People offered â¹40L in demonetised notes at Vaishno Devi in 2017-18
Pilgrims visiting the cave shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi in J&K offered â¹40 lakh in demonetised notes of â¹500 and â¹1,000 since December 31, 2016, the shrine board's CEO Simrandeep Singh claimed. "RBI has refused to accept...these currency notes...they are trash for us," he added. He said pilgrims offered â¹1.90 crore in banned notes from November 9-December 9, 2016.