Late on November 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stole the limelight from Trump-Hillary, at least in India, with his surprise announcement of currency demonetization. For a country where cash is king, the news that the heavily circulated 500-rupee currency note and the less common 1,000-rupee paper will not be legal tender from midnight came as a jolt. Both bills constituted over 85 percent of the value of currency notes in circulation.People were left with less than four hours to procure usable cash - the existing currency notes of INR 100 and those of lower denominations up to INR 5. The government also announced the introduction of the 2,000-rupee currency note and the 500-rupee note in a new design. As on December 10, 2016, the country faces a short supply of the 500-rupee bill, while the 2000-rupee note is much unloved as people are finding it difficult to get small change in exchange for it.