The government has informed the Lok Sabha that about Rs 5,000 crore was spent on printing of new Rs 500 currency notes post demonetisation.As per the information provided by minister of state for finance P Radhakrishnan in a written reply, as many as 1,695.7 crore pieces of Rs 500 denomination note were printed till December 8.The amount spent on production of Rs 500 notes was Rs 4,968.84 crore, he said.The minister also informed that the RBI printed 365.4 crore pieces of Rs 2,000 notes. The cost incurred is about Rs 1,293.6 crore.Similarly, Rs 522.83 crore have been spent on printing of 178 crore pieces of Rs 200 notes.New design notes in the denomination of Rs 50, 200, 500 and 2,000 have been introduced after demonetisation, the minister said.