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2 Rupees Telecommunications
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 2004-2010 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | भारत 2 रुपये INDIA 2 RUPEES |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Devanagari |
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India's telecommunications sector underwent a structural revolution in the early 2000s, driven by the 1994 National Telecom Policy and the subsequent entry of private mobile operators. Subscriber numbers exploded from roughly 35 million in 2001 to over 500 million by 2010. The commemorative framing of this circulation issue reflects that expansion as official policy priority rather than achievement — the coin entered production while rural connectivity remained severely incomplete.