India’s Finance Ministry has put in place an exercise to introduce security features in all denominations of Indian Bank Notes. This is being piloted by Directorate of Currency, Ministry of Finance. Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said to tackle the problem of counterfeiting, Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) has already taken steps to produce indigenous raw material for the production of bank notes. He said this will lead to production of about 80-85% of the bank note paper in the country in the next three years as against import of about 95% paper at present. Mukherjee said that a fully computerised system is being installed by the SPMCIL to cut currency counterfeits. He added that new coins with Rupee symbol and better designs and shine will be released in July this year.Delhi Metro souvenirsThe Delhi Metro has released a set of 10 rare pictures to be sold as souvenirs at the Metro Museum located at the Patel Chowk . The set is priced at INR 90.They can be used as postcards also and expected to be popular with tourists and locals alike.Earlier, the DMRC had introduced games, key chains and toy trains, which proved popular with commuters
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