Government says no decision regarding Rs 2,000 note production recently

Government today clarified that there has been no decision recently regarding the production of the 2000 rupees notes.

In a tweet, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said the printing of notes is planned as per the projected requirement.

He said the country has more than adequate such notes in the system with over 35 per cent of them by value in circulation.

His comments came in the wake of media reports that the government has stopped the printing of the two thousand rupees currency notes.