A RESERVE Bank panel has decided against the inclusion of any other national leader's image on banknotes saying that no other personality could better represent the ethos of India than Mahatma Gandhi.
On the advice of government, RBI had constituted a committee for designing future currency note in October 2010, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
He said the committee, inter alia, deliberated on the issue of changing the existing image of Mahatma Gandhi and inclusion of certain other personalities in the new design of banknotes.
“After due consideration, the committee decided that no other personality could better represent the ethos of India than Mahatma Gandhi,” Jaitley said.
