New Delhi: The Opposition in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday asked finance minister Arun Jaitley to clarify whether the government has decided to scrap the newly launched Rs2,000 note and introduce a Rs1,000 coin. More From Livemint »Raising a point of order during the Zero Hour, Naresh Agrawal (SP) said: “The government has taken a decision to scrap Rs2,000 note. The RBI has been given order not to print the Rs2,000 notes. Also read | RBI stops printing Rs 2000 notes, focus turns to new Rs 200 notes“Every day we read about a coin of 1,000, 100 and 200. The government should clarify and stop the rumours or else people will start returning Rs2,000 notes.

Source: Mint July 26, 2017 08:48 UTC