Areas where concession on use of denotified notes ends at midnight

New Delhi, Nov 24: Following is a list of areas where the concession to use the denotified Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes for emergency cash needs will cease from the midnight of Nov 24:

- For payments in government hospitals for medical treatment 

- For use in all pharmacies for buying medicines with doctor's prescription

- At railway ticketing counters, bus ticket counters of government or public sector undertakings and airline counters at airports for purchase of tickets

- For purchases at consumer cooperative stores operated under authorisation of central or state governments with identity proof (Safal, Mother Dairy)

- For purchases at milk booths under central or state governments

- For purchase of petrol, diesel and gas at stations of state-run oil companies 

- For payments at crematoria and burial grounds

- For use at international airports for arriving and departing passengers up to Rs 5,000

- For foreign tourists to exchange foreign currency up to Rs 5,000

- For purchase of LPG gas cylinders

- For payments towards on-board catering during travel by rail

- For purchase of tickets for suburban and metro rail travel

- For purchase of entry tickets monument maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India

- For payments towards fees, charges, taxes or penalties, payable to central or state governments including municipal and local bodies

- For payments towards utility charges including water and electricity, but no advance payments

- For payments towards court fees

- For payments towards purchase of seeds from designated state-run outlets, but only Rs 500 notes

- Withdrawal from district central cooperative banks up to Rs 24,000 per week.