New Delhi (Vishvas News). Amidst the Ambedkar controversy, social media users are sharing a picture of Rs 500 note and claiming that this time the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is planning to print new Rs 500 notes with the picture of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar on his birthday. Is going.
Vishvas News in its investigation found this claim to be false and the picture going viral with this claim has been created with the help of AI tool. Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series notes are in circulation in the country after demonetization and there is no information about any change or proposed change in it.
What is viral?
Social media user ‘@MukeshMohannn’ shared the viral post (archive LinkWhile sharing it, he wrote, “It is being heard that this time, on the birthday of Baba Saheb Dr. Ambedkar, BJP is going to print Baba Saheb’s picture on Rs 500 note.”
many others users Has shared this picture with the same claim.
investigation
The picture of the viral note of Rs 500 has the picture of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, while after demonetization, the country’s central bank Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued new notes of Rs 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 2000. Was released.
Available on RBI website Information According to , Mahatma Gandhi’s picture is printed on the current notes of the new series of Rs 2000, Rs 500, Rs 200, Rs 100, Rs 50, Rs 20 and Rs 10.
There has been no change in the new notes of Mahatma Gandhi series, especially the Rs 500 notes. We did not find any question (starred or unstarred) asked in the House in this regard, in which there was any mention of any information or proposal for any change in the Mahatma Gandhi Series notes. It is noteworthy that the winter session of Parliament was very noisy regarding the Ambedkar controversy.
of RBI website But according to the available information, the front part of the new series of Rs 500 note has the picture of Mahatma Gandhi, while the back part has the picture of Red Fort.
Let us tell you that during the winter session of Parliament, the Lok Sabha passed the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill. passed Is done. After this we checked the picture of viral Rs 500 notes with the help of AI detector tool.
True Media Tool’s analysis report confirms the possibility of widespread manipulation of this image. In the analysis report, this picture is likely to be created with the help of tools like Stable Diffusion, Mid-Journey and Dell E-2 and the confidence score of the possibility of it being created by AI is 99%.
See analysis here Report
We contacted RBI regarding the viral picture and were told that information about any changes regarding the notes can be seen on the official website of RBI.
We do not receive any such information from RBI regarding changes to be made in bank notes. website But it was not found nor has this information been given in any news reports. The latest release issued by RBI is dated December 6, in which there is information related to maintaining CRR ratio and collateral free agricultural loans.
It is noteworthy that before the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, a similar picture had gone viral on social media and it was claimed that the government is going to release new notes of Rs 500 of Shri Ram series. Vishvas News found this claim false in its investigation, whose fact check report can be read here.
The user who shared the viral post is followed by more than 46 thousand people on X. Vishvas News’ Business to Fact Check reports debunking other fake claims related to business and finance Section Can be read in.
Conclusion: Amidst the Ambedkar controversy, the claim of releasing Rs 500 notes of Bhimrao Ambedkar series on social media is fake and the picture going viral with this claim is AI created. Only the new notes of Mahatma Gandhi series issued after demonetization are in circulation and no changes have been made in it nor is anything like that proposed.
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