No proposal to withdraw new ₹2,000 notes, says Arun Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said there is no proposal to withdraw the ₹2,000 notes that were introduced after demonetisation. The ₹2,000 banknotes were introduced along with new ₹500 currency following the withdrawal of old ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes. Jaitley further said old notes returned to the RBI amounted to ₹12.44 lakh crore as on December 10, 2016.