Rs 2000 denomination banknotes were introduced to expeditiously meet the currency requirement of the economy after Demonetisation and are close to the end of their useful life, the Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
On May 19, the RBI decided to withdraw the Rs 2000 denomination banknotes from circulation but said it would continue to remain as legal tender. However, RBI has advised banks to stop issuing such banknotes with immediate effect.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha dismissed the plea filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay citing it as an "area of executive domain".
About 76 per cent of the Rs 2000 banknotes have returned to the banking system since the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in May decided to withdraw the high-value note from circulation.
"If the world has to progress and humanity has to survive then the Indian way is the way forward and that way is 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam," MoS Lekhi said during an exhibition 'Banking on World Heritage' at Darshanam Gallery of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
SBI Research in a report analysed and argued how the withdrawal of Rs 2000 banknotes could boost bank deposits, repayment of loans, consumption, RBI's retail digital currency usage, and overall economic growth.
"These reports are based on an erroneous interpretation of information collected under the Right to Information Act, 2005 from the printing press," officials said.
The Supreme Court once again declined an urgent hearing of a plea challenging RBI's decision permitting citizens to exchange Rs 2000 banknotes, which are being pulled out of circulation, without any requisition slip and ID proof.
On May 19, RBI decided to withdraw the Rs 2,000 denomination currency notes from circulation, but said it will continue to remain as legal tender. However, RBI has advised banks to stop issuing Rs 2,000 denomination banknotes with immediate effect.
The Central Bank has asked all other banks to collect the citizens' worn-out notes in denominations of ten and 20 without charging a fee, and the bank said it would exchange them for new banknotes.
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined an urgent hearing of an appeal against the Delhi High Court order which dismissed a plea challenging RBI's decision permitting citizens to exchange Rs 2,000 banknotes, which are being pulled out of circulation, without any requisition slip and ID proof.