RBI closes exchange, deposit of banned Rs 500, Rs 1000 notes

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday notified the closure of the deposit and exchange of the old notes and has asked all the banks to report collections of demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes on December 30 itself.

“With the closure of the facility of exchange of SBNs as at the close of business on December 30, 2016, all banks should report information on collection of SBNs on December 30, 2016 itself at email. Banks should make arrangements to gather the information from all its branches accordingly”, the RBI said in a notification here.

It added that all bank branches, except district cooperative central bank (DCCBs), which have accumulated old notes at the close of business on Friday, are required to deposit these in the office of the RBI or a currency chest on Saturday, the RBI said.

The old notes cannot form part of banks’ cash balances from the close of business as on Saturday, the central bank added. However, DCCBs may retain the demonetised currency received between November 10-14, till further instructions.

The government, on November 8, had demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 from circulation.

From next week onward, those still holding the scrapped currency can deposit it only with the RBI till March 31, 2017.