MUMBAI: Dismissing reports, the Reserve Bank on Monday said there is no proposal to change the face of Mahatma Gandhi with others on currency notes.
The central bank said in a statement that there are reports in certain sections of the media that reserve Bank of India is considering a change in the current currency and bank note Replacing the face of Mahatma Gandhi with the face of others.
“It may be noted that there is no such proposal in the Reserve Bank,” it said.
There are some reports which suggest that the Finance Ministry and RBI were considering using the faces of other prominent Indians including Rabindranath Tagore and APJ Abdul Kalam on banknotes of certain denominations.
The central bank said in a statement that there are reports in certain sections of the media that reserve Bank of India is considering a change in the current currency and bank note Replacing the face of Mahatma Gandhi with the face of others.
“It may be noted that there is no such proposal in the Reserve Bank,” it said.
There are some reports which suggest that the Finance Ministry and RBI were considering using the faces of other prominent Indians including Rabindranath Tagore and APJ Abdul Kalam on banknotes of certain denominations.