Mumbai: Banks have taken back Rs 12.44 lakh crore ($184.24 billion) of high-value currency that the government abruptly abolished last month, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor R Gandhi said on Tuesday. That represents about 80 percent of the Rs 15.44 lakh crore in 500- and 1,000-rupee notes that were circulating before Prime Minister Narendra Modi abolished them on Nov. ... Read More »