NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday said that the new currency notes of Rs 2,000 and Rs

500 denominations have been designed indigenously with new security features.
"It is the first time that the design of notes is done indigenously+ . Earlier Rs 500 notes were all
designed outside. Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes have been entirely designed in-house. So they are
much more secure. Scope of counterfeiting is far far lower," economic affairs secretary
Shaktikanta Das told reporters today.
Das said that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was now focusing on printing of Rs 500 notes+
which would ease the liquidity situation over the next 2-3 weeks.
"The situation has considerably improved. I expect in 2-3 weeks, the situation will ease out
because of the focus on printing of Rs 500 notes," he said.
Das said that initially the focus was to supply enough Rs 2,000 notes so as to replenish the
demonetised notes as soon as possible.
"Initial focus was to supply Rs 2,000 notes to replenish the earlier Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.
Parallely, printing of Rs 500 notes had started.
"More and more production lines have been diverted for Rs 500 notes as enough stock of Rs
2,000 notes is now there. Printing of Rs 500 notes significantly stepped up so that Rs 2,000 notes
become more mobile," he said.
Das said that the process of distribution has also been further streamlined with printing presses
being linked to distribution areas nearer to them.
For making adequate cash available+ in the rural areas, cooperative banks have been given
enough money to provide for crop loans, he said.
The government is in touch with the RBI and National Bank For Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD) to ensure district cooperative banks have enough cash, he added.

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"We are identifying rural areas from where we are getting reports of inadequate cash. Emphasis
is also on greater cash to rural areas," Das said.

On the ATMs not having enough cash+ , he said that out of 2.20 lakh ATMs, over two lakh have
already been recalibrated. Many a times banks prefer to give out cash through their branches to
their own customers rather than putting in the ATMs that results in no-cash in the ATMs at times.