â¹5,000 crore spent on printing new â¹500 notes
Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan on Monday informed the Lok Sabha that about â¹5,000 crore was spent on the printing of nearly 1,700 crore pieces of new â¹500 notes post demonetisation. He also said that nearly â¹1,300 crore was spent on the printing of new â¹2,000 notes. Similarly, over â¹520 crore has been spent on the printing of â¹200 notes.