Saturday, June 1, 2013

Mint’s capacity constraint puts the squeeze on coins

The Reserve Bank of India cannot start phasing out lower denomination notes in favour of coins until the mint increases its capacity to produce more coins, a top apex bank official said. Although the RBI has been pressing for coins in place of lower denomination notes (including ten rupee notes), because coins last longer, the phase out will have to wait till the mint cranks up capacity, said RBI deputy governor K C Chakrabarty.............



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