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The Reserve Bank of India will be issuing new Rs. 100 notes which would be smaller in size than the existing ones.
"The new denomination has Motif of Rani ki Vav on the reverse, depicting the country’s cultural heritage," the central bank said on Thursday.
"The base color of the note is Lavender. The note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall color scheme, both at the obverse and reverse. The dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm × 142 mm." it added.
The existing notes are of the dimension of 73x157.
The existing Rs. 100 notes will proceed to be legal tender.
By Sowmya Sangam
