Fake currency detection in India increased in 2025-26. The Rs 500 note became the primary target for counterfeiters, showing a significant ...

Indian travellers are increasingly using UPI abroad for convenient payments, but understanding its limitations and risks is crucial. While ...

Social media claims about the Reserve Bank of India allowing exchange of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes are false. The official website of th...

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached assets worth ₹159.51 crore in a West Bengal illegal coal mining and pilferage racket...

A 35-year-old man from Madhya Pradesh, Bhupendra Singh Dhakat, used printing skills learned in jail to create counterfeit notes. Police sei...

During 2022-23, out of the total Fake Indian Currency Notes detected, 4.6% were detected at the RBI and 95.4% at other banks. The central b...

if you receive a fake India rupee note, it's essential to stay calm, examine the note carefully, report it to the authorities, retain the n...

Assam was at the second spot, reporting 75 cases, while Tamil Nadu was at the third spot with 62 cases. Among other states, Maharashtra rep...

Counterfeit currency transactions in the banking and other economic channels witnessed an increase by over 3.22 lakh instances during 2016-...

Besides the steep decline in FICN recoveries, what is described as equally significant by officials is that none of the fake currency notes...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that a mobile app has been recently launched by the RBI which allows users to see the features of new Rs...

Currency notes of higher denomination have various security features to ensure that counterfeit notes are easy to spot.

The central bank has cautioned the public to subject notes that are accepted to "careful scrutiny".

With a constant rise in circulation of FICN, Sandeep Salunkhe, IG, BSF has issued operational guidelines for strengthening border dominatio...

The ISI study will help NIA ascertain the modus operandi of the proliferation of fake notes along with the ways to check it, official sourc...

Explaining the modus operandi, Sharma said smugglers often throw bundles of fake notes over the fence in the cover of darkness at night bes...

The problem of fake currency notes being circulated has been affecting the economy and the RBI was taking steps to check it, RBI Governor D...