Highest RTI applications filed 2017-18, lowest rejected since 2005: Central Information Commission dataThe public authorities used exemptions provided under section 8, section 9, section 11 and section 24 of the RTI Act to reject plea for inf...
03 Jan, 2019, 07.59 PM IST
SBI yet to recalibrate 18,135 ATMs for new notes: RTIThe recalibration is a process, in which the cassettes in the ATMs that hold cash are modified to suit the size of the currency.
24 Aug, 2018, 10.23 AM IST
Demonetised notes are being shredded, briquetted: RBIThe central bank had earlier estimated the value of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes received, as on June 30, 2017, at Rs 15.28 trillion.
18 Mar, 2018, 12.55 PM IST
15 months after note ban, RBI still processing returned notesThe RBI said the scrapped notes were being processed for their arithmetical accuracy and genuineness and the reconciliation for the same wa...
11 Feb, 2018, 06.55 PM IST
Note ban anniversary: RBI says still verifying returned notesIn reply to an RTI query, the central bank said it has processed about 1,134 crore pieces of Rs 500 notes and 524.90 crore pieces of Rs 1,0...
29 Oct, 2017, 03.17 PM IST
66 machines being used for counting demonetised notes: RBIIn its annual report for 2016-17 released on August 30, it had said Rs 15.28 lakh crore, or 99 per cent of the demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,...
16 Oct, 2017, 05.40 PM IST
Has no counting machines but using sophisticated tools to check scrapped notes: RBIRBI is using "sophisticated Currency Verification and Processing (CVPS) machines for checking the numerical accuracy and genuiness of the c...
10 Sep, 2017, 11.38 PM IST
Sharing note ban process details will affect India's economic interests: RBIRBI was asked to provide a copy of the minutes of the meetings held in its office during which the decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,0...
10 May, 2017, 02.27 PM IST
Email id for black money info receives over 38,000 mailsOf these mails, 6,050 or about 16 per cent were forwarded to the respective Director Generals Of Income Tax (Investigation) for further inq...
16 Apr, 2017, 07.14 PM IST
Why was note conversion not allowed till March 31 despite Modi's assurance? RBI refuses to answerPM in his speech on November 8, 2016, announcing demonetisation, had assured countrymen that they could convert the notes of Rs 1,000 and R...
26 Mar, 2017, 06.17 PM IST
Cannot disclose if Arun Jaitley was consulted on notes ban: Finance MinistryThe definition of "information" under the Act refers to "any material in any form" under the control of a public authority.
05 Mar, 2017, 12.13 PM IST
No info on number of accounts with large deposits post November 8: RBIThe RBI also did not have the number of accounts in co-operative banks in which more than Rs 2.5 lakh were deposited in the scrapped notes ...
21 Feb, 2017, 08.06 PM IST
Cannot disclose preparedness to handle demonetisation crisis: RBI pressThe response of the subsidiary came following an RTI query sent to RBI seeking to know the preparedness of the Bankers' Bank to handle the ...
26 Jan, 2017, 03.51 PM IST
RBI Central Board okayed design of Rs 500, Rs 2000 notes in May"The new design of the bank notes was approved by the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India in its meeting held on May 19, 2016," the Cent...
24 Jan, 2017, 11.30 PM IST
Demonetisation: Seven crucial questions, answered and unansweredModi govt suddenly decided to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes on Nov 8 last year. Two months later, we have more questions th...
11 Jan, 2017, 02.21 PM IST
No information on officials who were consulted on demonetisation: PMOResponding to an RTI query seeking to know the names of officials who were consulted before the decision, it said, "Information sought is n...
09 Jan, 2017, 05.38 PM IST
RBI refuses to give reasons behind demonetisation"The query is in the nature of seeking future date of an event which is not defined as information as per Section 2(f) of the RTI Act," RBI...
29 Dec, 2016, 04.03 PM IST