Fake currency: The number of fake notes in the country is constantly increasing. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its annual report of 2024-25, “In FY 2025, the identity of fake notes of 500 rupees (except some banks) increased by 37.35 percent to 1,17,722 compared to last year. This number is the highest in the last six years.

However, the total number of fake notes caught by the banking system declined to 2,17,396 in FY 25, which was 2,22,638 last year. In contrast, there has been a drastic decline of 86.5 percent in the number of fake notes of 2000 rupees and it has come down from 26,035 to 3,508 high levels in FY 24 to 3,508. This decline came after the RBI’s decision to withdraw the 2000 rupee note on 19 May 2023.

By April 30, 2025, 2000 rupee notes worth Rs 6,266 crore were in trend. According to the report, till September 1, more than 93 percent i.e. a large part of about 3.56 trillion rupees of the 2000 note has been deposited in the bank. Fake notes with low value are also in the market. The number of counterfeit notes worth less than Rs 200 increased to 32,600, while the number of counterfeit notes of 100 rupees has come down by about 23 percent to 51,069. Meanwhile, the currency (CIC) in the trend – which is 76.9 percent of the reserved currency – improved by 5.8 % in FY 2025, while it was 4.1 % a year ago.

In the circulation, both the value and volume of bank notes have increased by 6 percent and 5.6 percent respectively. Among the notes present in the circulation, 500 rupee notes have the highest share, which is 86 percent in terms of value and 40.9 percent in terms of volume. After this, the share of 10 rupee notes is 16.4 percent. The RBI report also mentioned the increase in digitally transaction.

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Fake currency Note Identification: Often when you go to buy something at the shop. And a shopkeeper gives 500 or 2000 rupee notes. So the shopkeeper first checks your note. Is it not fake somewhere and then gives you the goods after that. Let me tell you that if you do not pay attention.

So when will the fake note come to you. You can find it very difficult to find out this. That is why it is important that you know the note in your pocket. He is real or fake. You can check very easily. The note is real or fake. Let us tell you what to do.

500 fake in market

A warning has been issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs. In which it has been told that fake notes of 500 rupees have come in the market. This is just like a real note in showing fake notes. If you see at the first time, then it will be very difficult to differentiate you. On Monday, April 21, a high alert has also been issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Along with that, the Ministry of Home Affairs has also told how you can differentiate between fake and real note.

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How to find out the note real or fake

Fake notes that have come in the market. There is a very big mistake among them. But you will be able to find this mistake only when you look at the note carefully. In fact, according to the information released by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the name of RBI is written on the real notes “Reserve Bank of India”. But at the moment fake notes have come in the market, A is written instead of E. And by this, you can find out the fake real.

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Take care of this too

Let me tell you that it is not necessary that the fake notes that have come in the market. Only the name of Reserve Bank of India should be wrong. Only then you will be able to find out. Let me tell you that many fake such notes are also. In which the name of the Reserve Bank of India is recorded properly. So when you take a note of 500 or 2000, then the amount written on it is written. That is, 500 in 500 and 2000 of 2000, try it. If real is real, its color will be green to blue. But this does not happen. So understand the note is fake. This is a very easy and effective way to know real fake notes.

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