₹200 — Two Hundred Rupees
The artwork
Front: Mahatma Gandhi, from the 1946 portrait made at the Viceroy's House, set against a bright yellow field. The Reserve Bank's name stands in Hindi and English above, with the guarantee and promise clauses in both languages and the Governor's signature beneath. At left the denomination appears in Devanagari numerals and the rupee sign; at right, the Lion Capital of Ashoka with Satyameva Jayate, and a green-to-blue shifting ₹200.
Back: The Great Stupa at Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh, the Mauryan-era Buddhist monument with its railing and carved torana gateway, drawn in brown line against the yellow ground. The year 2024 sits at upper left, below it the language panel giving two hundred rupees in fifteen scripts, and the Swachh Bharat spectacles logo with its slogan, 'a step towards cleanliness'.
In circulation
The ₹200 was a new denomination, introduced in August 2017 in the wake of demonetisation to fill the gap between the hundred and the five hundred. The design has not been replaced; notes of this type, differing only in year and signature, remain in everyday circulation.
Details
- IssuerReserve Bank of India — guaranteed by the Central Government
- CurrencyRupee (₹)
- DenominationTwo Hundred Rupees
- Collectedon the India journeys, 1992–2026
- SeriesMahatma Gandhi (New) Series, dated 2024
- SignatureShaktikanta Das, Governor
- SecurityWindowed security thread shifting green to blue; colour-changing ₹200 numeral; raised intaglio print and angled bleed lines for the visually impaired
- Dimensions146 × 66 mm