FM Arun Jaitley : Rs 141.13 crore worth new currency notes of Rs 2000,Rs 500 seized

FM Arun Jaitley : Rs 141.13 crore worth new currency notes of Rs 2000,Rs 500 seized

NEW DELHI: The Income Tax department, Enforcement Directorate and other agencies have seized Rs 141.13 crore worth of new currency notes of Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 crore while acting in different parts of the country, Lok Sabha was informed today.      

Of this amount, Rs 110 crore was seized by the I-T Department, Rs 4.54 crore seized by the ED, Rs 26.21 crore by the CBI and Rs 38 lakh by the DRI, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said during Question Hour.      

"All new Indian currency notes of Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 denominations seized by the ED are deposited in SBI or any nationalised banks so that they come back in circulation," he said.