India News | Written by Sidharth Pandey | Friday January 27, 2017
The design of the new Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 notes were approved by the government on June 7, 2016 - a full five months before it announced that existing high denomination currency bills would no longer be valid. This was revealed by the Reserve Bank of India in response to a Right To Information request filed by NDTV.
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