Maharashtra: Hospitals, clinics, asked to accept demonetised notes
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Mumbai: With the demonetisation of currency hitting hard on healthcare delivery across the country, the state government of Maharashtra decided to ask medical practitioners to accept the demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in the state, till 11th november.
A tweet with respect to the same was made by the State Finance Minister, Sudhir Mangantiwar stating
The directive comes in the wake of discussions of the State Finance minister, with his union counterpart, Shri Arun Jaitley and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday. A report in Times Of India adds that this would be valid to private clinics, hospitals and chemist shops allowing them accept Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes till November 11.
With this Maharashtra becomes the first state to allow private practitioners to accept the demonetised notes. Medical Dialogues team earlier reported that hospitals across the country had made representation to the government that equal exemption to apply to government as well as private hospitals.
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A tweet with respect to the same was made by the State Finance Minister, Sudhir Mangantiwar stating
The directive comes in the wake of discussions of the State Finance minister, with his union counterpart, Shri Arun Jaitley and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday. A report in Times Of India adds that this would be valid to private clinics, hospitals and chemist shops allowing them accept Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes till November 11.
With this Maharashtra becomes the first state to allow private practitioners to accept the demonetised notes. Medical Dialogues team earlier reported that hospitals across the country had made representation to the government that equal exemption to apply to government as well as private hospitals.
Read Also : Confusion prevails on healthcare delivery as Government bans Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes
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