Members of public are hereby informed that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has authorized all branches of public sector banks and all currency chest branches of private sector banks to accept and exchange all types of soiled/mutilated notes of all denominations. Refund value of such notes in exchange is, however, paid as per RBI (note Refund) Rules, 1975. With a view to render better service to the public the exchange facility for mutilated notes is also offered by RB

In order to mitigate the hardships faced by the members of the public in obtaining coins, the Reserve Bank of India has made special arrangements to make available coins upto Rs.800/- packets in 'potlas' of 100 pieces each of Rs.1/-, Rs.2/- and Rs.5/- & coins in exchange at the premises of Lions Club of Marol Service Centre, A.K. Road, Marol, Andheri (East) on 26th November 2002. Members of public desirous of obtaining the coins may avail of the facility at above

It has been brought to the notice of the Reserve Bank of India, that some cashiers of commercial and co-operative banks do not accept Rs.500 denomination notes of Ashoka Pillar (AP) Series, i.e., the notes with Ashoka Pillar Watermark. Members of the public are requested to note that all Rs.500 denomination notes continue to be legal tender and shall be freely accepted by banks and the Reserve Bank of India in settlement of transactions. If any bank is not accepting t

The Reserve Bank of India will shortly be issuing Rs.10 notes in Mahatma Gandhi Series with capital letter `T' inset in numbering panel bearing the signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor. Except for the change in inset letter, the design of Rs.10 notes to be issued now is similar in all respects to those issued earlier in Mahatma Gandhi Series. All Rs.10 denomination notes in Mahatma Gandhi Series issued by the Bank in the past will continue to be legal tender. P.V. S

October 8, 2002The Reserve Bank of India has been receiving several queries about the possibility of introducing polymer/plastic currency notes to replace the existing paper notes, especially in the denominations of Rs.1000, Rs.500 Rs.100 and Rs.50. The Reserve Bank of India has clarified that there is no proposal to introduce polymer/plastic notes in place of paper notes. Ajit Prasad ManagerPress Release: 2002-2003/370

As one more initiative in implementing ‘Clean Note Policy’, the Reserve Bank of India has advised banks to consider keeping a few of their currency chests branches open on one Sunday in a month to provide exclusively few counters for currency note exchange facilities and distribute coins to the members of public. In a letter written last week to the banks, the Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor, Shri Vepa Kamesam, has stated that the facilities of exchange should b

The Reserve Bank of India has invited applications from agencies for undertaking distribution of coins on an experimental basis. The Reserve Bank, has stated that it will pay service charges to the agencies that undertake distribution of coins. The Reserve Bank will pay a service charge of Rs. 250 per coin bag collected from its counters. The agencies would, however, have to distribute coins to the public at face value without any charge/commission. Coins will be avai

With a view to enlarging the facility particularly in the rural and semi-urban area, the Reserve Bank of India has arranged with the postal authorities in Mumbai for distribution of coins through the post offices in Maharashtra and Goa. The scheme was launched in Mumbai on June 4, 2002. Initially, coins will be available from the Mumbai GPO and head post offices at Kalbadevi, Mandvi, Girgaon, Dadar, Chinchbunder, Mumbai Central, Mahim, Andheri, Chembur and Borivali an

The Reserve Bank of India will shortly be issuing Rs.5 notes in Mahatma Gandhi Series with capital letter "L" inset in numbering panel bearing the signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor. Except for the change in inset letter, the design of the Rs.5 notes to be issued now is similar in all respects to those issued earlier in the Mahatma Gandhi Series. All Rs.5 denomination notes issued by the Bank in the past will continue to be legal tender.P.V. Sadanandan ManagerPres

The Reserve Bank of India has advised that currently three designs of Rs.500/- notes are in circulation. Rs.500/- notes in predominantly green colour was first issued in 1987. This series of notes has portrait of Mahatma Gandhi and the legend 'M.K. Gandhi' printed below the portrait. This note also has Ashoka pillar in the watermark area. Thereafter, the Reserve Bank issued Rs.500/- notes in Mahatma Gandhi series in 1997. This features the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi o