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As a measure to counter the menace of fake stamp papers, new design of stamps from Re.1/- to Rs.25,000/- has been approved and production and supply of these new stamp papers has started in a phased manner. Security Printing Press, Hyderabad has started printing of stamps upto Rs.20/- and India Security Press, Nasik has started printing the stamps in the denomination of Rs.50/-, Rs.100/- and Rs.500/-. All these stamps are now being sent to the States. The stamps in the denomination of Rs.1000/- and Rs.5000/- are under printing and will be dispatched in the near future in a phased manner. Further, the stamps in the denomination of Rs.10,000/- to Rs.25,000/- are in the process of design and printing.
The new stamps are printed on special security paper with special security inks and techniques in printing. Besides, the stamps will be now State specific, as names of States are printed. The stamps are also serially numbered, so as to make the task of tracking very easy. Complexities in the security features are commensurate with the face value of the stamps. High value stamps are printed on special paper with intricate security features and will be very easy to identify by the common public.
During the past one year, Ministry of Finance has conducted numerous technical sessions in which officials from the Central and State Government treasuries and Revenue Departments from all over the country have been adequately trained to identify counterfeit documents.
BSC/BY/CS-223/05
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