RBI to issue Rs 100 banknotes with inset letter 'G' soon

MUMBAI: The RBI today said it will soon issue Rs 100 denomination banknotes with inset letter 'G' in the Mahatma Gandhi series 2005.

"The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue Rs 100 denomination banknotes with inset letter 'G', in both the numbering panels, in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 , bearing the signature of D Subbarao, Governor, RBI, and the year of printing 2012 printed on the reverse of the banknote," RBI said in a notification today.

The design of these notes to be issued now is similar in all respects to the Rs 100 banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi Series- 2005, issued earlier, it said.

"All the banknotes in the denomination of Rs 100 issued by the Bank in the past will continue to be legal tender".