It seems as though news about demonetisation and the new notes is still not ready to take a back seat, even in 2017. Yet again we have a bizarre update on the new Rs 2000 note! Apparently, a farmer in the Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh withdrew money from a State Bank of India branch and found that Mahatma Gandhi’s image from all the Rs 2000 notes he received, was missing. 

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The farmer was obviously left astonished but the bank officials clarified that the currency was not fake. They instead claimed that the reason is probably a printing error by the RBI. “It is not fake currency, it is a misprint,” was the statement given by RBI officer, R.K Jain, according to an ANI report.

There was initially news of the new notes leaking color. However, the government clarified this fact saying that the new notes are just like the old ones and owing to the nature of dyes used, they will leak color when immersed in water or rubbed by a wet cloth. But the ‘leaking color’ days are behind us and now Bapu has gone missing from the notes? These new notes just have a way of staying in the news, don’t they?

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself….” – Mahatma Gandhi. Let’s be frank, has there never been a more fitting scenario for this quote!