Polymer rupee notes: Slow or no progress?

.....In fact, in order to counter this menace, a couple of months ago, it was reported that in a pilot scheme to introduce polymer rupee notes, an unannounced entry into the market was made in selected cities like Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Kochi, Mysore and Sheila, to test the market or public reaction.  So far, however, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has not yet made its findings public on this score. Nor do we know the quantum of such currency or the unit or face value.  But the crucial point is what is delaying the actual introduction of polymer rupee notes at least in the higher denomination of Rs 500 or Rs 1,000 as a start, as the majority of the counterfeit notes detected were in Rs 500?......

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