8 Use of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 Bank Notes allowed w.e.f 09.11.2016

By | November 9, 2016
(Last Updated On: November 9, 2016)

Use of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 Bank Notes w.e.f 09.11.2016

Valid Transactions with Rs 500 and Rs 1000 Bank Note :- The  bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 shall not be ceased to be legal tender, with effect from the 9th November, 2016 until the 11th November, 2016, to the extent of transactions specified below, namely:—
(a) for making payments in Government hospitals for medical treatment and pharmacies in Government hospitals for buying medicines with doctor’s prescription;
(b) at railway ticketing counters, ticket counters of Government or Public Sector Undertakings buses and airline ticketing counters at airports for purchase of tickets;
(c) for purchases at consumer cooperative stores operated under authorisation of Central or State Governments;
(d) for purchase at milk booths operating under authorisation of the Central or State Governments;
(e) for purchase of petrol, diesel and gas at the stations operating under the authorisation of Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies;
(f) for payments at crematoria and burial grounds;
(g) at international airports, for arriving and departing passengers, who possess specified bank notes, the  value of which does not exceed five thousand rupees to exchange them for notes having legal tender character;
(h) for foreign tourists to exchange foreign currency or specified bank notes, the value of which does not exceed five thousand rupees to exchange them for notes having legal tender character.
Note:- All establishments , shall maintain complete account of record of stock and sale of transactions made with the specified bank notes during the period between 9th November, 2016 and 11th November, 2016.

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