The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue Rs. 1000 denomination Banknotes incorporating  " Rs. "  symbol, without inset letter, 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.1000 Banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005, issued earlier.

All the Banknotes in the denomination of Rs. 1000 issued by the Bank in the past will continue to be legal tender.

S. K. Gaonkar

Assistant Manager

Currency issuance: new banknotes incorporate the rupee symbol without inset letter, existing notes remain legal tender. The central bank will issue new Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 1000-denomination banknotes incorporating the rupee symbol without an inset letter, with the Governor's signature and year of printing; the design otherwise remains identical and all previously issued 1000-denomination banknotes continue to be legal tender.