Rs 2,000 pink colored notes were issued during demonetisation. Now these notes are negligible in circulation.
Be it bank counters or ATMs, 2000 rupee notes are rarely seen. Rs 2000 notes have not been printed since the year 2019
Is RBI preparing to issue new 2000 rupees banknotes of Mahatma Gandhi series?
When this question was asked to the government in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said that RBI has already issued new Rs 2000 notes in 2016.
To which the Minister of State for Finance has replied in writing. The MP asked the government whether the RBI is issuing Rs 2000 new digit banknotes with new series of Mahatma Gandhi notes?
The Minister of State for Finance said that the Reserve Bank of India has issued new design notes of Rs 2000 in Mahatma Gandhi (new) series in 2016 itself.
Rajmani Patel asked the government whether the government has given mandatory instructions to banks not to recirculate Rs 2000 notes.
Answering this question, the Minister of State for Finance categorically denied and said that no such instructions have been given.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that no such order has been given to the banks. Sitharaman said that according to the Annual Report of RBI, since 2019-20, there has been no demand for supply of banknotes of Rs 2000 denomination.