Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran
Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran (BRBNM) is a
Security Printing & Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL), a statutory body wholly owned by Government of India.[1] BRBNMPL has two presses in Mysuru and Salboni.[2][3]
The present capacity for both the presses is 16 billion note pieces per year on a two-shift basis.
Company type | Specialised Division of Reserve Bank of India |
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Industry | Mint |
Founded | 3 February 1995Bangalore | ,
Headquarters | Bangalore |
Owner | Reserve Bank of India, Ministry of Finance, Government of India |
Website | www |
It made a world record by printing more than 20,000 million pieces of bank notes in financial year 2016–17, It has its own design cell. It has the capability to print all the denominations of Indian bank notes. The other two bank note presses of SPMCIL are Currency Note Press Nashik Road, and Bank Note Presses Dewas.
History
Until 1928, Indian currency was printed by De La Rue, a British banknote manufacturing company. The Indian Security Press at Nashik was commissioned by the British Indian Government in the same year and assigned the responsibility of printing Indian currency.
Structure
BRBNMPL is governed by a board of directors, headed by a non-executive director appointed by the RBI.
References
- ^ "Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited" (PDF).
- ^ "History of BRBNMPL". BRBNMPL. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ISBN 978-81-7758-562-9.