2 weeks before note ban presses were printing old ₹500 notes
Nearly 2 weeks before the demonetisation of ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes, the country's printing presses were churning out old ₹500 notes. The final stage of production of ₹1,000 notes, however, ended three months ago. According to reports, this suggests that while the government could have been contemplating the move for some time, the final decision came at a short notice.