(a) the details of security features embedded in the existing
Indian Bank/ currency notes;
(b) whether the Ministry is introducing security features in all
denominations of Indian Bank/currency notes to check the menace of
counterfeiting of currency; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and time by when the same is
likely to be put into circulation?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRT NAMO NARAIN MEENA)
(a): The details of security features in the existing Indian bank/currency
notes are detailed below:
(1) Watermark (6) Security Thread (2) Latent Image (7) Micro lettering (see through magnifying glass) (3) Intaglio Printing (8) Fibres (visible through UV) (4) Fluorescence Number Panel (9) Optically Variable Ink (5) See through Register (10) M-feature (only through special sensor available with RBI)