This video was posted on June 2 by a YouTube channel named ‘Capital TV’, which said that ₹ 500 notes will be gradually banned from March next year. This video of about 12 minutes has been viewed more than five lakh times.

“₹500 notes have not been Demonetised and will continue to be legal tender,” the Fact Check Division of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) — the official fact-checking agency of the Government of India — wrote in a post on X. It also advised citizens to avoid misinformation. It said to always verify any news from official sources before believing or sharing it.

Currently, ₹500 notes were issued after demonetisation in 2016. The size of this note is 66mm x 150mm. The colour of the note is stone grey and its theme is ‘Indian Heritage Site – Red Fort’. Like other Indian rupee notes, the ₹500 note also has the denomination in 17 languages ​​- English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetization of old Rs 500 notes on 8 November 2016. This step was taken to fight corruption and address the problem of counterfeit notes in the country. New notes were issued two days later. The RBI also introduced new ₹2,000 notes during demonetization. Although these notes were discontinued in May 2023, they are still legal tender.

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The government has issued instructions for the video streaming platform YouTube. In these instructions issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), platforms have been asked to initiate legal measures against fake news channels and put disclaimers on those channels. Let us tell you that recently the government has also issued a warning to social media platforms to remove content related to child sexual abuse in India.

Government issues instructions to several digital platforms

In an effort to crack down on “misinformation” online ahead of the upcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha elections, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has sent a memorandum to several digital platforms. According to IANS, the government also advised that a disclaimer should also be shown on these channels to counter the menace of fake news.

A “News Not Verified” label on fake news channels has been proposed by the authorities. The directive comes at a time when the potential censorship controversy over the government’s plan to appoint a fact-check unit is already heated up.

The government has asked social media firms with more than 50 lakh users to submit a plan within the next 10 days to stop fake news and illegal content. Let us tell you that this update comes a few days after the Ministry sent a notice to YouTube to remove Child Sexual Abuse Content (CSAM) or face strict punishment.

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