Demonetisation of INR 500 and 1000 notes

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Western Union Cash Payout in India for travellers to India

I received this email (below) yesterday from Western Union Australia, which might be helpful to some people who are travelling to India. Please contact Western Union for further clarifications, if necessary.

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Dear Dr Yadu Singh,

It will be great if you can share this with all your followers on twitter and FB as we are trying to help our customers in best possible way during this time.

  1. We have activated a large number of agents who should be able to payout in cash to customers. In fact a lot of post offices in India are well equipped to payout cash and have no shortage of funds. The customers can always be advised to try out any of the head post offices in the city if they are unable to get cash at other locations.
  2. Customers have an option to receive the entire amount in his bank account, the agent in India can either issue an account payee cheque to the customer or transfer the funds electronically in receivers bank account. With ATM network significantly improving, customer once has the money is his bank account can withdraw it from an ATM.
  3. Effective 19th Nov, we have also introduced a part payment feature by which the customer can receive some part of the payment in cash and balance through cheque. This will ensure that customers get some cash immediately for his urgent needs and balance amount can come to his bank account.

Please note that Western Union is the only remittance company that has a tie up with India Post.

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Sandeep Bassin   western-union-logo

Manager, Business Development

Western Union

Level 12, 1 Margaret Street

Sydney, NSW 2000

Telephone:  +61 2 9226 9145

 

Dr Yadu Singh/Sydney/24 November, 2016

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Update on banned INR 500 and 1000 notes for NRIs

Cash woes: Government sets up panel to look into concerns of tourists, NRIs

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Cash-woes-Government-sets-up-panel-to-look-into-concerns-of-foreign-tourists-NRIs/articleshow/55485927.cms

Article from Times of India newspaper reproduced fully.

The government has formed an inter-ministerial committee to look into concerns expressed by NRIs, tourists from abroad and foreign missions over demonetisation, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday.

TNN | Updated: Nov 18, 2016, 03.02 AM IST

Highlights

  • Government has formed a panel to look into concerns of foreign tourists over demonetisation
  • Panel will look into concerns of NRIs holding Indian currency.

A Russian tourist pose with a new Rs 2000 note in New Delhi. (AP photo)

(A Russian tourist pose with a new Rs 2000 note in New Delhi. (AP photo)

NEW DELHI: The government has formed an inter-ministerial committee to look into concerns expressed by NRIs, tourists from abroad and foreign missions over demonetisation, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday.

While foreign missions had sought MEA’s intervention to facilitate smooth collection of consular and visa fee and to allow them access to more funds, NRIs, money exchange associations, and foreign tourists abroad too have expressed concern about the difficulties being faced by them.

“The department of economic affairs has now formed an inter-ministerial committee headed at the level of an additional secretary. A senior joint secretary from the ministry of external affairs is also a member of that committee and we await their guidance, their advice and their recommendation which can then be shared with those various categories who have approached us,” said MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup.

“Some (foreign missions here) have wanted to know if they could collect consular and visa fees in old notes. If so collected, they have sought to know how will those be exchanged,” said Swarup.

The second set of issues, he said, was related to NRIs having cash, or those holding Indian currency abroad. “If somebody has money abroad, and is not travelling to India immediately, what happens? How does he get new notes for those old notes?”

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Yes Government is too slow. Giving heart attack to NRI. Still time to clarify stand as holidays are approaching.
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“The third set of issues is by the money changer associations abroad. This is quite interesting because we don’t have full convertibility…So, they have asked us the same question that what they would do with the stacks they have. How do they convert those?,” the spokesperson added.

According to the ministry, foreign visitors and tourists, particularly those coming for medical tourism, had asked MEA about some very specific requirements which needed to be looked into.