Was The New 500 Rupee Note Designed With These Ideas?

The new 500 rupee note is now available. We take a look at the new design, and compare it with the old one.

The new 500 rupee notes are now available. The ‘redesigned’ currency, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of his demonetisation plan – hailed as a surgical strike on black money – has flipped much of the old design.

So what’s new, and what must have been the inspiration for the design? We take a look, with tongue firmly in cheek.