New Currency notes in India Rs 500 and Rs 200: All you need to know
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a sudden address to the nation, announced that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination notes are being withdrawn from midnight. He said that such notes will become "mere paper".
Features of the New Rs 2000 Note
Obverse
1. See through register with denominational numeral 2000 can be seen when the note is held against light
2. Latent image with denominational numeral 2000 which can be seen when the banknote is held at 45 degree angle at the eye level
3. Denominational numeral 2000 in Devnagari
4. Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi in the centre
5. Micro letters 'RBI' and '2000'
6. Colour shift windowed security thread with inscriptions 'Bharat', RBI and 2000. Colour of the thread changes from green to blue when the note is tilted
7. Guarantee Clause, Governor's signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards right
8. Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (2000) watermarks
9. Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side
10. Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right
For visually impaired
11. Raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, based and identification mark
12. Horizontal rectangle with Rs 2000 in raised print on the right
13. Seven angular bleed lines on left and right side in raised print
Reverse
14. Year of printing on the note
15. Swachh Bharat logo with slogan
16. Language panel towards the centre
17. Motif of Mangalyan - reflecting country's first venture in the interplanetar space
