Narendra Modi reviewed the position regarding the supply and availability of currency notes
The meeting went on till past midnight.
"It was attended among others by the Union Minister of Home,Shri Rajnath Singh, the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley, Urban Development and I&B Minister, Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu, MoS (Independent Charge) for Coal & Power, Shri Piyush Goyal and MoS (Finance), Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar. It was also attended by the Governor and Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India, all Secretaries of the Ministry of Finance and senior officials from the PMO," read a government statement.
The meeting took stock of the current status of supply of cash and took certain decisions to further activate the dispensing of cash through the networks of Banking Correspondents, Post Offices, ATMs, Banks and E-payment systems.
Following decisions were also taken keeping in view the convenience of the public.
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