New Delhi: With rumours of the Centre planning a withdrawal of the newly-introduced Rs 2,000 note doing the rounds, Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar has said there was no news of its scrapping, adding the Rs 200 note will be in circulation soon.
“No news that Rs 2,000 will be scrapped,” Gangwar told IANS in an interview.
“The reduction in the printing of new Rs 2,000 notes is a separate issue. But that needs to be confirmed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). RBI will give information on Rs 2,000 notes,” he added.
According to media reports, the government has stopped the further printing of the recently printed Rs 2,000 notes.
On July 26, the issue was raised in Parliament when the opposition asked Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to confirm if the government was going to “demonetize Rs 2,000 notes” and if its printing had been stopped. The Minister declined to reply.
Industry experts said the government was aiming to limit the circulation of high denomination Rs 2,000 note, which would remain a legal tender, but not demonetize it. The circulation of smaller denomination notes would be increased by introducing a new Rs 200 note.
Gangwar told IANS that Rs 200 note, printing of which had already begun, would be in circulation soon. The move to introduce Rs 200 note was to increase the circulation of smaller denomination notes, he added.
