₹2,000 note costs the RBI only ₹3.54 to make
The printing of each new ₹2,000 note costs the Reserve Bank of India ₹3.54, while the ₹500 note costs ₹3.09, an RTI response has said. Notably, Bhartiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited, a subsidiary of RBI, prints the new ₹500 and ₹2,000 currency notes at the same price as that of old ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes respectively.