Relax, govt is not freezing your diamonds: Don't believe these 6 rumours

Demonetisation myths snap: From sealing banks lockers to Rs 2000's nano GPS chip

Ever since the government demonetised higher currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000, droves of rumours have been doing the rounds, especially on Whatsapp. However, the government has repeatedly asked citizens to not believe these theories and visit the RBI website for clarity.

Here is a list of rumours that you must simply not believe

Digital Lockers: While addressing the Indian diaspora in Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that his government would take more steps to curb corruption. This statement led to widespread talk about 'digitisation of lockers'. People in Uttar Pradesh and even in Delhi are streaming into banks to check their lockers. The rumour spread to the extent that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had to categorically deny the move to make  physical lockers digital.

 

This is what the finance minister said: Completely factually incorrect. There is no such proposal to seal bank lockers.

Demonetisation of Rs 100 and Rs 50 notes: There is another rumour doing the rounda that PM Modi will soon announce demonetisation of smaller currency notes. The government rubbished this, saying it had no intention of cancelling legal tender status of notes of any other denomination.

Freeze gold, diamond/ jewellery: Rumour has it that the government would freeze gold and other jewellery, which the government has termed categorically baseless.

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Rs 2,000 note comes with a nano GPS chip

Well, this is bogus. NO, the Rs 2,000 does not have a GPS chip. RBI has dismissed with calling it “figments of imagination”. “Such a technology does not exist at the moment in the world, then how can we introduce such a feature?” RBI said.

Rs 2,000 note has printing errors

There are no printing errors. Messages saying there are printing mistakes in the Rs 2,000 note in Hindi and Urdu are doing rounds on social media. The message says "do hazaar rupaya" written in Hindi is printed as "don hazaar rupaya" and that in Urdu "hazaar" is written as "bazaar"".

Rs 2,000 notes will soon be called back: Not anytime soon.

Rs 2,000 note does not shed colour

If you have heard that Rs 2000 note gives off colour, well then, its true. In fact, if your Rs 2000 note does not shed colour, then it is fake. According to Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das, "The new currency notes, just as the old ones, will lose colour if rubbed with a piece of cloth wet because that's the nature of the dye used. If your note does not lose colour, it's one of the signs that it may be fake."

While government is making a conscious effort to dispel rumours, the police has so far failed to trace  the source, since most of them were re-tweeted, shared or re-posted, obscuring the source from where they originated. 

So a word of advise, " please don't trust everything you see on the Internet".