| Country: | India |
| Denomination: | Twenty rupees |
| Value: | 20 (approx. $) |
| Width Mm: | 129 |
| Height Mm: | 63 |
| Security Features: | Security thread, latent image, micro-lettering, intaglio print, fluorescent ink, optically variable ink, watermark, and see through registration device.[1] |
| Years Of Printing: | April 2019 – present |
| Obverse: | India_new_20_INR,_MG_series,_2019,_obverse.jpg |
| Obverse Design: | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Obverse Designer: | Reserve Bank of India |
| Reverse: | India new 20 INR, MG series, 2019, reverse.jpg |
| Reverse Design: | Ellora Caves |
| Reverse Designer: | Reserve Bank of India |
The Indian 20-rupee banknote (20) is a common denomination of the Indian rupee. The current 20 banknote in circulation is a part of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series. The Reserve Bank introduced the 20 note in the Mahatma Gandhi New Series in 2019, making it the last denomination to be introduced in the series.[2]
It was first introduced by the Reserve Bank of India in 1972 to contain the cost of production of banknotes in circulation.[3] With the introduction of this banknote, the Reserve Bank started a major redesign of the motif of the Lion Capital Series banknotes.
On 10 November 2016, the then Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das announced a new 20 banknote would be released in the Mahatma Gandhi New Series in the coming months.
The Reserve Bank of India has announced on 26 April 2019 that it would shortly issue a new 20 note.[4] The new denomination has a motif of Ellora Caves on the back, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India on the reverse, depicting the country's cultural heritage continuing with the theme in Mahatma Gandhi New Series banknotes. Size of the bank note will be 129 mm × 63 mm. This is used alongside to the new Indian 20-rupee coin.
The obverse side featured the Lion Capital. The reverse side featured the chariot wheel of the Konark Sun Temple.
The 20 banknote of the Mahatma Gandhi Series is 129 × 63 mm red-orange coloured, with the obverse side featuring a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi with a signature of the governor of Reserve Bank of India. It has the Braille feature to assist the visually challenged in identifying the currency. The reverse side features the famous Mount Harriet in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
As of 2012, the new sign has been incorporated into banknote of 20.[5] [6] In January 2014 RBI announced that it would be withdrawing from circulation all banknotes printed prior to 2005 by 31 March 2014. The deadline was later extended to 1 January 2015. Now further dead line was extended to 30 June 2016.[7]
The security features of the 20 banknote include:[8]
As like the other Indian rupee banknotes, the 20 banknote has its amount written in 17 languages. On the obverse, the denomination is written in English and Hindi. On the reverse is a language panel which displays the denomination of the note in 15 of the 22 official languages of India. The languages are displayed in alphabetical order. Languages included on the panel are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
| Language | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| In central level official languages (At below either ends) | ||
| Twenty rupees | ||
| Hindi: बीस रुपये | ||
| In 15 state level/other official languages (on the language panel) | ||
| Assamese: বিছ টকা | ||
| Bengali: কুড়ি টাকা | ||
| Gujarati: વીસ રૂપિયા | ||
| Kannada: ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು ರುಪಾಯಿಗಳು | ||
| Kashmiri: وُہ رۄپیہِ | ||
| Konkani: वीस रुपया | ||
| Malayalam: ഇരുപത് രൂപ | ||
| Marathi: वीस रुपये | ||
| Nepali: बीस रुपियाँ | ||
| Oriya: କୋଡ଼ିଏ ଟଙ୍କା | ||
| Panjabi; Punjabi: ਵੀਹ ਰੁਪਏ | ||
| Sanskrit: विंशती रूप्यकाणि | ||
| Tamil: இருபது ரூபாய் | ||
| Assamese: ఇరవై రూపాయలు | ||
| Urdu: بیس روپیے | ||