Here's how the new Rs 100 note will look like– Features and more

RBI to issue new Rs 100 notes in lavender colour. Photo: RBI

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said it will shortly issue new Rs 100 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series. The new denomination has Motif of “RANI KI VAV” on the reverse, depicting the country’s cultural heritage, the RBI said in a statement. The base colour of the note is Lavender. The note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at the obverse and reverse. The dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm × 142 mm. All the banknotes in the denomination of Rs. 100 issued by the Reserve Bank in the earlier series will continue to be legal tender, the RBI said. As is normal, when a new design of banknote is introduced, printing and supply of these notes for distribution to public through the banking channel will gradually increase, it said. The image and salient features of ₹100 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series are as under: ii. Salient Features Obverse (Front) 1. See through register with denominational numeral 100 2. Latent image with denominational numeral 100 3. Denominational numeral १०० in Devnagari 4. Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre 5. Micro letters ‘RBI’, ‘भारत’, ‘India’ and ‘100’ 6. Windowed security thread with inscriptions ‘भारत’ and RBI with colour shift; Colour of the thread changes from green to blue when the note is tilted 7. Guarantee Clause, Governor’s signature with Promise Clause and RBI emblem towards right of Mahatma Gandhi portrait 8. Ashoka Pillar emblem on the right 9. Mahatma Gandhi portrait and electrotype (100) watermarks 10. Number panel with numerals in ascending font on the top left side and bottom right side 11. For visually impaired intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, raised triangular identification mark with micro-text 100, four angular bleed lines both on the right and left sides Reverse (Back) 12. Year of printing of the note on the left 13. Swachh Bharat logo with slogan 14. Language panel 15. Motif of RANI KI VAV 16. Denominational numeral १०० in Devnagari