Detection and Reporting Mechanism of Counterfeit Notes – Monetary Policy Statement 2012-13

Mechanism on Sorting / Processing of banknotes introduced advising the banks that banknotes in the denomination of 100 and above may be re-issued over their counters or through ATMs, only if such banknotes have been duly checked for authenticity / genuineness by machines. Further, the banks were also advised to use such machines in all bank branches with average daily cash receipt of ` 50 lakh and above, within a definite time frame.

 In light of Para 127 of the Monetary Policy Statement 2012-13 announced by RBI Governor on April 17, 2012 (copy enclosed), banks should now re-align their cash management in such a manner so as to ensure that cash receipts in the denominations of ` 100 and above should not be put into re-circulation without the notes being machine processed for authenticity.

The above instructions shall come into effect immediately and are applicable to all bank branches, irrespective of the volume of daily cash receipt.

 

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Machine authentication of high-denomination banknotes required before recirculation; applies to all branches, for counter and ATM issuance nationwide. Banks must machine-authenticate banknotes of denomination one hundred and above before reissuing them over counters or through ATMs; no high-denomination cash receipts may be recirculated without machine verification. This instruction is effective immediately and applies to all bank branches regardless of daily cash volume, requiring re-alignment of cash management and branch-level compliance for sorting and processing of such notes.