A large number of people are reaching the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Bhopal to change Rs 2000 currency notes as the date of exchange from banks ended on October 7, 2023.
The people standing in a long line outside the bank told that Rs 2000 notes were kept in boxes between the pooja ghar, safe and sarees for bad times and were forgotten and during cleaning for Diwali they found these currency. They are here to change.
People standing in the bank said, 'It takes more than 2 hours to change the notes. Forms are being filled after a security check. Tokens have been given due to overcrowding. After showing the Aadhaar card at the number, change the note and go to the counter.'
RBI had announced demonetisation of Rs 2000 note on May 19 2023. Inc was taken out of circulation. The deadline for depositing these notes in banks or exchanging them was fixed by September 30. Later it was increased to 7 October.
After the deadline, people can now deposit Rs 2000 notes as change in RBI's 19 regional offices. The deposit limit of Rs 20000 has been fixed at one time. However, these notes will still remain valid.
Piyush Soni said, 'During Diwali cleaning of the house, Rs 2000 notes were kept in the pooja house and boxes. I have exchanged 10 notes. In return I have been given coins of Rs 5000 and notes of Rs 15000.
At the same time, Harsh Khandelwal said that the time for exchanging and depositing notes has been given from 10 am to 2:30 pm. There is more trouble due to the long line.
The Rs 2000 note was introduced in November 2016. Earlier on November 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes and later Rs 500 and Rs 2000 notes were issued in their place of new patterns. RBI has stopped printing of Rs 2000 notes from the year 2018-19 and Rs 2000 notes worth Rs 38 crore were destroyed in 2021-22.