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Was The New 500 Rupee Note Designed With These Ideas?

The new 500 rupee note is now available. We take a look at the new design, and compare it with the old one. 

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The new 500 rupee notes are now available. The ‘redesigned’ currency, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of his demonetisation plan – hailed as a surgical strike on black money – has flipped much of the old design.

So what’s new, and what must have been the inspiration for the design? We take a look, with tongue firmly in cheek.

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