Now, you can pay water, electricity bills using old Rs 500, Rs 1,000 notes
The old notes can be used for making payment of utility services such as water, electricity, taxes, charges, penalties to central and state governments.
A person stands with his documents in a queue outside a branch of the State Bank of india as people wait to exchange old high denomination bank notes in Old Delhi, India, November 10, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton