Cabinet to go ahead with the passage of ordinance on demonetisation

After almost two months since the Narendra Modi govt announced the demonetisation of high-value currency notes, a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday is likely to pass an ordinance to formalise the decision.

New Delhi, Dec 28: The all important Cabinet meeting of the Union Government will be held on Wednesday in which an ordinance to end the legal charter of the old currency notes will be brought in.

The ordinance is important because it is necessary to put an end date on the legal charter of old notes, failing which it would continue to remain legal charter infinitely.

The three-month window between January 1 to March 30, 2017, for the deposit of old currency notes in specified offices of the Reserve Bank of India will remain open after submitting a declaration form.

The ordinance which would be passed on Wednesday is similar to the one in 1978. In 1978, the then Morarji Desai government had demonetised the Rs 1,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 currency notes.

The government through this ordinance would be looking to bring about certainty on the estimate of money flowing into the system, as well as a cut-off date for all deposits.

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