Indian 20-rupee note

{{Infobox banknote

| country = India

| denomination = Twenty rupees

| value = {{Indian Rupee}}20 (approx. ${{To USD|20|IND}})

| unit =

| width_mm = 129

| height_mm = 63

| security_features = Security thread, latent image, micro-lettering, intaglio print, fluorescent ink, optically variable ink, watermark, and see through registration device.{{cite web|url=http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/FAQView.aspx?Id=39#32 |title=Are there any special features in the banknotes of Mahatma Gandhi series- 1996? |work=Your Guide to Money Matters |publisher=Reserve Bank of India |access-date=11 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112123135/http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/FAQView.aspx?Id=39 |archive-date=12 January 2012 }}

| paper_type =

| years_of_printing = April 2019 – present

| obverse = India_new_20_INR,_MG_series,_2019,_obverse.jpg

| obverse_design = Mahatma Gandhi

| obverse_designer = Reserve Bank of India

| obverse_design_date = {{start date and age|2019|}}

| reverse = India new 20 INR, MG series, 2019, reverse.jpg

| reverse_design = Ellora Caves

| reverse_designer = Reserve Bank of India

| reverse_design_date = {{start date and age|2019|}}

}}

The Indian 20-rupee banknote ({{Indian Rupee}}20) is a common denomination of the Indian rupee. The current {{INR}}20 banknote in circulation is a part of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series. The Reserve Bank introduced the {{Indian Rupee}}20 note in the Mahatma Gandhi New Series in 2019, making it the last denomination to be introduced in the series.{{cite web|url=http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/FAQView.aspx?Id=39#31 |title=Mahtma Gandhi (MG) Series 1996 |work=Your Guide to Money Matters |publisher=Reserve Bank of India |access-date=11 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112123135/http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/FAQView.aspx?Id=39 |archive-date=12 January 2012 }}

It was first introduced by the Reserve Bank of India in 1972 to contain the cost of production of banknotes in circulation.{{cite web |url=http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/p-rep.html |title=India Paper Money A Retrospect |author= |date= |work=Republic India Issues |publisher=Reserve Bank of India |access-date=16 January 2012 |archive-date=18 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118054306/http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/p-rep.html |url-status=dead }} With the introduction of this banknote, the Reserve Bank started a major redesign of the motif of the Lion Capital Series banknotes.

Mahatma Gandhi New Series

On 10 November 2016, the then Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das announced a new {{INR}}20 banknote would be released in the Mahatma Gandhi New Series in the coming months.

The Reserve Bank of India has announced on 26 April 2019 that it would shortly issue a new {{INR}}20 note.{{Cite web|title = RBI Introduces ₹ 20 banknote in Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series|url = https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/FS_PressRelease.aspx?prid=46913&fn=2753|website=rbi.org.in|access-date = 2019-04-27|language=en}} The new denomination has a motif of Ellora Caves on the back, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India on the reverse, depicting the country's cultural heritage continuing with the theme in Mahatma Gandhi New Series banknotes. Size of the bank note will be 129 mm × 63 mm. This is used alongside to the new Indian 20-rupee coin.

History

File:India twenty rupees note.jpg|Indian Twenty rupees note

= Lion Capital series =

== Design ==

The obverse side featured the Lion Capital. The reverse side featured the chariot wheel of the Konark Sun Temple.

=Mahatma Gandhi Series=

==Design==

The {{INR}}20 banknote of the Mahatma Gandhi Series is 129 × 63 mm red-orange coloured, with the obverse side featuring a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi with a signature of the governor of Reserve Bank of India. It has the Braille feature to assist the visually challenged in identifying the currency. The reverse side features the famous Mount Harriet in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

As of 2012, the new {{INR}} sign has been incorporated into banknote of {{INR}}20.{{cite web|title=Issue of ₹20 Banknotes with incorporation of Rupee symbol (₹) and inset letter 'R'|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=26645|publisher=RBI|access-date=13 June 2012}}{{cite web|title=Issue of ₹20/- and ₹50/- denomination Bank notes without inset letter and with ₹ symbol|url=https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewCurrencyPressRelease.aspx?Id=26294|publisher=RBI|access-date=12 April 2012}} In January 2014 RBI announced that it would be withdrawing from circulation all banknotes printed prior to 2005 by 31 March 2014. The deadline was later extended to 1 January 2015. Now further dead line was extended to 30 June 2016.{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=107510 | title=Withdrawal of Currencies Issued Prior to 2005 | publisher=Press Information Bureau | date=25 July 2014 | access-date=25 July 2014}}

==Security features==

The security features of the {{INR}}20 banknote include:[https://paisaboltahai.rbi.org.in/20.aspx RBI - {{INR}}20 security features]

A windowed security thread that reads 'भारत' (Bharat in the Devanagari script) and 'RBI' alternately.
Latent image of the value of the banknote on the vertical band next to the right hand side of Mahatma Gandhi's portrait.
Watermark of Mahatma Gandhi that is a mirror image of the main portrait.
The number panel of the banknote is printed in embedded fluorescent fibers and optically variable ink.
Since 2005 additional security features like machine-readable security thread, electrotype watermark, and year of print appear on the bank note.

Languages

As like the other Indian rupee banknotes, the {{INR}}20 banknote has its amount written in 17 languages. On the obverse, the denomination is written in English and Hindi. On the reverse is a language panel which displays the denomination of the note in 15 of the 22 official languages of India. The languages are displayed in alphabetical order. Languages included on the panel are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

Language ! Amount
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Text of amount in various languages
colspan="2" \|In central level official languages (At below either ends)
English	Twenty rupees
Hindi	{{lang\|hi\|बीस रुपये}}
colspan="2" \|In 15 state level/other official languages (on the language panel)
Assamese	{{lang\|as\|বিছ টকা}}
Bengali	{{lang\|bn\|কুড়ি টাকা}}
Gujarati	{{lang\|gu\|વીસ રૂપિયા}}
Kannada	{{lang\|kn\|ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು ರುಪಾಯಿಗಳು}}
Kashmiri	{{lang\|ks\|وُہ رۄپیہِ}}
Konkani	{{lang\|kok\|वीस रुपया}}
Malayalam	{{lang\|ml\|ഇരുപത് രൂപ}}
Marathi	{{lang\|mr\|वीस रुपये}}
Nepali	{{lang\|ne\|बीस रुपियाँ}}
Odia	{{lang\|or\|କୋଡ଼ିଏ ଟଙ୍କା}}
Punjabi	{{lang\|pa\|ਵੀਹ ਰੁਪਏ}}
Sanskrit	{{lang\|sa\|विंशती रूप्यकाणि}}
Tamil	{{lang\|ta\|இருபது ரூபாய்}}
Telugu	{{lang\|as\|ఇరవై రూపాయలు}}
Urdu	{{lang\|ur\|بیس روپیے}}

References

Category:Banknotes of India

Category:Rupee

Category:Twenty-base-unit banknotes