The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue ₹ 20 denomination Banknotes incorporating  (₹)  symbol on the obverse and the reverse, with inset letter 'R' 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 ₹ 20 Banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi Series- 2005, issued earlier.

All the Banknotes in the denomination of ₹ 20 issued by the Bank in the past will continue to be legal tender.

Ajit Prasad

Assistant General Manager

Currency issuance: new banknote featuring rupee symbol and inset 'R' introduced; existing banknotes remain legal tender. The Reserve Bank announced issuance of twenty-rupee banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 incorporating the rupee symbol on both faces and an inset letter 'R' in both numbering panels, bearing the Governor's signature and year-of-printing; previously issued banknotes in the denomination continue to be legal tender.