-PTI NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is not using 'counting machines' for tallying the total number of demonetised notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 in any of its offices, the central bank has said in an RTI reply. Rather, it is using "sophisticated Currency Verification and Processing (CVPS) machines for checking the numerical accuracy and genuiness of the currency notes, including SBNs (Specified Bank Notes that have...
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No information on how much black money removed by note ban, says RBI
-PTI NEW DELHI: The RBI has told a parliamentary panel that it has "no information" on how much black money has been extinguished as a result of demonetisation of Rs 500/1,000 notes or about unaccounted cash legitimised through exchange of currency post note ban. Stating that an estimated Rs 15.28 lakh crore in junked notes has come back "subject to future corrections based on verification process", the Reserve Bank also said it...
More »99% of scrapped notes back with banks, says RBI report
-The Times of India MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday said that Rs 15.28 lakh crore --or 99% of the Rs 15.44 lakh crore demonetised by withdrawal of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes on November 8, 2016 --has been deposited with banks. The disclosure dashes hopes of the government earning a windfall by extinguishing trillions of rupees worth demonetised currency that has not been returned. In its annual report, the...
More »Government Allows Co-Operative Banks To Deposit Old Notes With RBI -Abhishek Vasudev
-NDTV Profit The relaxation comes against the backdrop of reports that many district co-operative banks did not have enough cash to disburse to farmers. The Finance Ministry on Tuesday allowed banks, post offices and district central cooperative banks to deposit the scrapped Rs. 500 and 1,000 rupee notes with the Reserve Bank of India within 30 days and exchange the value of notes deposit with the new notes. In an official notification...
More »After 6 months, RBI still in dark on junked notes -AM Jigeesh
-The Hindu Business Line Central bank says Specified Bank Notes yet to be reconciled with the physical cash balances New Delhi: Even six months after the demonetisation exercise, the Reserve Bank of India is yet to complete the accounting of the withdrawn Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 500 notes. The RBI has admitted as much in a 15-page response late in April to questions from the Standing Committee on Finance, headed by veteran Congress...
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