₹ 8,44,982 crore of amount exchanged/deposited from November 10, 2016 to November 27, 2016
Consequent to the announcement of withdrawal of legal tender
status of banknotes of ₹ 500 and ₹1000 denominations from the midnight of
November 8, 2016, the Reserve Bank of India made arrangements for exchange
and/or deposit of such notes at the counters of the Reserve Bank and commercial
banks, Regional Rural banks and Urban Cooperative Banks.
Such exchange/deposits
effected from November 10, 2016 upto November 27, 2016 amounted to ₹ 8,44,982
crore (exchange amounted to ₹ 33,948 crore and deposits amounted to ₹ 8,11,033
crore) as in RBI's press release.
It is also stated that the public have withdrawn,
during this period, ₹ 2,16,617 crore from their accounts either over the
counter or through ATMs.
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