Mahatma Gandhi New Series
The Mahatma Gandhi New Series of banknotes are issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as the legal tender of the Indian rupee (₹), intended to replace the Mahatma Gandhi Series of banknotes. Announced on 8 November 2016, it followed the demonetisation of ₹500 and ₹1000 banknotes of the original Mahatma Gandhi Series. Similar to the preceding series of banknotes, the obverse of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series banknotes also prominently displays the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. The logo of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is also printed on the back of the banknotes of this series.
The first banknotes issued in the New Series were the denominations of ₹500 and ₹2000, and are in circulation since 10 November 2016.[1][2][3] The banknote denominations of ₹1000, ₹100 and ₹50 are also expected to be introduced in the new Mahatma Gandhi New Series, in the coming months.[4]
Security features
The security features of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series banknotes are as follows:[1][2][3]
- See through register with denominational numeral ₹2000/₹500.
- Number panel with banknote number growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side.
- Latent image with denominational numeral ₹2000/₹500.
- Denominational numeral 2000/500 in Devanagari.
- Micro letters ‘RBI’ and ‘2000’ on the left side of the banknote.
- Intaglio printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait.
- Windowed security thread with inscriptions of India in Hindi, RBI and 2000/500 on banknotes with colour shift. Colour of the thread changes from green to blue when the note is tilted.
Banknotes
| Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image | Value | Dimensions | Main colour | Description | Date of Issue | |||
| Obverse | Reverse | Obverse | Reverse | Watermark | ||||
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₹500 | 66 × 150 mm | Stone grey | Mahatma Gandhi | Red Fort | Mahatma Gandhi | 10 November 2016 |
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₹2000 | 66 × 166 mm | Magenta | Mangalyaan | 10 November 2016 | ||
| These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table. | ||||||||
Languages
Each banknote has its amount written in 17 languages. On the obverse, the denomination is written in English and Hindi. On the reverse is a language panel which displays the denomination of the note in 15 of the 22 official languages of India. The languages are displayed in alphabetical order. Languages included on the panel are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
| Denominations in central level official languages (At below either ends) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | ₹500 | ₹2000 | ||||||||
| English | Five hundred rupees | Two thousand rupees | ||||||||
| Hindi | पांच सौ रुपये | दो हज़ार रुपये | ||||||||
| Denominations in 15 state level/other official languages (As seen on the language panel) | ||||||||||
| Assamese | পাঁচশ টকা | দুহেজাৰ টকা | ||||||||
| Bengali | পাঁচশ টাকা | দুই হাজার টাকা | ||||||||
| Gujarati | પાંચ સો રૂપિયા | બે હજાર રૂપિયા | ||||||||
| Kannada | ಐನೂರು ರುಪಾಯಿಗಳು | ಎರಡು ಸಾವಿರ ರುಪಾಯಿಗಳು | ||||||||
| Kashmiri | پاژشھ ھطم رۄپے | د ساس رۄپے | ||||||||
| Konkani | पाचशें रुपया | दोन हजार रुपया | ||||||||
| Malayalam | അഞ്ഞൂറു രൂപ | രണ്ടായിരം രൂപ | ||||||||
| Marathi | पाचशे रुपये | दोन हजार रुपये | ||||||||
| Nepali | पाँच सय रुपियाँ | दुई हजार रुपियाँ | ||||||||
| Odia | ପାଞ୍ଚ ଶତ ଟଙ୍କା | ଦୁଇ ହଜାର ଟଙ୍କା | ||||||||
| Punjabi | ਪੰਜ ਸੌ ਰੁਪਏ | ਦੋ ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਰੁਪਏ | ||||||||
| Sanskrit | पञ्चशतं रूप्यकाणि | द्विसहस्रं रूप्यकाणि | ||||||||
| Tamil | ஐந்நூறு ரூபாய் | இரண்டாயிரம் ரூபாய் | ||||||||
| Telugu | ఐదువందల రూపాయలు | రెండు వేలు రూపాయలు | ||||||||
| Urdu | پانچ سو روپے | دو ہزار روپے | ||||||||
Alleged mistakes
2000 Notes
In the ₹2000 banknote , there was an alleged printing mistake in the language panel.
In the 6th column (Hindi) of language panel, Instead of 'दो हजार रुपया' there was 'दोन हजार रुपया'.
But on close inspection, one can infer that it is not Hindi but Konkani. Thus there is no mistake to begin with.
See also
References
- 1 2 "Issue of ₹ 2000 Banknotes". Reserve Bank of India. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- 1 2 "Issue of ₹ 2000 banknotes with inset letter 'R'". Reserve Bank of India. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- 1 2 "Issue of ₹ 500 banknotes inset letter 'E' in Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series". Reserve Bank of India. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ↑ RBI to issue ₹1,000, ₹100, ₹50 with new features, design in coming months