Indian 20-rupee note

Twenty rupees
(India)
Value20 (approx. $0.27)
Width129 mm
Height63 mm
Security featuresSecurity thread, latent image, micro-lettering, intaglio print, fluorescent ink, optically variable ink, watermark, and see through registration device.[1]
Years of printingApril 2019 – present
Obverse
DesignMahatma Gandhi
DesignerReserve Bank of India
Design date2019; 5 years ago (2019)
Reverse
DesignEllora Caves
DesignerReserve Bank of India
Design date2019; 5 years ago (2019)

The Indian 20-rupee banknote (20) is a common denomination of the Indian rupee. The current 20 banknote in circulation is a part of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series. The Reserve Bank introduced the 20 note in the Mahatma Gandhi New Series in 2019, making it the last denomination to be introduced in the series.[2]

It was first introduced by the Reserve Bank of India in 1972 to contain the cost of production of banknotes in circulation.[3] With the introduction of this banknote, the Reserve Bank started a major redesign of the motif of the Lion Capital Series banknotes.

  1. ^ "Are there any special features in the banknotes of Mahatma Gandhi series- 1996?". Your Guide to Money Matters. Reserve Bank of India. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Mahtma Gandhi (MG) Series 1996". Your Guide to Money Matters. Reserve Bank of India. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  3. ^ "India Paper Money A Retrospect". Republic India Issues. Reserve Bank of India. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.