The Federal Finance Ministry has said that over Rs 1.167 trillion worth of currency notes were printed during the four years of the present government.
The Finance Ministry in a written reply to a question in the National Assembly Friday said that over Rs 1.167 trillion worth of currency notes were printed during the last four years, of which, the maximum amount of more than Rs 650 billion was of Rs 1,000 notes, while of Rs 7 billion of Rs 5, Rs 27 billion of Rs 10 and Rs 14 billion of Rs 20, Rs 30 billion of Rs 50, Rs 92 billion worth of Rs 100 notes. The reply further said that Rs 216 billion worth of Rs 500 notes, while the highest amount currency notes of Rs 5,000 were printed worth of Rs 102 billion.