RBI To Issue New Rs. 20 Note Soon! Read its Unique features

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday announced that it will soon issue Rs. 20 denomination banknotes, in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) series. The new Rs. 20 note is greenish-yellow in colour, that will bear signature of Governor Shaktikanta Das.

According to NDTV reports, the Central Bank in a statement said, "The new banknote has a motif of Ellora Caves on the reverse, depicting the country's cultural heritage. All the banknotes in the denomination of Rs. 20 issued by the RBI in the earlier series will also continue to be legal tender, it further clarified.

Media reports over RBI statement state that, the new Rs. 20 note has designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at the obverse (front) and reverse (back). The dimension of the new Rs. 20 note is 63 mm x 129 mm. The obverse side of the note contains a see-through register with denominational numeral 100. The observe side of new Rs. 20 note also contains a latent image with the numeral and also a Devanagari version of the same.

The RBI in a statement also added that, It also contains a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre, with micro letters ''RBI'', ''Bharat'', ''India'' and ''20'', along with a guarantee clause, Governor''s signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards the right of Gandhi''s portrait. On the right side of the portrait are -- an Ashoka Pillar emblem and electrotype (20) watermarks. The number panel with numerals growing from small to big appears on the top left side and bottom right side.

On the reverse, the notes carry the year of printing on the left. The Swachh Bharat logo with the slogan also appears on the reverse side. The reserve side also contains the language panel, the RBI finally add.