Rs 1,000 note to have new numbering system to check counterfeiting

Last Updated: Sunday, September 6, 2015, 19:17

A new numbering system and seven new security features will be incorporated in all currency notes, especially in high denomination Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes, in order to check the menace of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN).

Fake currency with Rs 136.43 cr face value seized in 3 years

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 4, 2015, 17:04

More than 27.31 lakh pieces of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), with face value of Rs 136.43 crore, were seized in three years through 2014, Parliament was informed Tuesday.

ISI supplies fake Indian currency notes to operatives: Tunda

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 20:47

Lashkar-e-Toiba operative Abdul Karim Tunda has told his interrogators that Pakistan`s intelligence agency ISI used to run the entire supply chain of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) being smuggled into India.

Fake notes of face value of Rs 4 lakh seized in UP

Last Updated: Saturday, December 29, 2012, 17:55

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths Saturday arrested a smuggler with the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN).

No estimate regarding increase in FICN in circulation: Govt

Last Updated: Friday, August 17, 2012, 19:18

There is no estimate about increase in circulation of fake Indian currency notes in the country, the Government has said.

Pak-based terror groups using fake Indian notes

Last Updated: Monday, August 13, 2012, 19:33

Fake Indian currency notes are being used by Pakistan-based terror groups for financing their activities in India, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.