RBI Governor replies to Vijayamma's letter

Hyderabad, Jan 11, 2013: In response to the letter written by YSR Congress Party honourary president Smt. Y. S. Vijayamma objecting to closure of public counters at Reserve Bank regional offices, RBI Governor Duvvuri Subba Rao informed that the counters would be operational at commercial bank branches.

In a reply sent to her, Subba Rao said the public counters operating for the exchange of mutilated and old currency notes would be opened at national bank branches bringing the services closer to the public. He said the services of the staff running the counters would be utilized by the RBI in some other departments.

In her letter addressed to the RBI Governor on Dec 28, 2012, Smt. Vijayamma requested him to withdraw the decision to close public counters.