Currency in circulation (CIC), in the fortnight ended April 10 stood at Rs 49,554.30 crore
The Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 bank notes constituted 82.2% of the total value of bank notes in circulation at the end of March 2019
Sitharaman said the notes in circulation had grown at an average growth rate of 14.51 per cent year-on-year since October 2014
Before demonetisation, the total currency with the Indian public was Rs 17.97 trillion
With weekly additions slowing, it's likely that demand could be slackening