India to launch new Rs100 notes in lavender colour: All you need to know

The note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme.

The Reserve Bank of India will soon issue new Rs100 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (new) series, the central bank said in a statement on Thursday.
The new denomination has a motif of 'Rani ki vav' on the reverse, depicting India's cultural heritage.
"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. Dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm x 142 mm," the RBI said in a statement.
"All the banknotes in the denomination of Rs. 100 issued by the Reserve Bank in the earlier series will continue to be legal tender. 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 added.
The image and salient features of Rs100 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (new) series:

Salient Features

Obverse (Front)

1. See through register with denominational numeral 100

2. Latent image with denominational numeral 100

3. Denominational numera in Devnagari

4. Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre

5. Micro letters 'RBI', 'India' and '100'

6. Windowed security thread with inscriptions 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 in Devnagari

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