According to a report by Financial Express, the estimated current capacity of currency printing presses and the cash in circulation before demonetisation, it will reportedly take around 6 months to replenish old 500 rupee notes. Notably, the total capacity of the currency presses is around 2,600 crore notes in two shifts per year, while there were about 1,500 crore Rs 500 notes in circulation before demonetisation.
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By Varun Vasudevan | Nov 17, 2016 11:52 PM #Demonetisation #Old500RupeeNotes
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