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The Reserve Bank of India will shortly release the new Rs 100 currency note, the Central Bank said in a press release. The new currency note will have lavender as its base colour. For visually impaired, the new note features "intaglio or raised printing of Mahatma Gandhi portrait, Ashoka Pillar emblem, raised triangular identification mark with micro-text 100, four angular bleed lines both on the right and left sides". 

The new note will feature the motif of the 'Rani Ki Vav' stepwell in Gujarat, as well as the Swachh Bharat logo and slogan. The existing banknotes of Rs 100, issued by the RBI in the earlier series, will continue to be legal tender. Printing and supply of the new Rs. 100 banknote "will gradually increase", the RBI said.

The dimension of the new banknote will be 66 mm x 142 mm making it smaller than the current Rs 100 note. Besides, the new note has geometric patterns both at the obverse and reverse side keeping in mind the overall colour scheme. The printing and supply of the new banknotes for the distribution to the general public would gradually increase. The new Rs 100 note has been introduced following new notes in the denomination of Rs 10, Rs 50 and Rs 500.