Noting that there is no reason for worry over the move to withdraw Rs 2000 notes, which continue as legal tender, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das has said the central bank has "more than adequate" notes of other denominations available
Commenting on the withdrawal AAP lawmaker Sanjeev Arora said, "Withdrawal of these banknotes is a disruption of the economy. Withdrawal of currency notes at regular intervals doesn't give a positive outlook of the economy in the eyes of investors and other countries."
"Please arrange accordingly and extend all cooperation to members of the public so that the exercise is conducted in a smooth and seamless manner without any inconvenience to the public," SBI said in its communication.
According to him, his first reason was that: "The Rs 2000 notes are not being used much as a medium of exchange. In fact, they currently constitute only 10.8 per cent of Currency In Circulation (CiC)."
Reacting to the Reserve Bank of India's decision to withdraw Rs 2,000 currency notes from circulation, Vimal Nadar, the Head of Research at real estate firm Colliers India has called it a "timely" move aimed at "prudent currency management".
A special National Investigation Agency court in Gujarat's Ahmedabad has convicted two accused in a fake currency conspiracy case under which counterfeit notes were sought to be circulated in the state after being procured from West Bengal, the NIA said on Wednesday.
Mizoram police seized a large number of Fake Indian Currency Notes( FICN) of a total face value of Rs 25.20 lakh and arrested two persons on Tuesday night.
Two days after searches at multiple locations in Maharashtra, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday made another arrest in the 2021 Naupada fake currency case, taking the total arrests to three.
The seizure was made following raids conducted on Wednesday. NIA had raided several properties of the accused and suspects, mostly houses and offices, as part of its continuing investigations in the case.
"We arrested 4 people with fake currency notes after conducting an operation in Naren village. Rs 10.5 lakh fake notes, 4 mobiles, and 3 bikes recovered. We are taking further action by registering a case," said SDPO Ankita Kumbhar.
Police seized a huge quantity of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of Rs 29.31 lakh and apprehended a person in Assam's Nagaon district on Friday, said police.