PM Modi releases new series of coins for visually-impaired kids

Releasing the coins at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, where visually impaired children were specially invited, the Prime Minister said the Union government was guided by the vision of reaching the last mile and the last person and the new series of coins have been designed and released keeping that vision in mind.

He said the new circulation coins with various differentiating features, will greatly aid the visually impaired. The new series of coins will facilitate the visually impaired, and will instil them with confidence.

On the occasion, the Prime Minister expressed happiness in hosting the visually-impaired children and thanked them for giving him an opportunity to interact with them. He also thanked the National Institute of Design for the design, Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited and the finance ministry for the introduction of new coins.

The children, in return, thanked the Prime Minister for introducing the new series coins and said they will help them.

The new coins are characterised by the increasing size and weight from lower to higher denominations. The newly-included coin of Rs 20, will be a 12 sided coin with no serrations. The rest of the denominations would be of round shape.

Union finance minister Arun Jaitley and minister of state for finance Pon Radhakrishnan were also present at the event.