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Sabse bada rupaiya: India prints 3x more notes than the US, 6x more than Europe

India United States Euro RBI Reserve Bank of India US Dollar

The US dollar may be the world's most widely used currency, but when it comes to sheer volume of banknotes in circulation, the rupee has it beaten by a wide margin, according to the Reserve Bank of India.

RBI Deputy Governor Shirish Chandra Murmu said India currently has roughly three times as many rupee notes in circulation as the US has dollar bills, and nearly six times as many as the eurozone has euro notes.

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