RBI to issue new ‘greenish yellow’ coloured Rs 20 denomination banknotes

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will shortly issue new “greenish yellow” Rs 20 currency notes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) series, the central bank said in a notification dated April 26. The new Rs 20 notes will bear the signature of the Reserve Bank’s governor Shaktikanta Das.

HIGHLIGHTS

• The new Rs 20 banknote has a motif of Ellora Caves on the reverse
• It also contains a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre, with micro letters ‘RBI’, ‘BHARAT’ (in Hindi), ‘INDIA’ and ’20’

A statement by the RBI said, “The Rs 20 note will be greenish-yellow in colour. The new banknote has a motif of Ellora Caves on the reverse, depicting the country’s cultural heritage.”

Salient Features
Front

1. See through register with denominational numeral 20

2. Denominational numeral २० in Devnagari

3. Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre

4. Micro letters ‘RBI’, ‘भारत ‘, ‘INDIA’ and ’20’

5. Windowed demetalised security thread with inscriptions ‘भारत’ and RBI

6. Guarantee Clause, Governor’s signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards right of Mahatma Gandhi portrait

7. Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right

8. Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (20) watermarks

9. Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side.

Reverse (Back)

10. Year of printing of the note on the left

11. Swachh Bharat logo with slogan

12. Language panel

13. Motif of Ellora Caves

14. Denominational numeral २० in Devnagari.

Dimension of the banknote will be 63 mm x 129 mm

It has also been clarified that all the banknotes in the denomination of Rs 20 issued by the RBI in the earlier series will continue to be legal tender.

RBI said, “The base colour of the note is Greenish Yellow. The note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at the obverse and reverse.”

The statement further added, “The dimension of the new Rs 20 note will be 63 mm x 129 mm. The new (Rs 20) denomination has a motif of Ellora Caves on the reverse, depicting the country’s cultural heritage.”

The obverse (front) side of the note contains a see-through register with denominational numeral 20, a latent image with the numeral and also a Devanagari version of the same.

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 reverse side of the note contains the year of printing on the left followed by ‘Swachh Bharat’ logo with slogan, Language panel and motif of Ellora Caves with Denominational numeral 20 in ‘Devnagari’