RBI refuses RTI pertaining to printing of Swacch Bharat Logo

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sun, Oct 15, 2017, 03:11 PM

RBI refuses RTI pertaining to  printing of Swacch Bharat Logo

Mumbai OCT 15: The Reserve bank of India has refused the RTI seeking the details of the guidelines that were followed for printing Swacch Bharath Logo on the new RS 2000 and RS 500 notes that were issued after demonetisation.

The bank has replied that "the information on the form, material, design and security features of banknotes, other than available in public domain, is exempt from disclosure in terms of Section 8 (1) (a) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005".

The central bank has also denied to disclose the copy of guidelines or any other norms that prescribe standard operating procedures for printing of advertisement including the promotion on the currency notes.

The bank has added that "Indian bank notes contain design elements such as guilloche, flora pattern, motifs, and security features".