Consider the following statements about currency in India:

1. The Reserve Bank of India has the sole right to issue banknotes under Section 22 of the RBI Act, 1934.

2. The Reserve Bank of India mints the country’s coins.

3. The one-rupee note is issued by the Government of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?A.1 onlyB.1 and 3 onlyC.2 and 3 onlyD.1, 2 and 3

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Consider the following statements about currency in India: 1. The Reserve Bank of India has the sole right to issue banknotes under Section 22 of the RBI Act, 1934. 2. The Reserve Bank of India mints the country's coins. 3. The one-rupee note is issued by the Government of India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

1 and 3 only. Statements 1 and 3 are correct. Section 22 gives the RBI the sole right to issue banknotes. The Government of India issues the one-rupee note. Statement 2 is wrong: the Government designs and mints coins under the Coinage Act, 2011, and the RBI only distributes them. Read more: IndEco0334 — Currency Management in India: Notes, Coins and Polymer Notes.

Under which section of the RBI Act, 1934 does the Central Government approve the design, form and material of banknotes, the route used for the 2026 polymer note proposal?

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