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₹2,000 Currency Notes Worth ₹6,266 Crore Still in Circulation
Hindustan Times Pune
|May 03, 2025
The high value ₹2,000 notes worth ₹6,266 crore are still in circulation after two years of the Reserve Bank withdrawing the currency, according to official data.
MUMBAI:
The ₹2,000 banknotes continue to be legal tender. On May 19, 2023, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the withdrawal of ₹2,000 denomination banknotes from circulation.
This story is from the May 03, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Pune.
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