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Haven't done your KYC? You won't be able to deposit more than Rs 50,000 in banks

High denomination notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 will no longer a legal tender

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BS Web Team New Delhi
High denomination notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 will no longer a legal tender as Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a "decisive" war against black money and corruption while disclosing a raft of steps to assure commoners that their money is safe.

If you still have Rs 500 or Rs 1000 notes you can get it exchanged at  any Issue Office of the Reserve Bank or any branch of public sector banks, private sector banks, foreign banks, Regional Rural Banks, Urban Cooperative Banks and State Cooperative Banks till 30th December, 2016, subject to the following conditions, namely:—
 
(i) the specified bank notes of aggregate value of ? 4,000/- or below may be exchanged for
any denomination of bank notes having legal tender character, with a requisition slip in the format specified by the Reserve Bank and proof of identity; the limit of ? 4,000/- for exchanging specified bank notes shall be reviewed after fifteen days from the date of commencement of this notification and appropriate orders may be issued, where necessary;
 
 
(iii) there shall not be any limit on the quantity or value of the specified bank notes to be credited to the account maintained with the bank by a person, where the specified bank notes are tendered; however, where compliance with extant Know Your Customer (KYC) norms is not complete in an account, the maximum value of specified bank notes as may be deposited shall be ? 50,000/-;
 
(iv) The equivalent value of specified bank notes tendered may be credited to an account maintained by the tenderer at any bank in accordance with standard banking procedure and on production of valid proof of Identity;
 
(v) the equivalent value of specified bank notes tendered may be credited to a third party account, provided specific authorisation therefor accorded by the third party is presented to the bank, following standard banking procedure and on production of valid proof of identity of the person actually tendering, as indicated inAnnex-5;

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First Published: Nov 09 2016 | 7:57 AM IST

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