RBI On Bank Notes: For some time now, this news is becoming increasingly viral that in place of Gandhiji, the Finance Ministry and RBI are considering printing new series notes with the picture of Rabindranath Tagore and former President APJ Kalam.
RBI On Mahatma Gandhi: The RBI has now issued its statement on the removal of the picture of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi from the currency notes and banknotes.
Actually, it is being reported in the media that RBI is preparing to print notes with the picture of some other people by replacing the picture of Mahatma Gandhi in the current currency and banknote. RBI has told what is the truth of this news going on in the media.
RBI gave information
There are reports in the media that the RBI and the Finance Ministry are considering printing a new series of notes with the picture of Rabindranath Tagore and former President APJ Kalam in place of Gandhiji.
This news went viral so fast that RBI had to refute this news. RBI has given this information by tweeting and issuing a press release. RBI has clearly said that no changes are being made to the existing currency and banknotes.
RBI clarifies: No change in existing Currency and Banknoteshttps://t.co/OmjaKDEuat
— ReserveBankOfIndia (@RBI) June 6, 2022
This was said in the report!
It was reported in the media that the RBI and the Security Printing, and Meeting Corporation of India (SPMCIL) (under the Ministry of Finance) had given two different watermark sets containing Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore and APJ Kalam to Professor Dilip T Sahni of IIT Delhi.
has been sent so that after choosing one of them, its proposal can be placed before the government. According to the report, in 2020, RBI’s internal committee had recommended printing notes with the faces of Rabindranath Tagore and APJ Kalam apart from Mahatma Gandhi.
