New Delhi sources have stated that the
Opposition had asked Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Rajya Sabha to
clarify whether the government has decided to scrap the newly launched
Rs 2,000 note and introduce a Rs 1,000 coin instead.
However,
the finance minister who was present in the House did not respond even
as the Opposition members insisted for clarification from him on the
issue. Raising a point of order during the Zero Hour, SP leader Naresh
Agrawal (SP) said, "The government has taken a decision to scrap Rs
2,000 note".
Meanwhile, the RBI has been given order not to print the Rs 2,000 notes. If any policy decision been taken during the Parliament Session, the tradition is to announce it in the House. According to sources so far, the RBI has printed 3.2 lakh crore pieces of Rs 2,000 notes. And now it has stopped printing. One note ban has been done and the second one is being planned.
However, deputy chairman P J
Kurien intervened to say that this was the RBI's action. Agrawal then
said that the earlier note ban decision was taken by the government and
not the RBI. The RBI board had opposed it but the government took the
decision. This decision is also from the government,