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Languages printed on Indian banknotes other than hindi english as part of design and matter of convention in terms of Section 25 of RBI Act

Languages printed on Indian banknotes other than hindi english (17 in total) as part of design and matter of convention in terms of Section 25 of RBI Act

Ministry of Finance

25-November, 2016 

Value of Currency Notes in Indian Languages
The Indian banknotes are printed in two languages, English and Hindi. In addition, the other languages printed on the language panel of the Indian notes are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. Inclusion of languages on Banknotes is more a part of design and a matter of convention and in terms of Section 25 of RBI Act 1934, “The design, form and material of banknotes shall be such as may be approved by the Central Government after consideration of the recommendations made by the Central Board”.

This was stated by Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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