The Opposition in Rajya Sabha today asked Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to clarify whether the government has decided to scrap the newly launched Rs 2,000 note and introduce a Rs 1,000 coin. Raising a point of order during the Zero Hour, Naresh Agrawal (SP) said: "The government has taken a decision to scrap Rs 2,000 note. The RBI has been given order not to print the Rs 2,000 notes. So far, the RBI has printed 3.2 lakh crore pieces of Rs 2,000 notes. The government should clarify and stop the rumours or else people will start returning Rs 2,000 notes.

Source: dna July 26, 2017 08:15 UTC