HOW INDIAN CURRENCY NOTES ARE MADE

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The International Monetary Fund, in its latest release, has said that Indian currency India ranks 15 with value listed as 82.9 per US dollar

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The RBI and the central government decide the changes in the design and form of bank notes and coins

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The central bank has said in many circulars that the paper used for printing of banknotes in India is made by using 100 per cent cotton

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The special watermarked paper has an underlying layer of cotton and cotton rag, which gives the note a unique "feel" and crackling sound

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As per an RBI circular, a Mahatma Gandhi watermark with a light and shade effect and multitonal lines is added in the watermark window

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This feature is visible when the note is held against light. A secret additional watermark with the word 'RBI' is also added

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The Indian currency notes of denomination 50 and above carry an anti-photocopying feature developed by Bureau of Indian Standards

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A banknote with this feature, when copied by a colour photocopier, gives an output with a different colour shade

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Other features include optically variable ink, see through effect, micro lettering, intaglio printing and security thread (in some denominations)

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The currency notes of higher donomination has an additional security feature - its numeral is printed in optically variable (colour-shifting) ink

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15 languages appear in the language panel of banknotes in addition to Hindi prominently displayed in the centre and English on the reverse

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Bank notes are printed at four currency presses, two of which are owned by the Government of India and other two by the RBI

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