Financial Express [India]
31 December 2013
PTI | Mumbai
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today asked people not to
fall prey to rumours circulating that banks would not accept banknotes with
scribbling from January 1, 2014.
"In the wake of rumours circulating in the market
that from January 1, 2014, banks will not accept banknotes with anything
written on them, the RBI has urged members of public not to fall prey to such
rumours and to use their banknotes without any fear," RBI said in a
notification. […]
The Hindu
3 January 2014
Staff Reporter
[…] However, many people complained that shopkeepers
have stopped accepting notes with scribbles, stating that they were now out of
circulation owing to an RBI directive.
Kanchan Bisht, a Delhi resident, said: “While paying
my electricity bill, the official refused to accept a scribbled note and said
such notes are no more valid. Then I was told that the RBI has issued some
instructions in this regard.”
Rakshita, a resident of South Delhi, said: “I’m unable
to use one Rs.500 note because it has something written on it. I tried making
two transactions with that note, but shopkeepers refused. My relatives who live
in West Bengal have also raised similar concerns.”
Raunak Sinha, who belongs to Patna and is presently in
the Capital, said he was shocked when an attendant at a grocery store declined
to accept a scribbled Rs.1,000 note.
“Even auto-rickshaw drivers have refused to take such
notes as they think they are invalid, said Delhi University student Kirti
Sharma. […]