The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue Rs.100 denomination Banknotes incorporating "  Rs. " symbol on the obverse and reverse, with inset letter "L" in both the numbering panels, in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 bearing the signature of Dr. Raghuram G Rajan, Governor , Reserve Bank of India, and the year of printing '2014' printed on the reverse of the Banknote.

The design of these notes to be issued now is similar in all respects to the Rs. 100 Banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 issued earlier.

All the Banknotes in the denomination of Rs. 100 issued by the Bank in the past will continue to be legal tender.

Ajit Prasad

Assistant General Manager

Currency note issuance: new banknotes with inset letter introduced; existing notes in the denomination remain legal tender. The Bank will issue Rs.100 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series 2005 bearing the Governor's signature and year of printing 2014, incorporating the currency symbol and an inset letter 'L' in both numbering panels; the design matches earlier Series 2005 Rs.100 notes. All previously issued Rs.100 banknotes will continue to be legal tender.