'No proposal to withdraw Rs 2,000 notes'

New Delhi: The government on Friday said that there is no proposal to withdraw Rs 2,000 denomination note.

RBI introduced Rs 2,000 notes following demonetisation of high-value Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in November 2016.

Replying to question whether the government is considering withdrawal of Rs 2,000 notes shortly, Minister of State for Finance Pon Radhakrishnan in the Lok Sabha said, "there is no such proposal."

Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) were received by the RBI either directly or from bank branches or post offices through the currency chest mechanism and were subjected to verification for authentication and numeral accuracy, he said.

"The process has since been completed. The notes processed online in Currency Verification, and Processing System (CVPS) have been destroyed," he said.