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500 Rupees
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of India |
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| Year | 2016-2024 |
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| Currency | Rupee (decimalized, 1957-date) |
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| Reverse lettering | RESERVE BANK OF INDIA FIVE HUNDRED RUPEES ₹500 लाल किला RED FORT भारतीय रिज़र्व बैंक स्वच्छ भारत एक कदम स्वच्छता की ओर |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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This note entered circulation in November 2016 as part of the demonetization crisis — one of the most disruptive monetary policy actions in post-independence Indian history. When Prime Minister Modi announced on 8 November 2016 that all ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes then in circulation would be invalidated overnight, the Reserve Bank of India was simultaneously obliged to introduce a replacement ₹500 at extraordinary speed, leading to well-documented shortages at bank branches and ATMs for weeks afterward.
The rushed rollout meant early ATMs required physical recalibration to accept the new dimensions before most of the public could actually access the notes.