August 11, 2026 04:51 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Jharkhand student protest turns tense: Water cannons, lathicharge after Assembly march barricades breached | ‘Mother tongue is as pure as one's mother’: Vijay-led Tamil Nadu government makes Tamil Thaai Vazhthu mandatory in big language push | Indian envoy Kwatra cites US, UK laws to counter ‘myths’ around FCRA Bill | Jharkhand students march to assembly today: JPSC row escalates despite govt action | ‘A morning I will cherish’: Raghav Chadha meets PM Modi, shares photos from ‘enriching’ meeting | Delhi Mercedes crash kills 70-year-old woman: Cop’s son behind wheel, beer bottle found | Indian-origin woman accused of ‘visa fraud’ on X: US Attorney steps in with major clarification | US Senate passes Russia sanctions bill: India can face Trump’s 100% tariff threat | Expired meat, rotten vegetables found at Bengaluru's luxury hotels, legal action begins | 'I'm ready to be humiliated': Vijay, Udhayanidhi Stalin clash in Tamil Nadu Assembly over Cauvery dispute

RBI is changing rules like the PM changes his clothes: Rahul Gandhi

| | Dec 20, 2016, at 11:48 pm
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IBNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked Narendra Modi and said the Reserve Bank of India is changing its rules like the Prime Minister changes his clothes.

"RBI is changing rules like the PM changes his clothes," he tweeted.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday has imposed new conditions on deposit of old notes exceeding Rs 5,000 in a bank account till December 30.

Defunct notes over Rs 5,000 can now be deposited only once per account till Dec 30 after showing reasons for not doing so earlier, according to the RBI circular.

The RBI in its circular dated Dec 19 said that following review of certain provisions dealing with credit of the value of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) into bank accounts, it has been decided to place certain restrictions on deposits of SBNs into bank accounts while encouraging the deposits of the same under the Taxation and Investment Regime for the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, 2016.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.