Central Banks

Indians Given a Week More to Find $1.7 Billion Worth of Banknotes Before Withdrawal

  • The deadline has been extended by one week to Oct. 7
  • The notes can be exchanged or deposited at 19 RBI offices

A woman displays her 2000 rupee notes for exchange.

Photographer: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images

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India’s central bank on Saturday extended a deadline to return the country’s highest value banknotes by another week, after billions of rupees’ worth remained in circulation.