New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon introduce ₹ 20 notes with additional features, according to a document of the central bank. The central bank has already issued new-look currency notes in the denominations of ₹ 10, ₹ 50, ₹ 100 , and ₹ 500, besides introducing ₹ 200 and ₹ 2000 notes after demonetisation . The new notes are being introduced under the Mahatma Gandhi (new) series. The new currency notes are different in size and design compared to issued previously.

The currency notes, except for banned ₹ 500 and ₹ 1000, issued under the old series continue to remain legal tender.

According to RBI data, there were 4.92 billion pieces of ₹ 20 notes in circulation as on 31 March, 2016. The number more than doubled to around 10 billion pieces by March 2018. The ₹ 20 notes accounted for 9.8% of the total number of currency notes in circulation at the end of March 2018.

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