Dec 8 (Reuters) - Indian prime minister Narendra Modi announced a shock move on Nov. 8 to ditch 500 and 1,000 rupee notes - worth a combined $256 billion - that he said were fuelling corruption, being ...

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - India's shock move on Tuesday to withdraw large denomination bank notes from circulation to fight corruption and tax evasion has left some overseas citizens high and ...

Under the revised provision, both Nepali and Indian citizens may bring the higher denomination bank notes into Nepal from ...

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India is withdrawing its highest value currency notes of Rs 2,000 (£19.4) from public circulation, the country’s central Reserve Bank of India announced on Friday but added that the denomination will ...

Individuals can hold Indian banknotes of ₹200 and ₹500 up to a maximum limit of ₹25,000 per person. The decision was made ...

You may have heard of the demonetization of bank notes in India. That means the country has officially withdrawn recognition of the validity of certain currency denominations. The move was undertaken ...

ON NOVEMBER 8th 2016, Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, stunned its 1.3bn people by announcing that most banknotes would soon become worthless. Indians then queued for weeks on end to exchange or ...

Well, that didn't take long, did it? We're only four months into demonetisation and good quality, but not perfect, fake Rs 2,000 banknotes are being reported in India. That they are reported to ...

Each Indian banknote is more than just currency—it carries a piece of the country’s rich history. This World Heritage Day, we explore the iconic heritage sites featured on Indian rupee notes, their ...

India plans to eliminate the current versions of its two largest banknotes in a bid to undermine pervasive corruption. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Tuesday that current 500- and 1,000-rupee ...