1. People usually write their names and birth day on currency notes.when you come across a currency note which is scrubbled ?
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Is writing on currency notes a punishable offence in India?
Sonam Gupta's jilted lover isn't the first one, the habit of scribbling things on currency notes has been around for a long time. Question is whether it is illegal to do so in India, and whether it's a punishable offence.
Writing on banknotes is not a punishable offence.
It is, however, strongly discouraged.
Banks cannot refuse to accept such notes.
Sonam Gupta is famous, thanks to her jilted lover. While most people are concerned about whether the girl was indeed a 'bewafa' or not, a smaller crowd is mulling over something else: is it even legal to scribble on banknotes? Is it fair that the jilted lover might get away with defacing a 10-rupee note?
Also read: Sonam Gupta bewafa hai: Is it true? Here's her story
Here's what you got to know first: this guy isn't the first one, and he probably won't be the last.
The tradition of scribbling on currency notes, especially lovers' names, has been around for quite some time. In fact, even Emraan Hashmi promoted this in his movie 'Tumsa Nahin Dekha: A Love Story' where he proclaims his love for Dia Mirza on a banknote.
This is yet another proof that you shouldn't take lessons from movies, because writing things on currency notes is not at all a cool thing to do, no matter much in love you are or how betrayed you feel.
WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH SCRIBBLED NOTES?
Last year in December, a message started circling the social media which said the RBI will no longer let any bank accept currency note that comes with writings on them. The claim was that the government is losing some Rs 2,638 crore each year because of scribbled notes.
But the message was false.
As it turned out, it was, like most declarations on social media, a false alert. The RBI soon confirmed this on its website that no such step has been taken by the government. Though scribbling on notes is discouraged, the RBI said scribbled notes in the market are still legal for transaction.
Source: RBI website
SO, IS IT STILL A PUNISHABLE OFFENCE TO WRITE ON BANKNOTES?
No. If writing on currency notes had been unlawful, we wouldn't have had Sonam Gupta's jilted lover on the loose.
There is no such law that calls it a punishable offence, though it is strongly discouraged.
Since the Clean Note Policy was issued in 1999, the RBI has taken several steps to keep an eye out for the of currency notes in the market. The Clean Note Policy urged the public to not write on the banknotes and instructed banks exchange soiled and mutilated notes without any restriction.
The RBI also ordered the banks to give out to public only good quality banknotes and coins. From November 2001, banks were instructed to "do away with stapling of note packets and to introduce banding the packets with paper/polythene bands so that the life of the currency notes is increased."
WHAT IS THE RBI DOING TO PUT A CHECK ON IT?
The RBI has put into action many campaigns to raise awareness to discourage writing on currency notes, especially on its watermark window as it bears a security feature which helps differentiate a banknote from a fake one.
Nonetheless, banks are note allowed to turn away scribbled banknotes.
There are reports from 2013 which say that banks are instructed to refuse such notes "if anyone writes anything on the currency note in front of a banker."
SO, IS IT OKAY TO WRITE ON NOTES?
Absolutely not. Not to sound patronising here, but defacing a currency note is as smart as dumping edible food. You not valuing it at a personal level cannot be a reason for it to be misuses.
Art papers and colouring books are not that expensive; fetch them if you like scribbling so much. Social media is at your disposal, use that if you want to send some message out to the world.
Spare the banknotes.
Peace.
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