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India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes

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Re: India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes

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Strange part about this is that they are going to issue new 500 and 2000 notes as per > 8:32 pm: A new series of Rs. 500 currency notes and Rs. 2000 currency notes will be brought into circulation.

Pulling current notes I can understand, but the problem is that the denomination allows people to move lots of money in a minimal amount of space, so replacing them isn't really solving the problem.

Re: India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes

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What about people not in India with a few 1000 rupee notes lying around, those are valueless for good? I have 2 notes.

Wont the funds be effectively destroyed and removed from circulation, for those who don't put their cash in the bank by the end of next month. Wont this have deflationary consequences?

Re: India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes

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Strange part about this is that they are going to issue new 500 and 2000 notes as per > 8:32 pm: A new series of Rs. 500 currency notes and Rs. 2000 currency notes will be brought into circulation. Pulling current notes I can understand, but the problem is that the denomination allows people to move lots of money in a minimal amount of space, so replacing them isn't really solving the problem.

It is. To get new notes, you will have to submit the old notes to the bank. In that case, you will have to declare the money to the Income Tax department. And if the sum is huge, a criminal enquiry will be started by IT department.

Also this will at once curb all the fake note issues.

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