; to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;It is worth noting that the RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2017&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;808.7 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16 &lt;em&gt;(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)&lt;/em&gt;. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;149.90 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;Rs. 34.21 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot;&gt;Rs. 658.76 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;

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Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&amp;rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp;amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp;amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Demonetisation achieved objectives quite substantially: Government, The Economic Times, 29 August, 2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the objectives behind demonetisation when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the...&#039;,
	&#039;disp&#039; =&gt; &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot; title=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;objectives behind demonetisation&lt;/a&gt; when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot;&gt;terms of volume&lt;/a&gt;, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- &lt;em&gt;(new design) &lt;/em&gt;denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 &lt;em&gt;(new design)&lt;/em&gt; between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), &lt;em&gt;(Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%201_19.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:316px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),&lt;em&gt; (Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Table 2 RBI&quot; src=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:278px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The latest &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;Annual Report of the RBI&lt;/a&gt; says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) &lt;em&gt;[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]&lt;/em&gt; withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;RBI&amp;rsquo;s liabilities and income&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The RBI&amp;#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;2017-18 Annual Report&lt;/a&gt; states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;Rs. 15,417.93 billion&lt;/a&gt;. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;15,310.73 billion&lt;/a&gt;. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot;&gt;SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act&lt;/a&gt; (2017).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%203_2.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:816px; width:836px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2018&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 &lt;em&gt;(viz. during the year of demonetisation)&lt;/em&gt; to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;It is worth noting that the RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2017&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;808.7 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16 &lt;em&gt;(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)&lt;/em&gt;. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;149.90 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;Rs. 34.21 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot;&gt;Rs. 658.76 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; 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to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&amp;rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp;amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot; title=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp;amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html&quot; 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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;objectives behind demonetisation&lt;/a&gt; when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;
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The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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In &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot;&gt;terms of volume&lt;/a&gt;, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- &lt;em&gt;(new design) &lt;/em&gt;denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.&lt;br /&gt;
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Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 &lt;em&gt;(new design)&lt;/em&gt; between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), &lt;em&gt;(Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%201_19.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:316px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),&lt;em&gt; (Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Table 2 RBI&quot; src=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:278px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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The latest &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;Annual Report of the RBI&lt;/a&gt; says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) &lt;em&gt;[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]&lt;/em&gt; withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;RBI&amp;rsquo;s liabilities and income&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The RBI&amp;#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;2017-18 Annual Report&lt;/a&gt; states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;Rs. 15,417.93 billion&lt;/a&gt;. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;15,310.73 billion&lt;/a&gt;. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot;&gt;SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act&lt;/a&gt; (2017).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%203_2.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:816px; width:836px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2018&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 &lt;em&gt;(viz. during the year of demonetisation)&lt;/em&gt; to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;It is worth noting that the RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2017&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;808.7 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16 &lt;em&gt;(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)&lt;/em&gt;. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;149.90 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;Rs. 34.21 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot;&gt;Rs. 658.76 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;

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Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&amp;rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp;amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;
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Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp;amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Demonetisation achieved objectives quite substantially: Government, The Economic Times, 29 August, 2018, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;

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Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the objectives behind demonetisation when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the...&#039;
$disp = &#039;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot; title=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;objectives behind demonetisation&lt;/a&gt; when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&amp;agrave;-vis the previous year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation&quot;&gt;terms of volume&lt;/a&gt;, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- &lt;em&gt;(new design) &lt;/em&gt;denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 &lt;em&gt;(new design)&lt;/em&gt; between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), &lt;em&gt;(Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%201_19.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:316px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),&lt;em&gt; (Number of pieces)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Table 2 RBI&quot; src=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:278px; width:381px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The latest &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;Annual Report of the RBI&lt;/a&gt; says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) &lt;em&gt;[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]&lt;/em&gt; withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;RBI&amp;rsquo;s liabilities and income&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The RBI&amp;#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;2017-18 Annual Report&lt;/a&gt; states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;Rs. 15,417.93 billion&lt;/a&gt;. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Screenshot RBIs liabilities&quot;&gt;15,310.73 billion&lt;/a&gt;. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot;&gt;SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act&lt;/a&gt; (2017).&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;/upload/images/Table%203_2.jpg&quot; style=&quot;height:816px; width:836px&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;/strong&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2018&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 &lt;em&gt;(viz. during the year of demonetisation)&lt;/em&gt; to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;It is worth noting that the RBI&amp;#39;s income statement for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot;&gt;year ended June 2017&lt;/a&gt; shows that its income was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;808.7 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16 &lt;em&gt;(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)&lt;/em&gt;. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;149.90 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India&quot;&gt;Rs. 34.21 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg&quot;&gt;Rs. 658.76 billion&lt;/a&gt; in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;References:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot; title=&quot;https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&amp;#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&amp;rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf&quot; title=&quot;Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp;amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot; title=&quot;https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please &lt;a href=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot; title=&quot;https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf&quot; title=&quot;The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; to access&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp;amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html&quot; 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                <p style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</p><div style="text-align:justify">Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the <a href="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122" title="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122">objectives behind demonetisation</a> when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&agrave;-vis the previous year.<br /><br />The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &nbsp;<br /><br />In <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg" title="Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg" title="Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation">terms of volume</a>, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br /><br />The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- <em>(new design) </em>denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.<br /><br />Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 <em>(new design)</em> between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.<br /><br /><strong>Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), <em>(Number of pieces)</em></strong><br /><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Table%201_19.jpg" style="height:316px; width:381px" /></div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access </em><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.<br /><br /><strong>Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),<em> (Number of pieces)</em></strong><br />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><img alt="Table 2 RBI" src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg" style="height:278px; width:381px" />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access<br />&nbsp; </em><br />The latest <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018" title="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">Annual Report of the RBI</a> says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) <em>[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]</em> withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.<br /><br /><em>RBI&rsquo;s liabilities and income</em><br /><br />The RBI&#39;s <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018" title="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">2017-18 Annual Report</a> states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities">Rs. 15,417.93 billion</a>. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities">15,310.73 billion</a>. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf">SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act</a> (2017).<br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018</strong></div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Table%203_2.jpg" style="height:816px; width:836px" />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><br /><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718">click here</a> to access </em><br /><br />The RBI&#39;s income statement for the <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf">year ended June 2018</a> shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 <em>(viz. during the year of demonetisation)</em> to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">It is worth noting that the RBI&#39;s income statement for the <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf">year ended June 2017</a> shows that its income was Rs. <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">808.7 billion</a> in 2015-16 <em>(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)</em>. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">149.90 billion</a> in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">Rs. 34.21 billion</a> in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg">Rs. 658.76 billion</a> in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.<br /><br /><strong><em>References:</em></strong><br /><br />Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018" title="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access</div><div style="text-align:justify"><br />Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17">click here</a> to access&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please <a href="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122" title="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please <a href="https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Demonetisation achieved objectives quite substantially: Government, The Economic Times, 29 August, 2018, please <a href="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><strong>Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak</strong></div>               </font>
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<div style="text-align:justify">Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the <a href="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122">objectives behind demonetisation</a> when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&agrave;-vis the previous year.<br />
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The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &nbsp;<br />
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In <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg" title="Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation">terms of volume</a>, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- <em>(new design) </em>denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.<br />
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Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 <em>(new design)</em> between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.<br />
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<strong>Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), <em>(Number of pieces)</em></strong><br />
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<div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access </em><br />
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The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.<br />
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<strong>Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),<em> (Number of pieces)</em></strong><br />
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<div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access<br />
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The latest <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">Annual Report of the RBI</a> says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) <em>[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]</em> withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.<br />
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<em>RBI&rsquo;s liabilities and income</em><br />
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The RBI&#39;s <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">2017-18 Annual Report</a> states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities">Rs. 15,417.93 billion</a>. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities">15,310.73 billion</a>. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the <a href="tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf">SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act</a> (2017).<br />
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<strong>Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018</strong></div>

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<em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718">click here</a> to access </em><br />
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The RBI&#39;s income statement for the <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf">year ended June 2018</a> shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 <em>(viz. during the year of demonetisation)</em> to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.</div>

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<div style="text-align:justify">It is worth noting that the RBI&#39;s income statement for the <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf">year ended June 2017</a> shows that its income was Rs. <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">808.7 billion</a> in 2015-16 <em>(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)</em>. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">149.90 billion</a> in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">Rs. 34.21 billion</a> in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg">Rs. 658.76 billion</a> in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.<br />
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<strong><em>References:</em></strong><br />
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Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />
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Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access</div>

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Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />
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<div style="text-align:justify">Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17">click here</a> to access&nbsp;</div>

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<div style="text-align:justify">Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please <a href="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />
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The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017">click here</a> to access<br />
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Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please <a href="https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />
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Demonetisation achieved objectives quite substantially: Government, The Economic Times, 29 August, 2018, please <a href="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;</div>

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<div style="text-align:justify"><strong>Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak</strong></div>
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Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the objectives behind demonetisation when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&agrave;-vis the...',
	'disp' => '<p style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</p><div style="text-align:justify">Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the <a href="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122" title="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122">objectives behind demonetisation</a> when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&agrave;-vis the previous year.<br /><br />The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &nbsp;<br /><br />In <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg" title="Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg" title="Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation">terms of volume</a>, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br /><br />The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- <em>(new design) </em>denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.<br /><br />Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 <em>(new design)</em> between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.<br /><br /><strong>Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), <em>(Number of pieces)</em></strong><br /><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Table%201_19.jpg" style="height:316px; width:381px" /></div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access </em><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.<br /><br /><strong>Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),<em> (Number of pieces)</em></strong><br />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><img alt="Table 2 RBI" src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg" style="height:278px; width:381px" />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access<br />&nbsp; </em><br />The latest <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018" title="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">Annual Report of the RBI</a> says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) <em>[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]</em> withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.<br /><br /><em>RBI&rsquo;s liabilities and income</em><br /><br />The RBI&#39;s <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018" title="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">2017-18 Annual Report</a> states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities">Rs. 15,417.93 billion</a>. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities">15,310.73 billion</a>. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf">SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act</a> (2017).<br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018</strong></div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Table%203_2.jpg" style="height:816px; width:836px" />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><br /><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718">click here</a> to access </em><br /><br />The RBI&#39;s income statement for the <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf">year ended June 2018</a> shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 <em>(viz. during the year of demonetisation)</em> to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">It is worth noting that the RBI&#39;s income statement for the <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf">year ended June 2017</a> shows that its income was Rs. <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">808.7 billion</a> in 2015-16 <em>(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)</em>. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">149.90 billion</a> in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">Rs. 34.21 billion</a> in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg">Rs. 658.76 billion</a> in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.<br /><br /><strong><em>References:</em></strong><br /><br />Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018" title="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access</div><div style="text-align:justify"><br />Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17">click here</a> to access&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please <a href="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122" title="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please <a href="https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Demonetisation achieved objectives quite substantially: Government, The Economic Times, 29 August, 2018, please <a href="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><strong>Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak</strong></div>',
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<div style="text-align:justify">Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the <a href="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122">objectives behind demonetisation</a> when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&agrave;-vis the previous year.<br />
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The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &nbsp;<br />
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In <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg" title="Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation">terms of volume</a>, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- <em>(new design) </em>denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.<br />
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Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 <em>(new design)</em> between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.<br />
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<strong>Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), <em>(Number of pieces)</em></strong><br />
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<div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access </em><br />
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The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.<br />
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<strong>Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),<em> (Number of pieces)</em></strong><br />
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<div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access<br />
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The latest <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">Annual Report of the RBI</a> says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) <em>[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]</em> withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.<br />
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<em>RBI&rsquo;s liabilities and income</em><br />
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The RBI&#39;s <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">2017-18 Annual Report</a> states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities">Rs. 15,417.93 billion</a>. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities">15,310.73 billion</a>. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the <a href="tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf">SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act</a> (2017).<br />
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<strong>Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018</strong></div>

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<em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718">click here</a> to access </em><br />
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The RBI&#39;s income statement for the <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf">year ended June 2018</a> shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 <em>(viz. during the year of demonetisation)</em> to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.</div>

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<div style="text-align:justify">It is worth noting that the RBI&#39;s income statement for the <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf">year ended June 2017</a> shows that its income was Rs. <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">808.7 billion</a> in 2015-16 <em>(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)</em>. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">149.90 billion</a> in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">Rs. 34.21 billion</a> in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg">Rs. 658.76 billion</a> in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.<br />
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<strong><em>References:</em></strong><br />
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Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />
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Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access</div>

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Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />
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<div style="text-align:justify">Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17">click here</a> to access&nbsp;</div>

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<div style="text-align:justify">Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please <a href="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />
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The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please <a href="tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017">click here</a> to access<br />
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Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please <a href="https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />
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Demonetisation achieved objectives quite substantially: Government, The Economic Times, 29 August, 2018, please <a href="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;</div>

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<div style="text-align:justify"><strong>Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak</strong></div>
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$disp = '<p style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</p><div style="text-align:justify">Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the <a href="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122" title="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122">objectives behind demonetisation</a> when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-&agrave;-vis the previous year.<br /><br />The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-. &nbsp;<br /><br />In <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg" title="Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Volume%20of%20Rs%202000%20note%20in%20circulation_1.jpg" title="Volume of Rs 2000 note in circulation">terms of volume</a>, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br /><br />The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- <em>(new design) </em>denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent.<br /><br />Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 <em>(new design)</em> between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1.<br /><br /><strong>Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), <em>(Number of pieces)</em></strong><br /><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Table%201_19.jpg" style="height:316px; width:381px" /></div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access </em><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1.<br /><br /><strong>Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March),<em> (Number of pieces)</em></strong><br />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><img alt="Table 2 RBI" src="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Table%202_12.jpg" style="height:278px; width:381px" />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access<br />&nbsp; </em><br />The latest <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018" title="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">Annual Report of the RBI</a> says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) <em>[viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016]</em> withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details.<br /><br /><em>RBI&rsquo;s liabilities and income</em><br /><br />The RBI&#39;s <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018" title="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">2017-18 Annual Report</a> states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities">Rs. 15,417.93 billion</a>. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Screenshot%20RBIs%20liabilities.jpg" title="Screenshot RBIs liabilities">15,310.73 billion</a>. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf">SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act</a> (2017).<br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018</strong></div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><img alt="" src="/upload/images/Table%203_2.jpg" style="height:816px; width:836px" />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><br /><em><strong>Source: </strong>Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718">click here</a> to access </em><br /><br />The RBI&#39;s income statement for the <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf">year ended June 2018</a> shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 <em>(viz. during the year of demonetisation)</em> to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">It is worth noting that the RBI&#39;s income statement for the <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf">year ended June 2017</a> shows that its income was Rs. <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">808.7 billion</a> in 2015-16 <em>(viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened)</em>. The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">149.90 billion</a> in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="Chapter 11 The Reserve Banks Accounts for 201617 Annual Report for 201617 Reserve Bank of India">Rs. 34.21 billion</a> in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%2011%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%20201617%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201617%20Reserve%20Bank%20of%20India.jpg">Rs. 658.76 billion</a> in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken.<br /><br /><strong><em>References:</em></strong><br /><br />Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018" title="https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?year=2018">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%208%20Currency%20Management%20RBI%20Annual%20Report.pdf" title="Chapter 8 Currency Management RBI Annual Report">click here</a> to access</div><div style="text-align:justify"><br />Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank&#39;s Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XII%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202017-18%20Annual%20Report%20for%20201718.pdf" title="Chapter XII The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2017-18 Annual Report for 201718">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank&rsquo;s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Chapter%20XI%20The%20Reserve%20Banks%20Accounts%20for%202016-17%20Annual%20Report%20for%202016-17.pdf" title="Chapter XI The Reserve Banks Accounts for 2016-17 Annual Report for 2016-17">click here</a> to access&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 &amp; Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please <a href="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122" title="https://www.rbi.org.in/SCRIPTs/FAQView.aspx?Id=122">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please <a href="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017" title="https://im4change.in/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/The%20Specified%20Bank%20Notes%20Cessation%20of%20Liabilities%20Act%202017.pdf" title="The Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act 2017">click here</a> to access<br /><br />Too few FIRs in Delhi &amp; Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please <a href="https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/news-alerts/too-few-firs-in-delhi-gujarat-for-fake-currency-notes-seized-during-2016-indicates-ncrb-data-4683376.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;<br /><br />Demonetisation achieved objectives quite substantially: Government, The Economic Times, 29 August, 2018, please <a href="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html" title="https://www.im4change.org/latest-news-updates/demonetisation-achieved-objectives-quite-substantially-government-4685404.html">click here</a> to access&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align:justify"><strong>Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak</strong></div>'
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Note ban failed to curb the menace of counterfeit currency, indicates RBI's Annual Report

Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the objectives behind demonetisation when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-à-vis the previous year. The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the banking system, has jumped up from merely 638 to 17,929 between the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by a massive 2710.19 percent. The Rs. 2000/- denomination currency note was introduced only after 8 November, 2016 so as to fill the vacuum created by the demonetisation of the currency note of denominations Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/-.   In terms of volume, however, the total number of pieces of Rs. 2000/- denomination notes in circulation was 3,285 million in March 2017, which increased to 3,363 million in March 2018 viz. an increase by 2.37 percent.    The total number of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500/- (new design) denomination, which was observed in the banking system, climbed up from 199 to 9,892 between 2016-17 and 2017-18 viz. by an enormous 4870.85 percent. Apart from the currency note of Rs. 2000/- denomination, an increase in the number of pieces of counterfeit currency could also be witnessed for denominations Rs. 20, Rs. 50, Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 (new design) between 2016-17 and 2017-18. In 2017-18, 79 forged pieces of the newly introduced Rs. 200 note were also detected in the banking system. Kindly check table-1. Table 1: Denomination-wise counterfeit notes detected in the banking system (April-March), (Number of pieces)   Source: Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please click here to access      The total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of various denominations fell from nearly 7.62 lakhs in 2016-17 to 5.23 lakhs in 2017-18. Please consult table-1. Table 2: Number of counterfeit notes detected (April-March), (Number of pieces)       Source: Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please click here to access   The latest Annual Report of the RBI says that out of the total counterfeit currency notes detected, the share of fake notes detected at the RBI was 36.1 percent in 2017-18 as compared to 4.3 percent during 2016-17. This happened because of processing of a large volume of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) [viz. a bank note of the denominational value of Rs. 500/- or Rs. 1000/- of the series existing on or before 8th November, 2016] withdrawn from circulation. Please check table-2 for details. RBI’s liabilities and income The RBI's 2017-18 Annual Report states that the total value of SBNs in circulation as on 8th November, 2016, post verification and reconciliation, stood at Rs. 15,417.93 billion. However, the total value of SBNs returned from circulation is Rs. 15,310.73 billion. Thus, it is being said that roughly 99.3 percent of the demonetised currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 1000/- denominations was deposited in the banks. It means that unlike what was assumed earlier, only a tiny fraction of the SBNs cease to be liabilities of the RBI following the enactment of the SBN (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017).   Table 3: RBI Income Statement for the year ended June 2018     Source: Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank's Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please click here to access The RBI's income statement for the year ended June 2018 shows that its income has gone up from Rs. 618.18 billion in 2016-17 (viz. during the year of demonetisation) to Rs. 782.81 billion in 2017-18, which is a rise by Rs. 164.63 billion. The expenditure of RBI has declined from Rs. 311.55 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 282.77 billion in 2017-18. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes has fallen down from Rs. 79.65 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 49.12 billion in 2017-18. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI has grown from Rs. 306.59 billion in 2016-17 to Rs. 400.00 billion in 2017-18, which is an increase by Rs. 93.41 billion. Kindly refer to table-3.   It is worth noting that the RBI's income statement for the year ended June 2017 shows that its income was Rs. 808.7 billion in 2015-16 (viz. a year prior to 2016 when demonetisation happened). The expenditure of the RBI was Rs. 149.90 billion in 2015-16. Under expenditure, the cost of printing notes was Rs. 34.21 billion in 2015-16, which is almost half the expenditure incurred on printing notes in 2016-17. The surplus payable to the Central government by the RBI was Rs. 658.76 billion in 2015-16, which is more than double the surplus payable to the Central government by it in 2016-17 -- the year demonetisation was undertaken. References: Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please click here to access  Chapter VIII: Currency Management, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please click here to access Chapter XII: The Reserve Bank's Accounts for 2017-18, Annual Report for 2017-18, Reserve Bank of India, please click here to access    Chapter XI: The Reserve Bank’s Accounts for 2016-17, Annual Report for 2016-17, Reserve Bank of India, please click here to access    Frequently Asked Questions: Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of the Old Bank Notes in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 and The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 & Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules 2017, (Updated as on May 26, 2017), please click here to access  The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act (2017), please click here to access Too few FIRs in Delhi & Gujarat for fake currency notes seized during 2016, indicates NCRB data, News alert by Inclusive Media for Change dated 8 December, 2017, please click here to access  Demonetisation achieved objectives quite substantially: Government, The Economic Times, 29 August, 2018, please click here to access      Image Courtesy: Inclusive Media for Change/ Shambhu Ghatak