The government on January 4 gave the hint of not printing Rs 2,000 bank notes, as of now. The kinds of notes were introduced post-demonetisation in November 2016. Source close to the development confirms that there is enough stock in circulation and no decision have been taken on printing more notes.

Alleging that the Modi government has rehashed, repackaged and renamed 23 schemes which were launched by previous governments led by the Congress, the party on Wednesday said "they (BJP) were trying to mislead the nation".

With Reserve Bank of India rejecting Election Commission's request to raise cash withdrawal limit, the candidates contesting in upcoming elections for five states are left cash deprived to woo voters.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday raised the cash withdrawal limit of ATM machines from Rs 2500 per day to Rs 4500 per day. However, in the back drop of cash crunch and only 2.2 lakh ATM functional across the nation, weekly withdrawal limit of Rs 24000 has not been changed.

Congress attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleging that he was not allowed to speak in the parliament, claimed that he is running away from the Paliament and sought his apology for the same.