Here you can use your old Rs 500 currency notes

New Delhi: Government on Thursday announced a complete ban on use of Rs 1000 currency notes but Rs 500 denomination notes can still be used at various places till December 15.

Meanwhile, Rs 1000 notes can be deposited in the bank accounts.

Here you can still use your old Rs 500 notes:

• School fees up to Rs 2000 per student can be made. (only schools falling under central government, state government, municipality and local body).
• Toll plazas across India.
• Petrol Pumps Across India.
• Pre-paid mobile top-up to a limit of Rs 500 per top-up.
• Stores coming under Central and State government (Including Safal and Mother Dairy). Customers need to present the ID Proofs.
• Water and Electricity bills.
• Government hospitals.
• Pharmacies by presenting doctor’s prescription.
• Train and Air tickets.
• Bus ticket counters coming under public sector undetakings.
• Cremation and burial grounds.
• For payment of LPG Gas Cylinders.
• Train catering services.
• Metrol rail travel.
• Purchase of seeds from designated state-run outlets.
• Monumnets coming under the Aecheological Survey of India.
• Taxes, fees and other charges paid to Central or State governments including municipal and local bodies.
• Court fees.

It may be recalled that on November 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the historic decision of scrapping Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes, giving shockwaves to black money holders. The old notes have been replaced with the new ones which gradually are capturing the market.

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