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The Gandhi Series of banknotes are issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as the legal tender of Indian rupee. The series is so called because the obverse of the banknotes prominently display the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Since its introduction in 1996, this series replaced all Lion Capital Series banknotes issued before 1996. The Reserve ...
The Indian 50-rupee banknote (₹ 50) is a denomination of the Indian rupee. The present ₹ 50 banknote in circulation is a part of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series of banknotes. However, ₹ 50 banknotes of the previous series ( Mahatma Gandhi Series ) will continue to be legal tender.
It collects ₹ 7 million ($160,450) worth of five rupee coins daily, ₹ 4.8 million ($110,000) worth of ten and twenty rupee notes, and ₹ 6 million ($137,535) worth of fifty rupee notes, through its fare collection system. This has led a unique situation wherein it has accumulated a surplus of short change.
The Digital Rupee (e₹) [39] or eINR or E-Rupee is a tokenised digital version of the Indian Rupee, issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as a central bank digital currency (CBDC). [40] The Digital Rupee was proposed in January 2017 and launched on 1 December 2022. [ 41 ]
The first rupee coins of the Republic of India were minted in 1950. [3] These included ₹1/2, ₹1/4, 2 anna, 1 anna, 1/2 anna & 1 pice coins, and are referred to as the anna series or pre-decimal coinage. Under the anna series, one rupee was divided into 16 annas or 64 pice, with each anna equal to 4 pice.
The Indian 500-rupee banknote (₹500) is a denomination of the Indian rupee. In 1987, the ₹500 note was introduced, followed by the ₹1,000 note in 2000 while ₹1 and ₹2 notes were discontinued in 1995. The current ₹500 banknote, in circulation since 10 November 2016, is a part of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series.
The Indian 1000-rupee banknote (₹ 1000) is an obsolete denomination of the Indian rupee. It was first introduced by the Reserve Bank of India in 1938 under British rule and subsequently demonetized in 1946. Post-independence, the denomination was re-introduced in 1954.
The Indian 20-rupee banknote (₹ 20) is a common denomination of the Indian rupee. The current ₹ 20 banknote in circulation is a part of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series. The Reserve Bank introduced the ₹ 20 note in the Mahatma Gandhi New Series in 2019, making it the last denomination to be introduced in the series. [2]