Now new Rs 10 note

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is all set to issue new Rs 10 notes in a new avatar. The revamped 10 rupee notes will be released under the Mahatma Gandhi series and have chocolate brown colour base, media reports have said.

The new note will bear the picture of the Konark Sun Temple.Reportedly, the RBI has already printed around 1 billion pieces of the new Rs 10 note after getting design approval by the government last week.

Last time the old Rs 10 note got revamp was in 2005. Following the demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes November 2016, the central bank had introduced Rs 2,000 notes and new Rs 500 notes.