After Rs 2000 and Rs 500 notes the Government is keen on changing Rs 10 notes it is reported. The fake note makers are now concentrating on making fake notes with small denominations like Rs10 according to the intelligence reports. Taking this into account the RBI has decided to come up with news notes for Rs 10.The Reserve Bank of India will soon issue Rs. 10 notes with enhanced security features.
The banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi series-2005 are to carry inset letter ‘L’ on both number panels, bearing the signature of Governor Urjit Patel. The year of printing, 2017, will be on the reverse of the note. Among other features, numerals on both the panels will be in ascending size from left to right.
The first three alpha-numeric characters (prefix) will remain constant in size. “All the banknotes in the denomination of Rs 10 issued by the bank in the past will continue to be legal tender,” the central bank said in a notification.