The facility for people to exchange the Rs 2,000 banknotes has been available at the 19 Issue Offices of the RBI since May 19, 2023. RBI Issues Officer also started accepting Rs 2,000 banknotes from individuals or entiters to deposit into their bank accounts, since Oct. 9 2023.

“Further, members of the public are sending Rs 2,000 banknotes through India Post from any post office within the country, to any of the RBI Issue Offices for credit to their bank accounts,” the release said.

The issue offices are in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Belapur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Patna, and Thiruvananthapuram.

The RBI made a similar announcement on Sept. 1, saying that Rs 2,000 banknotes worth Rs 5,956 crore are still in circulation.

(With PTI inputs)