Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das has been rated A+ in the Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2023 by the Global Finance magazine.
Adding to the Rs 2000 banknote deposits, some of the sectors -- Refinery, Oil and Gas, Power, and Chemicals -- which reported improved cash and bank balance, according to the report, are believed to be more active in parking funds with banks.
Furthermore, RBI added that there is a robust system in place for the reconciliation of banknotes printed at the presses and supplied to RBI that includes protocols to monitor the production, storage, and distribution of banknotes.
On June 5, several media outlets published reports citing 'government sources' that the RBI is considering the usage of watermark images of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and Rabindranath Tagore on currency notes.