The Indian 200-rupee note (₹200) is a denomination of the

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. After the

2016 Indian banknote demonetisation On 8 November 2016, the Government of India announced the demonetisation of all ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series. It also announced the issuance of new ₹500 and ₹2,000 banknotes in exchange for the demonetised ...

, the new currency notes were announced by the

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: ₹2,000, ₹500, ₹200, ₹100, ₹50, ₹20 and ₹10. In order to determine currency denominations, the Reserve Bank of India follows a variation of the

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, called the 1-2-5 series, in which a ‘decade’ or a 1:10 ratio is covered in 3 steps, such as 1-, 2-, 5-, 10-, 20-, 50-, 100-, 200-, 500-, 1,000, etc. The Reserve Bank of India described the 200-rupee notes as the missing link in the

. Besides the Indian Rupee,

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and British Pound sterlings are two of the most notable currencies that are denominated in the 1-2-5 series. Renard series first proposed by French Army engineer Charles Renard. In March 2017, the decision to introduce ₹200 notes was taken by the

with the consultation of the

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. The currency is produced by printing units of the government-run

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or at printing presses in

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and

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, managed by the

-owned

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, reportedly by

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. The

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(GOI) had examined the introduction of the ₹200 notes that would help citizens transact easily. In June 2017, a photograph of a ₹200 banknote went viral on social media platforms like

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and

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. RBI announced the specifications of the new 200-rupee note in the

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, bearing the signature of Dr. Urjit R. Patel, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on 25 August 2017.

Design

On 25 August 2017, the Reserve Bank of India introduced a new ₹200 banknote in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series. ₹200 banknotes of the previous series will continue to be legal tender. The new version of the note has a depiction of

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on the reverse, depicting the country’s cultural heritage. The base colour of the note is Bright Yellow. The dimensions of the banknote are measured at 146 mm x 66 mm. Four angular bleed lines and two circles between angular bleed lines at the right corner H symbol with 200 at right corner above ashoka pillar

Circulation

The

announced that new 200-rupee banknotes would be in circulation from 25 August 2017 on the occasion of

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Languages

As like the other

banknotes, the 200 banknote has its amount written in 17 languages. On the obverse, the denomination is written in

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and

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. On the reverse is a language panel which displays the denomination of the note in 15 of the 22

official languages of India There is no national language in India. However, article 343(1) of the Indian constitution specifically mentions that, "The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official pur ...

. The languages are displayed in alphabetical order. Languages included on the panel are Assamese,

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

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Kashmiri Kashmiri may refer to: * People or things related to the Kashmir Valley or the broader region of Kashmir * Kashmiris, an ethnic group native to the Kashmir Valley * Kashmiri language, their language People with the name * Kashmiri Saikia Baruah ...

, Konkani,

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Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people *Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece See also * * ...

, Nepali,

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, Punjabi,

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and

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Indian 2000-rupee note The Indian 2000-rupee banknote (₹2000) is a denomination of the Indian rupee. It was released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 8 November 2016 after the 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation, demonetisation of ₹500 and ₹1000 banknote ...

Indian 500-rupee note The Indian 500-rupee banknote (500) is a denomination of the Indian rupee. In 1987, the ₹500 note was introduced, followed by the ₹1,000 note in 2000 while ₹1 and ₹2 notes were discontinued in 1995. The current ₹500 banknote, in circu ...

References

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