As the crisis owing to demonetisation persists, reports have emerged that the new notes issued by banks are surprisingly different in colour and design from each other. The Times of India reported on Friday about at least three cases where there was a marked difference between two new 500 notes. The report said such differences in legal tender could cause counterfeiting easier, which was one of the reasons cited for effecting demometisation.
The Reserve Bank of India, for its part, told TOI that the defect could be due to “rush” in printing and that people could use these notes or return them to RBI.
In one case, a resident of Delhi told the newspaper that the note had visible shadows of every object, including the image of Gandhi and the national emblem. Some of the items on the note were also placed differently.
In another case, a resident of Gurugram noticed that the size of borders were unequal in two notes. In a third case, a Mumbai resident was given two notes in which the colour of one note was lighter than the other.
