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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.
Sanjay Malhotra (born 14 February 1968) is an Indian Bureaucrat official who is serving as the Current and 26th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) since December 11, 2024. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He is an Indian Administrative Service Officer of 1990 Batch Rajasthan Cadre. [ 5 ]
As per RBI, Digital Rupee has reached 50,000 users and 5,000 merchants as of 8 February 2023. [58] RBI is going to launch pilot project for inter-bank borrowing using digital rupee from October 2023. [59] In the retail sector usage of the Digital Rupee, the RBI has achieved its goal of one million daily transactions on 27 December 2023. [60]
Narasimham was a RBI research officer who served as an additional Secretary to the Department of Economic Affairs prior to becoming the governor. 14 I. G. Patel: 1 December 1977 — 15 September 1982 4 years, 288 days Patel was an economist who served as a secretary in the Ministry of Finance prior to becoming the governor.
RBI also works to prevent counterfeiting of currency by regularly upgrading security features of currency. The RBI is authorised to issue notes with face values of up to ₹ 10,000 and coins up to ₹ 1,000 rupees. New ₹ 500 and ₹ 2,000 notes were issued on 8 November 2016.
The committee suggested a five-member MPC - three members from the RBI and two nominated by the government. [5] The government initially proposed a seven-member committee [6] - three from the RBI and four nominated by it. Subsequent negotiations led to the current composition of the committee, with the external members having a four-year term.
Sri Venkitaramanan (28 January 1931 – 18 November 2023) was an Indian civil servant and economist who served as the 18th governor of the Reserve Bank of India between 1990 and 1992, where he oversaw India's actions to tide over the balance of payments crisis.
On 25 August 2017, the Reserve Bank of India introduced a new ₹200 banknote in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series. [18] The new version of the note has a depiction of Sanchi Stupa on the reverse, depicting the country’s cultural heritage. The base colour of the note is Bright Yellow. The dimensions of the banknote are measured at 146 mm x 66 ...