The Reserve Bank of India has launched ‘MANI’ mobile app to help the visually challenged to identify the denomination of currency notes. The application MANI which is an acronym for Mobile Aided Note Identifier was launched by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on January 1, 2020.
Crux of the Matter
With the help of the app; visually challenged people can identify the denomination of a currency note.
After the demonetization in November 2016 RBI has introduced several currency notes, under ‘Mahatma Gandhi Series’, with significant changes in the sizes and designs.
Under the new series, there were problems faced by visually-challenged people in identifying these new currency notes of ₹10, ₹20, ₹50, ₹100, ₹200, ₹500 and ₹2,000.
The application works even offline once installed. The app is available for free download on Android Playstore or iOS App Store.
The application can scan the currency notes using the camera of the mobile phone.
It gives audio output in Hindi and English language.
The app does not authenticate a note as either genuine or counterfeit.
Curiopedia
The Mahatma Gandhi Series of banknotes are issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as the legal tender of the Indian rupee. The series is so-called because the obverse of the banknotes prominently displays the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Since its introduction in 1996, this series replaced all Lion Capital Series banknotes issued before 1996. As of 10 November 2016, the RBI issued banknotes in this series in denominations from ₹5 to ₹100. Printing of five-notes, which had stopped earlier, restarted in 2009. On 8 November 2016, the ₹500 and ₹1000 banknote denominations of this series were demonetised and the new Mahatma Gandhi Series of banknotes were revealed in denominations of ₹500 and ₹2000, intended to replace this series. More Info
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