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CLAIM
Modi government has announced to issue new notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2000.
FACT CHECK
BOOM found this claim to be false. This viral video of PM Modi is from 8 November 2016. He had announced to stop the old notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 which were in circulation from midnight and to issue new notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2000.
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An old TV news video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is viral on social media. In this he is saying that new currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2000 will now be brought into circulation. While sharing this video, users are claiming that Modi government has announced new notes of Rs 2000 and Rs 500.
BOOM found in its investigation that this claim is false. The viral video of PM Modi is from 8 November 2016. Then in his address to the nation announcing strict action on black money, he had announced to stop the old notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 which were in circulation from midnight.
Facebook But while sharing the video, a user wrote, ‘Modi government announced new notes of Rs 2000 and Rs 500’.
fact check
The viral video is from November 2016
BOOM searched Google with keywords related to the claim to investigate the video and found that the video is from November 2016, when PM Modi, during his first term, demonetized Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes and introduced new Rs 500 and Rs 2000 notes. The release of notes was announced.
media report According to, “PM Modi, while announcing strict action on black money, had announced demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes from midnight of 8 November 2016. In his address to the nation, PM Modi announced the demonetization of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes. It was announced that Rs 500 and Rs 2000 notes would be discontinued and new Rs 500 and Rs 2000 notes would be issued.
PM Modi The complete video of this address can be seen on the YouTube channel of. This part of the viral video can also be heard from 32 minutes 15 seconds in the video.
Times Now This entire video was also shared on the YouTube channel of.
The photo of the new Rs 2000 note issued by the Reserve Bank on 8 November 2016 has been uploaded by RBI. press release Can be seen in.
after this reserve Bank of India It had decided to withdraw Rs 2000 notes from the market on 19 May 2023. According to the Reserve Bank, Rs 2000 notes are legal tender, but out of circulation Has been done.
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