India, May 9 -- BJP's Rajya Sabha member and former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan has written a letter to the RBI, drawing its attention to the "critical currency shortage" in Nanded district, and said the availability of cash was essential for the rural economy.

Chavan has written the letter to the Regional Director of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Nagpur division, on April 26. "I wish to draw your urgent attention to the critical currency shortage currently prevailing in the Nanded district. We are presently in the peak of the wedding season, and farmers have also commenced their pre-sowing preparations. Consequently, there is a high demand for cash in the local market," the letter says.

Chavan said that, as per the data ...