The Reserve Bank of India has issued a press release advising of new ₹500 and ₹1000 banknotes incorporating additional features for the visually impaired which it will shortly be putting into circulation.
The Bank had recently released the same denominational notes with numerals in ascending size, but without bleed lines or enlarged identification marks, which will now be included in the new banknote versions.
Read the RBI’s press release here.
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