Share of Rs 500 note touched 70% post-demonetisation, shows RBI data

Rs 2,000 bank notes seeing the sharpest fall to 13.8 per cent by the end of FY22 and to 10.8 per cent by March 2023

ATM, DEMONETISATION, Rs 500, currency notes
Manojit Saha
1 min read Last Updated : May 21 2023 | 10:51 PM IST
The share of Rs 500 notes in circulation, which was just over 20 per cent before the demonetisation exercise in 2016, has surged beyond 70 per cent since. The share of all other currencies has fallen in the past few years, with the Rs 2,000 bank notes seeing the sharpest fall to 13.8 per cent by the end of FY22 and to 10.8 per cent by March 2023.


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Topics :currency notesRBI

First Published: May 21 2023 | 10:51 PM IST

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