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No decision to discontinue printing of Rs 2,000 banknotes: MoS Finance Thakur

Detailing about the denomination of lower-value currencies in circulation as on March 5, he stated that there are 19,624.77 million pieces of Rs 100 notes valued at Rs 1.96 lakh crore; 8,556.84 million for Rs 50 notes valued at Rs 42,784.20 crore; Rs 20 and Rs 10 denomination notes were valued at Rs 16,619.60 crore and Rs 30,510.79 crore, respectively.

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Investor wealth tumbles Rs 9.74 trillion in two days as markets plunge

“The Indian markets continued to plummet on Tuesday tracking weak global cues. The markets across the globe are witnessing high volatility and the recent stimulus measures have failed to assuage the investor fears.

“On the domestic front, the markets will continue to follow the global cues and therefore further downside cannot be ruled out in the near-term,” according to Ajit Mishra, VP – Research, Religare Broking Ltd.

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Coronavirus outbreak: FinMin says Indian macroeconomic outlook vulnerable to disruption of trade with China

The coronavirus outbreak, first in China and now having being confirmed in more than 100 countries, has emerged as a key risk to human health as well as global growth outlook through numerous channels like trade, production and supply chain disruptions as well as decline in demand.
This was stated by Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

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