India unveiled the new currency notes of Rs. 2000 after Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes were pulled out of circulation last month.
While people in India are still reeling under the effects of what some are referring to as ‘cash rationing’, because of very limited availability of the new notes, it turns out the new currency notes aren’t free from some strange problems.
The Hindu has reported that a new currency note of Rs. 2000 was found to be crumbling soon after it was withdrawn from a bank in Southern Indian state of Kerala.
The note that was withdrawn from the bank on December 13 started to break into small pieces at the edges.
PC Shareefa, who withdrew five other notes of the same denomination said the other notes were also showing similar signs.
"I found the note crumbling while handling it," he said.
His son PC Shameel told The Hindu that at least one note was so badly damaged that it couldn’t be used.
When Shameel took the damaged note back to the bank, the officials refused to accept that it was withdrawn from that branch of the bank.
Earlier, several people had complained about the new Rs. 2000 note losing its pink colour.
However, the government sought to allay those fears about the quality of the material used in the notes. Official said it’s a feature of notes that wet notes, if rubbed with a cloth or paper, will lose colour. If it doesn’t lose colour, it is a fake note, said India’s Economic Affairs Secretary, Shaktikanta Das.
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