Another “first” in the year was the issue of polymer banknotes, in three denominations (Rs25, Rs50 and Rs500) from two different note-printers.
Launching these new generation notes, on 22 August 2013 during the Annual Meeting of the AACB in Mauritius (itself, yet another “first”) – in the presence of a parterre of guests comprising 32 Governors and heads of central bank delegations representing 44 countries, the General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, and the President of the African Development Bank – Dr The Honourable Navinchandra Ramgoolam, GCSK, FRCP, Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius, delighted his audience by calling Governors “the new rock stars of the day, with some of you actually younger than the Rolling Stones!”.