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Indian 2000 rupee note

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Value
  
₹2000

Height
  
66 mm

Design date
  
2016

Width
  
166 mm

Design
  
Mahatma Gandhi

Years of printing
  
November 2016 – Current

The Indian 2000-rupee banknote (₹2000) is a denomination of the Indian rupee. It was released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 8 November 2016 after the demonetisation of ₹500 and ₹1000 banknotes and is in circulation since 10 November 2016. It is a part of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series of banknotes with a completely new design.

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The Indian ₹2000 rupee note is the highest currency note printed by RBI that is in active circulation, ever since the 10,000 rupee note was demonetised in January 1978. Before the official announcement by RBI, media reported that ₹2000 notes have been printed from the currency printing press in Mysuru by the end of October 2016.

Design

The ₹2000 banknote of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series is 66 × 166 mm magenta coloured, with the obverse side featuring a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi as well as the Ashoka Pillar Emblem, with a signature of Reserve Bank of India Governor. It has the Braille feature to assist the visually challenged in identifying the currency. The reverse side features a motif of the Mangalyaan, depicting the India's first interplanetary space mission and the logo and a tag line of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Security features

The ₹2000 banknote has multiple security features, listed below:

  • See through register with denominational numeral ₹2000
  • Latent image with denominational numeral ₹2000
  • 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 visually impaired Intaglio (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 (obverse)
  • Year of printing of the note on the left (reverse)

    • Languages

    As like the other Indian rupee banknotes, the ₹2000 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.

    Criticisms

    The introduction of such high denomination currency has been criticized by some with former Finance minister of India P. Chidambaram dubbing the move puzzling. The design of the new note was criticized by former Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma.

    References

    Indian 2000-rupee note Wikipedia
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