new delhi around rs 25 lakh crore of rs 2000 currency notes have been deposited or exchanged so far providing much needed comfort to the reserve bank of india rbi which has urged that these notes be exchanged or deposited by the end of septemberthis means that so far more than twothirds of the rs 36 lakh crore of the rs 2000 notes that were in circulation have come backwith individuals not encountering any problems in the exchange or deposit of notes rbi officials are now urging them to complete the exercise at the earliest instead of waiting as it wants to avoid any lastminute rush at bank branches we have not seen any major complaints and things are going on in a steady fashion it will be good if people go to bank branches to deposit or exchange notes now instead of waiting to go there closer to the deadline an official saidin may the rbi had said that it had decided to withdraw the highdenomination notes