RBI annual report News
9.72 lakh persons have deposited Rs 2.89 lakh crore in 13.33 lakh accounts post demonetisation, the I-T department said.
Speaking at The Economist conference, Jaitley said that the fact that money got deposited in banks does not make it legitimate money.
The RBI in its Annual Report for 2016-17 said that 99 per cent of the junked 500 and 1,000 rupee notes has returned to the banking system.
Talking about return of 99 percent of junked currency into banking system, Jaitley said that money has now been identified with its owner.
It also said that barring Rs 100, the detection of counterfeit notes increased across denominations - notably, Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 -- during the last fiscal.
The Reserve Bank revealed in its annual report for 2016-17 that Rs 15.28 lakh crore, or 99 percent of the Rs 15.44-lakh-crore scrapped currency notes, had come back to the central bank between the government’s demonetisation decision and June 30, 2017.
The Reserve Bank on Thursday said uncertainty in the progress and distribution of monsoon, a key factor in performance of the farm sector, continues to be a risk for both growth as well as the inflation outlook.
The RBI has projected consumer inflation will hit 6 percent by January 2016 before gradually easing to 4 percent two years later.
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