In Pics: This is how your new Rs 500, Rs 2000 notes look like

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India is all set to issue a new Rs 500 and Rs 2000 notes very soon.

On Tuesday, the RBI unveiled the new notes and informed that they would be officially launched in the market from November 10.

 

In a major crackdown on black money, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday scrapped the Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes and said these notes would be of legal tender after midnight tonight.

He also informed that the Reserve Bank of India would release a new Rs 500 and Rs 2000 notes soon.

Address the press later, RBI Governor Urjit Patel and Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das unveiled the new notes and said that they would be officially launched in the market from November 10.

 

In Pics: New Rs 2000 Note that will be issued pic.twitter.com/4NXhNOpxxA — ANI (@ANI_news) November 8, 2016

Both Patel and Das were briefing media after Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a sudden address to the nation on Tuesday, announced that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination notes are being withdrawn from midnight. He said that such notes will become "mere paper".

 

In Pics: New Rs 500 note that will be issued pic.twitter.com/N51HDChDs3 — ANI (@ANI_news) November 8, 2016

 

So, how do you like the new Rs 500 and Rs 2000 notes?