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Indian Gov't Denies Having Contracted Chinese Firm to Print Currency Notes

© AFP 2023 / INDRANIL MUKHERJEEAn Indian employee looks for illegal Indian rupee currency notes at a bank in Mumbai on September 3, 2013
An Indian employee looks for illegal Indian rupee currency notes at a bank in Mumbai on September 3, 2013 - Sputnik International
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The South China Morning Post, a Chinese financial news publication, recently reported that a Chinese state-owned company, China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation, had been contracted to print large quantities of international currencies including that of India.

The government of India has categorically denied a report by the South China Morning Post that a contract for printing Indian currency notes had been given to a Chinese firm. 

READ MORE: ‘World May be Heading for Currency War’, India’s Central Bank Warns

Subash Chandra Garg, Secretary of Department of Economic Affairs of India was quoted by news agency ANI as saying that Indian currency notes are being and will be printed only in the special currency printing facilities owned by the government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

READ MORE: India Attributes Historic Fall in Rupee to External Factors, Allays Fear

The controversy arose after a report by a Chinese daily suggested that, despite domestic currency demand being at its lowest, China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation had been functioning at full capacity to deliver on international contracts including to India.

​Some opposition parties have demanded clarification from the government after the report was published in the Chinese daily.

​Spokesperson for the Aam Admi Party (AAP) Raghav Chadha termed the revelation by the South China Morning Post as a big threat to India's national security and financial sovereignty.

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