Here Is A Look At New Rs 500, Rs 2,000 Notes

The government in a surprise move on Tuesday announced that the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 will be withdrawn. "This is necessitated to tackle counterfeiting Indian banknotes, to effectively nullify black money hoarded in cash and curb funding of terrorism with fake notes," the Reserve Bank of India said in a release.

As part of the move, the RBI will issue new bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 denomination.

Here are some features of the new bank notes of Rs 500 denomination, as per the RBI:

• New Rs 500 notes are different from the present series in colour, size, theme, location of security features and design elements
• Size of new note is 63mm x 150 mm
• Colour of the note is stone grey
• The predominant new theme is Indian heritage site - Red Fort

• Rs 2,000 notes will be part of Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series
• New Denomination has motif of the Mangalayan on the reverse, depicting the country's first venture in interplanetary space
• Base colour of note is magenta
• Note has other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme
• Size of the new note is 66 mm x 166 mm