Government Notifies ‘Printing of One Rupee Currency Notes Rules, 2020’
- The Union Ministry of Finance has notified ‘Printing of One Rupee Currency Notes Rules, 2020’ on February 7, 2020.
- These include details about the colour, design, standard weight, dimensions etc.
- The One Rupee notes shall be printed at the note printing presses for issue under the authority of Government of India for circulation.
Here are basic features of the new one rupee note:
- Dimension – 9.7 x 6.3 cms
- Colour: The overall colour will be predominantly pink green on obverse and reverse in combination with others.
- Signature: Bilingual signature of Shri Atanu Chakraborty, Secretary, Ministry of Finance.
- The new note will have image of ‘Sagar Samrat’, the oil exploration platform.
- The note will be rectangular, with its paper made of 100 percent (cotton) rag content.
- The note will be 110 microns thick, weighing 90 GSM (Grams per Square Meter).
- Multi-tonal watermarks.
- Ashoka Pillar in the window without the words ‘सत्यमेव जयते’ (Satyamev Jayate)
- The note will have value in fifteen Indian languages in language panel
- The year figure will be shown vertically between “Sagar Samrat” and language panel in international number.
- Hidden numeral ‘1’ in the centre and the hidden word ‘भारत’ (Bharat) vertically arranged on the right-hand side.
- Obverse side of one rupee note will contain the words “भारत सरकार‟ above the words “Government of India”.
- Replica of New Rupee One coin with ‘₹’ symbol of 2020 issued with ‘सत्यमेव जयते‟ and capital Inset letter ‘L’ in numbering panel.
- Numbering shall be in black at right-hand bottom portion of the Note in ascending size of numerals from left to right, with the first three alphanumeric characters (prefix) remains constant in size.
- On the Reverse, the one rupee note contains ‘भारत सरकार‘ above the words “Government of India” with the year 2020 on the representation of the One Rupee coin with ‘₹‘ symbol having design of grains depicting the agricultural dominance of the country.