GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 7th June. Rejecting reports, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday said that there is no proposal to replace the face of Mahatma Gandhi with that of others on currency notes.
In a statement, the RBI said there are reports in certain sections of the media that the Reserve Bank of India is considering changes to the existing currency and banknotes by replacing the face of Mahatma Gandhi with that of others.
“It may be noted that there is no such proposal in the Reserve Bank,” the statement said.
There are some reports suggesting the finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India were planning to use the faces of other prominent Indians, including Rabindranath Tagore and APJ Abdul Kalam, on banknotes of certain denominations.
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