2000 Rupee Note Holder Alert: The RBI said that the circulation of Rs 2,000 notes was generally very low. Apart from this, sufficient cash is also available to meet the needs of the public. The general public can exchange Rs 2,000 notes in the range of Rs 20,000 till November 30 by going to the bank. However, during this time it is also necessary for you to come to identify the real and fake Rs 2,000 note. Let us know how to identify a fake note of Rs 2,000.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the withdrawal of Rs 2000 notes on Friday. However, the general public has been given time till September 30 to exchange these notes. These Rs 2,000 notes were issued in November 2016 when demonetisation took place. Reportedly, RBI had stopped printing these notes from the year 2018-19 itself. However, these notes were rarely visible even in circulation.
What did RBI say
On this decision, RBI said that generally the circulation of Rs 2,000 notes was very less. Apart from this, sufficient cash is also available to meet the needs of the public. The general public can exchange Rs 2,000 notes in the range of Rs 20,000 till November 30 by going to the bank. However, during this time it is also necessary for you to come to identify the real and fake Rs 2,000 note. Let us know how to identify a fake note of Rs 2,000.
Banks will stop issuing 2 thousand notes
RBI has said that all banks will stop issuing bank notes of Rs 2000 denomination. Banks maintaining currency chests (CCs) shall ensure that withdrawal of denominations of Rs 2000/- is not permitted from the CCs. All notes of this denomination received by banks will be immediately sorted through Note Sorting Machines (NSM) for accuracy and authenticity and deposited in currency chests under the linkage scheme. The instructions contained in the RBI Master Direction dated April 03, 2023 on Detection, Reporting and Monitoring of Counterfeit Notes shall be scrupulously followed.
2,000 fake notes will be recognized by the machine
The authenticity of the notes tendered over the counter will be checked through machines. Similarly, bank notes directly received through bulk tenders at bank offices/currency chests will also be screened through machines. No credit is to be given to the customer’s account for counterfeit notes, if any, found in the tender received over the counter or at the back-office/currency chest. In any case, the counterfeit notes will not be returned to the tenderer or destroyed by the bank branches. Failure of banks to impound counterfeit notes would be deemed to be willful involvement of the bank concerned in circulation of counterfeit notes and would attract penalty.
Fake notes will be confiscated
Counterfeit currency refers to counterfeit money or currency notes that are made illegally and used to defraud people or defraud the economy. Notes determined as counterfeit will be stamped as “Counterfeit Note” and impounded in the format prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India. Each such seized note shall be entered in a separate register under authentication. The Reserve Bank of India had introduced new design banknotes in the denomination of Rs 2000 as part of the Mahatma Gandhi (New) series.
Mangalyaan is made on 2,000 note
The reverse of the note bears the motif of Mangalyaan, which depicts the country’s first venture into interplanetary space. The base color of the note is Magenta. Along with the geometric pattern, other shapes are also made in the note. Apart from this, the colors of this note align in the geometrical pattern on the front and back. The size of the new note is 66mm x 166mm.
How to check 2000 rupee note?
First look through the register with the denominational numeral 2,000. Apart from this, secretly an image of Rs 2,000 is also made in it. The note also has Rs 2,000 printed in Hindi ie Devanagari script. Mahatma Gandhi’s photo remains in the middle of the note. Bharat and India are written in small letters. There is also a color shift window safety thread with Bharat and India written on the note. This thread turns from green to blue when the note is tilted to one side. Apart from this, on this note, on the right side of the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, there is a guarantee clause, a promise clause with the signature of the governor and the emblem of the RBI. The note bears Mahatma Gandhi’s portrait and the electrotype (2000) watermark. There is a number panel with numbers in ascending font on the top left and bottom right. With the rupee symbol on the bottom right and Rs 2,000 written in color-changing ink. The symbol of the Ashoka Pillar emblem is engraved on the right side of the note.
There are also some specialties for the blind.
Apart from this, some such features are also present in the 2,000 note so that even blind people can easily identify them. Such as intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi and the Ashoka Pillar. Horizontal rectangular mark with ₹2000 on the right, Seven angular bleed lines on the left and right. The year in which the note was printed is written on the left side of the note. The logo of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has been made with the slogan. Apart from this, there is also a language panel in the note.
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