The role of Reserve Bank in addressing the menace of counterfeit notes lies in the following areas:   Ensuring integrity of banknotes,    Putting in place proper systems for prompt detection and removal of counterfeit notes from the banking system, and    Educating the public through education campaigns in mass media and through outreach programmes about the features of genuine currency notes to help them easily distinguish genuine notes from counterfeit ones.
Towards this end, we have initiated several measures:   The challenge for us is always to remain one step ahead of the counterfeiters. Towards that end, we periodically enhance security features of Indian banknotes.   We have made it mandatory for the banks to issue only clean and genuine banknotes – both over their counters and through ATMs.