The RBI on March 9,2017 declared that bank notes in the Mahatma Gandhi series-2005 are to carry inset letter ‘L’ on both sides of its number panels, bearing the signature of governor Urjit Patel
Apart from other features, numerals on both the panels will be in ascending order size from left to right. The year of printing which is 2017 will be on the reverse of the note.
The prefix which is the first three alpha-numeric characters will remain same in size.
“All the bank notes in the denomination of Rs 10 issued by the Bank in the past will continue to be legal tender,” the central bank said in a notification.