Question : Currency Printing Press

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2151
TO BE ANSWERED ON 28TH JULY, 2017/6TH SHRAVANA SAKA, 1939

Currency Printing Press

2151. SHRI M. MURALI MOHAN

QUESTION

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

(a) the details of present currency/ coins printing press across the country;
(b) whether the Government is considering to set up Currency Printing Press at Rajahmundry and other important places in view of the shortage of currency notes after demonetization of Rs. 1000 and Rs. 500 notes; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a): At present there are four Banknote Printing Presses and four mints as follows:
Sr. No. Banknote Printing Press/I.G. Mints Location Organization
01 Mysuru Press Mysuru, Karnataka Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Pvt. Ltd.(BRBNMPL)
02 Salboni Press Salboni, West Bengal
03 Currency Note Press Nashik, Maharastra Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL)
04 Bank Note Press Dewas, Madhya Pradesh
05 India Government Mint Mumbai, Maharastra
06 India Government Mint Kolkata, West Bengal
07 India Government Mint Hyderabad, Telangana
08 India Government Mint Noida, Uttar Pradesh

(b) & (c) No Sir.

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