Important Features you should know about New ₹50, ₹200, ₹500, ₹2000 Notes

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Friends, all of you know, after the Narendra Modi government announced a ban on  Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 500 notes to choke tax evaders in November 2016, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released Four banknotes of new denomination in the Mahatma Gandhi (new) Series. You will surely get a question regarding these new notes in your upcoming IBPS Bank Exams 2107. So here are some important points to keep in mind about the new denomination ₹50, ₹200, ₹500 and ₹2000 currency notes. Happy Reading :)

Main Features of New RBI Notes (Very Important for Exams)

Size :

• ₹2000 - 66 mm x 166 mm 
• ₹500 - 66mm x150mm
• ₹200 - 66 mm x 146 mm
• ₹50 - 66 mm x 135 mm

Colour :

• ₹2000 - Magenta
• ₹500 - Stone grey
• ₹200 - Yellow-Saffron
• ₹50 - Fluorescent blue

Motifs :

• ₹2000 - Mangalayan
• ₹500 - Red Fort
• ₹200 - Sanchi Stupa
• ₹50 - Hampi with Chariot

Security features of New RBI Notes

(Not so important, but useful)

₹2000 Note

Front Side

1. See through register with denominational numeral 2000
2. Latent image with denominational numeral 2000
3. Denominational numeral २००० in Devnagari
4. Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre
5. Micro letters ‘RBI’ and ‘2000’ on the left side of the banknote
6. Windowed security thread with inscriptions ‘भारत’, RBI and 2000 on banknotes with colour shift. Colour of the thread changes from green to blue when the note is tilted
7. Guarantee Clause, Governor’s signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards right
8. Denominational numeral with Rupee Symbol, ₹2000 in colour changing ink (green to blue) on bottom right
9. Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right, Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (2000) watermarks
10. Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side
11. For visually impaired
1. Intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, bleed lines and identity mark
2. Horizontal rectangle with ₹2000 in raised print on the right
3. Seven angular bleed lines on left and right side in raised print

Back Side

1. Year of printing of the note on the left
2. Swachh Bharat logo with slogan
3. Language panel towards the centre
4. Motif of Mangalayan
5. Denominational numeral २००० in Devnagari

₹500 Note

• See through register with denominational numeral 500
• Latent image with denominational numeral 500
• Micro letters ‘RBI’ and ‘500’ on the left side of the banknote
• Windowed security thread with inscriptions ‘भारत’, RBI and 500 on banknotes with colour shift. Colour of the thread changes from green to blue when the note is tilted
• Denominational numeral with Rupee Symbol, ₹500 in colour changing ink (green to blue) on bottom right
• Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (500) watermarks
• Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side.
• For visually impaired Intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, bleed lines and identity mark
• Horizontal rectangle with ₹500 in raised print on the right
  

₹200 Note

Front Side

• See through register with denominational numeral 200
• Latent image with denominational numeral 200
• Denominational numeral २०० in Devnagari
• Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre
• Micro letters 'RBI', 'भारत', 'India' and '200'
• Windowed security thread with inscriptions 'भारत' and RBI with colour shift. Colour of the thread changes from green to blue when the note is tilted
• Guarantee Clause, Governor's signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards right of Mahatma Gandhi portrait
• Denominational numeral with Rupee Symbol, ₹ 200 in colour changing ink (green to blue) on bottom right
• Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right
• Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (200) watermarks
• Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side
• For visually impaired : Intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, raised Identification mark H with micro-text ₹200, four angular bleed lines with two circles in between the lines both on the right and left sides

Back Side

• Year of printing of the note on the left
• Swachh Bharat logo with slogan
• Language panel
• Motif of Sanchi Stupa
• Denominational numeral २०० in Devnagari Dimension

₹50  Note

Front Side

• Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right,
• Denominational numeral ५० in Devnagari,
• Guarantee Clause, Governor’s signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards right of Mahatma Gandhi portrait,
• Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (50) watermarks,
• Micro letters ‘RBI’, ‘भारत’, ‘INDIA’ and ‘50’Number panel with numerals growing from small to big on the top left side and bottom right side,
• Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre,
• See through register with denominational numeral 50,
• Windowed demetalised security thread with inscriptions ‘भारत’ and RBI.

Back Side

• Denominational numeral ५० in Devnagari,
• Language panel,
• Motif of Hampi with Chariot,
• Swachh Bharat logo with slogan,
• Year of printing of the note on the left.

Note : RBI is also going to release new Pink Green notes of One Rupee denomination. We will update it as soon as it gets official release.  

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