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Ink to Curb Fake Printing of Passports and Counterfeiting of Currency Notes
- 04 Mar 2020
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- The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Physical Laboratory has developed a bi-luminescent security ink which glows in red and green colours when illuminated by two different excitation sources.
- The ink was given to Bank Note Press (BNP), Dewas, a unit of Security Printing Minting Corporation of India Ltd. (SPMCIL), New Delhi.
- The formulation can be used to check the authenticity of passports, Government documents, tamper evident labels, identity cards, etc.
Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited
- SPMCIL is a wholly owned Miniratna company of Government of India, incorporated on 13th January, 2006.
- The Ministry of Finance exercises its administrative control over SPMCIL through the Board of Directors.
- SPMCIL is engaged in the manufacture/ production of Currency and Bank Notes, Security Paper, Non-Judicial Stamp Papers, Postal Stamps & Stationary, Travel Documents viz. Passport and Visa, Security certificates, Cheques, Bonds, Warrant, Special Certificates with security features, Security Inks, Circulation & Commemorative Coins, Medallions, Refining of Gold & Silver, and Assay of Precious Metals.
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- CSIR was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body.
- It is known for its cutting edge R&D knowledge base in diverse S&T areas.
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been ranked first in the Nature Ranking Index-2020.
- The Nature Index provides a close to real-time proxy of high-quality research output and collaboration at the institutional, national and regional level.
