With Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing the withdrawal of currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 in circulation from the midnight of November 8 2016, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is introducing other currency notes of higher denomination.
According to a statement from the central bank: "The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue Rs 2,000 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, without the inset letter, bearing signature of Urjit R Patel, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and the year of printing '2016' printed on the reverse of the banknote."
The statement goes on to add: "The new denomination has motif of Mangalayan on the reverse, depicting the country's first venture into the interplanetary space. The base colour of the note is magenta. The note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at the obverse and reverse."
The new note will, as usual, have features to ensure that people recognise it as original and not fake. It will also have features for the visually-impaired. Here is a list of 19 features that it will have:
On the obverse:
- See-through register with denominational numeral 2000
- Latent image with denominational numeral 2000
- Denominational numeral २००० in Devnagari
- Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre
- Micro letters 'RBI' and '2000' on the left side of the banknote
- Windowed security thread with inscriptions 'भारत', RBI and 2000 on banknotes with colour shift. Colour of the thread changes from green to blue when the note is tilted
- Guarantee Clause, Governor's signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards right
- Denominational numeral with Rupee Symbol, '2000' in colour changing ink (green to blue) on bottom right
- Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right, Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (2000) watermarks
- Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side
- For the visually-impaired: Intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, bleed lines and identity mark
- Horizontal rectangle with '2000' in raised print on the right
- Seven angular bleed lines on left and right side in raised print
On the reverse side:
- Year of printing of the note on the left
- Swachh Bharat logo with slogan
- Language panel towards the centre
- Motif of Mangalayan
- Denominational numeral २००० in Devnagari
The final feature is that the dimension of the currency note will be 66 mm × 166 mm.
For further visual information on the exact location of the features, visit HERE.
