--- title: India Will Withdraw Larger Rupee Currency From Circulation description: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that 500 and 1,000 rupee banknotes would be withdrawn from circulation at midnight, canonical: https://time.com/4562557/india-rupee-larger-banknotes-fight-corruption/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-08T16:44:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:41:43.395Z article:section: World og:title: India Scraps Larger Banknotes to Fight Corruption and Counterfeit Currency og:description: 500 and 1,000 rupee banknotes will be withdrawn from circulation og:url: https://time.com/4562557/india-rupee-larger-banknotes-fight-corruption/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta946b136f2d591fb/6988ad79428a9efeeacd4ebd/india-abolishes-larger-rupee-currency.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: INDIA-POLITICS-CURRENCY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: India Scraps Larger Banknotes to Fight Corruption and Counterfeit Currency twitter:description: 500 and 1,000 rupee banknotes will be withdrawn from circulation twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta946b136f2d591fb/6988ad79428a9efeeacd4ebd/india-abolishes-larger-rupee-currency.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # India Scraps Larger Rupee Banknotes to Fight Corruption and Counterfeit Currency > Sponsored content. 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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced late November 8 that 500 and 1,000 ($15) rupee notes will be withdrawn from financial circulation from midnight, in a bid to tackle corruption. "To break the grip of corruption and black money, we have decided that the 500 and 1,000 rupee currency notes presently in use will no longer be legal tender from midnight ie 8 November, 2016," Modi said in a special televised address to the nation. / AFP / PRAKASH SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images) An Indian resident counts 500 and 1000 INR notes at her home in New Delhi on November 8, 2016\. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced late November 8 that 500 and 1,000 ($15) rupee notes will be withdrawn from financial circulation from midnight, in a bid to tackle corruption. "To break the grip of corruption and black money, we have decided that the 500 and 1,000 rupee currency notes presently in use will no longer be legal tender from midnight ie 8 November, 2016," Modi said in a special televised address to the nation. / AFP / PRAKASH SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)PRAKASH SINGH—AFP/Getty Images by [Neha Dasgupta and Nidhi Verma / Reuters](https://time.com/author/reuters/) ## Neha Dasgupta and Nidhi Verma / Reuters Nov 8, 2016 4:44 PM UTC (NEW DELHI) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that 500 and 1,000 rupee banknotes would be withdrawn from circulation at midnight, saying it was part of a crackdown on rampant corruption and counterfeit currency. The surprise step appears designed to bring billions of dollars worth of cash in unaccounted wealth into the mainstream economy, as well as hit the finances of Islamist militants who target India and are suspected of using fake 500 rupee notes to fund operations. “Black money and corruption are the biggest obstacles in eradicating poverty,” Modi said in an address to the nation. New 500 and 2,000 rupee denomination notes will be issued at a later date, he added. Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party came into power in 2014 promising to bring billions of dollars of black market money into the regular financial system. Critics said it had failed to deliver on that promise. Tuesday’s announcement comes just over a month after the government raised nearly $10 billion through a tax amnesty for Indians to declare hidden income and assets. A report by Washington-based think-tank Global Financial Integrity estimated that India lost $344 billion in illicit fund outflows between 2002 and 2011. Modi also said militants operating against India were using fake versions of the 500 rupee note, worth about $7.50 at current exchange rates. “Terrorism is a frightening thing … But have you ever thought about how these terrorists get their money? Enemies from across the border have run their operations using fake currency notes. This has been going on for years,” Modi said. India accuses its neighbour Pakistan of harbouring militants who have launched attacks on its troops, particularly in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir which both countries claim. Pakistan denies the accusations. Some officials and experts said Tuesday’s move was the biggest in decades aimed at fighting graft. “It is like a surgical strike on black money,” said Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia. 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