Nepal’s central bank has launched a new Rs 1000 banknote with raised bumps for people who are blind or have low vision to identify the currency, a senior official of the central bank said.
The currency note has ‘M’ written on the lower right side of the bill. In Roman, the ‘M’ means 1,000, according to the Nepali central bank. According to the Nepali central bank, the surface where ‘M’ is written is raised compared to the surface on other parts of the bill so that people who are blind or have low vision can identify the denomination of the currency by touching on that part.
“The bank was preparing to test these bills among people who are blind or have low vision on whether they could identify the denomination of bills.” said Chinta Mani Siwakoti, a deputy governor at Nepal Rastra Bank.
“Old currency notes Rs 1000, 500 and 100 also have some features to ease people with vision disabilities to identify the currency.” said Siwakoti.
The 1000-rupee notes are the most significant value notes in the Himalayan country.
