What about polymer rupee notes?

.....What is important, however, is the tragic admission by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that there is a 95% increase in counterfeit notes in the country over the past five years, most of which, regrettably, have come via Pakistan, and smuggled through the land borders of Nepal, Bangladesh and of course Pakistan. The smuggled counterfeit currency notes are of higher denominations, mostly in Rs500 and Rs1,000.
If polymer bank notes are introduced in India, this will eliminate the backlog of unusable worn out bank notes and combat counterfeiting menace.....

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